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09 Jun 15 Employer confidence up but still behind rest of UK

Tue, 9 Jun 15

On today's podcast HSBC to cut thousands of UK jobs; we hear from legal tech start up Briefed who have hundreds signed up to their directory since launching 10 days ago; Rushmere Shopping centre creates 16 new jobs securing two retail¹ brands; we hear from Manpower on why NI employer's confidence is on the rise; Oxford² Instruments profits slump³ and Apple Pay coming to UK at M&S and Ulster Bank.

1 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

2 Oxford   

n.牛津（英国城市）

参考例句：

• At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
• This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。

3 slump   

n.暴跌，意气消沉，（土地）下沉；vi.猛然掉落，坍塌，大幅度下跌

参考例句：

• She is in a slump in her career.她处在事业的低谷。
• Economists are forecasting a slump.经济学家们预言将发生经济衰退。