3:45pm Wednesday 16th July 2008
Distribution workers at four sites run by High Street giant Argos - including one in Heywood - will stage a 24-hour strike tomorrow in a row over pay.
12:16pm Tuesday 8th July 2008
STAFF at four of Argos' major distribution centres are to strike.
12:15pm Tuesday 8th July 2008
MORE than 200 jobs have been axed at a Kearsley bakery after administrators failed to find a buyer.
9:16am Thursday 3rd April 2008
About 90 jobs could be axed at the Royal Bolton Hospital as part of £6.6million in cuts.
4:24pm Tuesday 1st April 2008
AROUND 400 jobs have been lost at bed retailer The Sleep Depot after it was put into administration today.
12:39pm Tuesday 25th March 2008
Women are asking for nearly £4,000 a year less in pay than men on average when registering with a leading online recruitment service, it was disclosed today.
7:03pm Wednesday 5th March 2008
COMPANIES could be "frightened away" from employing temporary workers if a bill from backbench MPs becomes law, according to one employment agency boss.
9:54am Wednesday 23rd January 2008
BOLTON North-east MP David Crausby is calling on the Government to introduce a single rate for the national minimum wage.
10:58am Thursday 17th January 2008
BOLTON North-east MP David Crausby is backing a call to restore the link between pensions and earnings.
11:37am Tuesday 15th January 2008
Music giant EMI is to axe up to 2,000 jobs as part of a drive to save £200 million a year, its new private equity owner said.
Updated 6:52am Friday 29th August 2008
A group of backbench MPs is willing to take the Government "right to the line" to help those struggling to pay their fuel bills, former welfare minister Frank Field has warned.
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From The Lesley Richards Column
WORLD record holder Heather Frederiksen will go for gold in Beijing - just four years after she was told she would never swim again.
Leigh MP Andy Burnham, a keen Everton fan, has given his backing to fans of close rivals Liverpool who are planning to buy out the club.
Police are appealing for help to trace relatives of a man who died in a Leigh house.
A TEAM of animal medics are taking on the challenge of a lifetime to raise cash for guide dogs.
WATCHDOGS have promised to get tough on shops that sell cigarettes to children.
LEIGH MP and Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Andy Burnham, will present the trophy to the winning captain after Saturday's Carnegie Challenge Cup Final at Wembley between St Helens and Hull.
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