can a company give a position without advertising it internaly.?

[bonzo]

The company i work for recently gave a supervisors position to someone from outside of the company, this was done without anyone within the store being told of the vacancy, when we the staff found out about this i told our store manager of the staffs feelings, she in turn called the area manager and informed him of the staffs ill feeling, Interviews were then arranged, 2 candidates applied for the position, the woman it was offered to and myself, I presented what I thought was very good presentation, our store manager has only just been employed by the company coming from a rival store, our area manager also happened to be the area manager for this rival Co, and the woman he offered the position too also worked for our rivals, (all 3 working for the rivals at the same time) the interviews were held by the area manager with the store manager sitting in on both interviews, I have today been told that I have not been successful, when I asked on what points I failed to impress, I was told that it wasn't to do with my qualifications or experiences (having worked for years in a supervisory and managerial role) but my lack of knowledge re: when and how the company was established. Is there a case for unfair or even illegal trading.

[Kernow Lady]

Sorry you have no case. Than Goodness companies in the UK can hire who they think is best for the job. There are so many regulations these days but this is not one of them.