Food firm closure costs 180 jobs
An Oriental ready meals manufacturer announces the closure of its Grimsby site with the loss of 180 jobs.

Job losses as travel agent folds
A West Yorkshire-based travel agent with offices in Leeds and Huddersfield ceases trading, with the loss of 19 jobs.

Packaging company creates jobs
A packaging firm announces the creation of 35 jobs in Scunthorpe after its site in Herefordshire was destroyed by fire.

Full guide to where to get help
What are the key factors affecting people during this recession and where can they go for help?

If your employer goes into administration
What to consider when your company fails.

If you can't pay your mortgage
The government has announced an extension of assistance for those struggling with mortgage repayments. What does it mean for you?

How to negotiate during redundancy
TUC general secretary Brendan Barber explains the rules regarding negotiating redundancy packages.

Graduates: Getting your first job
As employers warn that they are cutting graduate recruitment, the BBC News website weighs up employment prospects for students leaving university this summer.

Business loan plans: full details
All the detail on the main schemes introduced today by the government to help small business access finance from the banks.

Jobs created by new Ryanair base
Ryanair announces it is to set up a base at Leeds Bradford International Airport, creating hundreds of new jobs.

Doubt over jobs at food factory
Some of 160 staff at the Del Monte factory in York face job uncertainty after a contract was lost at the site.

Not all green shoots for farmers
Small agricultural businesses find themselves hardest hit by the economic crisis, with some dairy farmers opting to retire early.

7/7 memorial firm 'in difficulty'
A Sheffield firm which made the memorial for the 7 July bombing victims says it is suffering from the effects of the recession.

Corus plans another 366 job cuts
Corus confirms it plans to cut a further 366 jobs at its plant in Scunthorpe, a week after it said 500 jobs were to go.

Trading down
What are you buying more of in the downturn?

Dinner party facts
Answers to vital questions you were too afraid to ask

Downturn map
How has the downturn affected you?