Credit CrunchYou are in: Oxford > Credit Crunch  The latest stories on the Global Downturn...  Find out how to give your wallet a revamp!  All the stories as we slide into recession for the first time since the 1990s.  All agency workers on the weekend shift at the factory have lost their jobs, with immediate effect.  With job losses on the rise we discuss how to dodge the redundancy bullet.  Getting to the bottom of how our region is affected by the global financial crisis.  Agency staff have been told not to return to work as the sharp decline in car sales continues.  Oxford is one of the 'least vulnerable' due to a skilled workforce, a new report suggests.  Unemployment in Oxfordshire rises by 14%.  Jobs are at risk in councils across Oxfordshire as they begin to add up their budgets.  Oxfordshire is not yet feeling the worst of the economic slowdown, council officials have warned.  Workers at Prodrive motorsports company in Banbury face redundancy.  A car parts supplier which employs about 200 people has gone into administration.  Company announces it is cutting 300 full-time and 300 temporary jobs.  More than 100 jobs are under threat at a printing firm in Oxfordshire.  Councils across Oxfordshire stand to lose more than £28.5m of investments in ailing Icelandic banks.  UK sales of the Oxfordshire-built Mini have fallen by almost one fifth on the same time last year.  With the financial crisis delaying the start of the scheme the co-ordinators hold an open session.  Oxford city Council investigate a scheme for subterranean tanks to cut water bills.  A campsite in west Oxfordshire has seen an increase in bookings by families facing the credit crunch  Those affected by increased fuel and feeding costs predict rise in price of supermarket meat.  Elderly people have been looking at alternative ways to heat their homes after facing cost rises.  The latest edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary carries the definition...  Mr Cameron has accused the government of "dithering and delay" in the face of the credit crunch.  Entrepreneurs suggest their industry is NOT affected by the crunch.  Read the viewpoint of the Provost of Queen's College on monetary policy. You are in: Oxford > Credit Crunch |
