81. Make a Connexion – and make a difference

Bosses who could give struggling young people a taste of the workplace are being urged to step forward.

82. Brakes boost for MP’s job fair

A company which is bringing 500 new jobs to the area will have a stall at the this month’s Reading Job Fair.

83. More Barclays jobs facing the axe

Posts in the corporate section of Barclays in Reading are under threat following an announcement of 140 national job losses.

Back office roles could be axed in the office in Apex Plaza, in Forbury Road, as well as in London, Birmingham and Poole, in Dorset.

84. Futures Fair to help students into work

Reading West MP Alok Sharma is spearheading an event to help school pupils in his constituency look to the future.

85. 500 jobs created at Brakes Group's new Reading warehouse

Five hundred new jobs are to be created in Reading with the opening of a huge new storage and distribution centre.

86. Jobless total rises in Reading

The number of people claiming out-of-work benefits in Reading borough went up in July.

87. Job support service facing closure

A job support centre in Woodley could be forced to close because people are not making the most of the service.

88. Tesco joins employers’ A-list for latest job fair

One of the world’s largest retailers will set up stall at Reading’s job fair in September to promote more than 1,000 new jobs.

89. AWE welcomes 43 new apprentices

Training is going down a bomb at an atomic weapons factory where 43 new apprentices have signed up.

90. Funding helps fuel Westcoast recruitment drive

Leading IT supplier Westcoast is recruiting 25 new members of staff after securing a funding deal with a national bank.