Job satisfaction lowest for 2 years

WORK: Job satisfaction has fallen to its lowest level in more than two years, according to a new study out yesterday.

A survey of 2,000 workers by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development found that more than a quarter were unhappy with opportunities to develop skills or further their career.

Firms were told to rethink their approach to career management.

Care home giant ‘nearly broke’

CARE: Britain’s biggest care home group Four Seasons is running out of cash and risks falling into the hands of its creditors this year, credit ratings agency Moody’s warned yesterday.

Four Seasons reported a 39 per cent fall in annual earnings last week to £38.7 million and the company’s private equity owner admitted that it did not have enough money to meet its long-term needs.

Israel boycott ruling delayed

COURTS: The High Court reserved judgment yesterday on the legality of local council boycotts of Israeli goods produced in the occupied West Bank.

A Jewish rights organisation has asked two judges to rule that Leicester City, Swansea City and Gwynedd councils breached equality laws.

The judges said they would give their decision at a later date.

Police probe 2015 general election fraud allegation

ELECTIONS: Gloucestershire Police launched an investigation yesterday into an allegation of fraud during the 2015 general election.

The force would not be drawn on which constituency or constituencies the allegation may refer to or even which party.

But it joins claims that the Conservatives may have breached election spending rules in the run-up to polling day last year.