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Staff win fight over 'zero hours' contract

The entrance to Paragon Automotive in Kiln Lane, Immingham.

STAFF at a Stallingborough car logistics company have won a legal battle over the introduction of a "zero hours" contract.

Seventeen workers at Paragon Automotive Ltd won claims of unfair dismissal in a dispute over contracts which gave the company the right to say how many – or few – hours staff could work.

The company, based at Kiln Lane, operates as a bulk...

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Job fears as store hits crisis again

Jobs are at risk after Ethel Austin the high street clothes store have announced they are going into administration.

IT is business as usual for staff at two North Lincolnshire stores - after the company went into administration. As reported on www.thisisscunthorpe.co.uk, value clothing retailer Ethel Austin went into...

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Training salon opens at the Academy

Stephanie Powell, learning director of hair and beauty, with students at The Academy hair and beauty salon, part of the efactor Centre, Pelham Road, Immingham

HAIR and beauty students proved they are a cut above the rest at the opening of a new salon. The Academy on Pelham Road, Immingham has been opened by Oasis Academy Immingham to give students the best hands...

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Ethel Austin goes into administration

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NO Guarantees have been offered to staff who work at Ethel Austin's in Scunthorpe and Ashby - after the company went into administration for the second time in two years. Staff at the two local stores...

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Ethel Austin falls into administration

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Value clothing retailer Ethel Austin, which opened a store in Hull less than three months ago, has gone into administration along with its sister company Au Naturale. It is the second time in two years the...

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Vauxhall cuts even more jobs at Luton

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​Vauxhall has announced that another 154 jobs will be cut from its Luton factory, on top of the 369 factory floor jobs that have been lost at the plant.

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FSA boss Hector Sants resigns

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​Hector Sants, the chief executive of the Financial Services Authority, has resigned following three tumultuous years as the head of the City watchdog. Read more here

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Are Post Office accounts still safe?

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​I was told the 100% guarantee on Post Office accounts run from Ireland will cease from 22 September. Is this right and what happens next?Read more here

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Rics: Buyers fall for first time in 14 months

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House prices are still rising but the number of new homebuyer enquiries has fallen for the first time in 14 months, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) report. Read more...

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My PPI 'refund' was a £60 rip-off

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​I was phoned by a company who identified themselves as PPI who told me I was due a refund of £59.99 for the mis-selling of payment protection insurance. As I was expecting a call, though not...

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