Water companies’ customers could share £800m in compensation from sewage...
Customers of England’s biggest water companies could share £800million in compensation if a lawsuit which kicks off next week is eventually successful.The class action, the first of its kind, will...
View ArticleTop TV chef’s restaurant chain closes last branch after 33 years in business...
THE LAST branch of a celeb chef’s restaurant chain will close after 33 years in business – leaving fans devastated.TV star Simon Rimmer’s last remaining Greens restaurant announced its closure on...
View ArticleAmazon orders staff back to the office five days a week – as government...
Amazon is ordering its staff back to the office five days a week, just as the government is pushing for flexible working to be law.The move comes despite Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds saying...
View ArticlePost Office chief quits weeks before he’s set to give evidence in Horizon IT...
POST OFFICE boss Nick Read is stepping down after a torrid five years and just weeks before he gives evidence in the next stage of the Horizon IT inquiry.Damningly, former postmaster Sir Alan Bates,...
View ArticleHow an internship for young people with learning disabilities can help build...
MOST workplaces claim to be inclusive – but how many offer opportunities for the most vulnerable in society?Next week is National Inclusion Week and a number of firms have launched internships to...
View ArticleBusiness Secretary Jonathan Reynolds denies rift with Angela Rayner over...
BUSINESS Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has denied a rift with Deputy PM Angela Rayner — but said the Government will resist giving firms a set timeframe for workers’ rights over probation. The fudge...
View ArticleOne of UK’s largest prison-builders collapses into administration – putting...
ONE of the UK’s biggest prison-builders has collapsed into administration.ISG— which has more than £1billion of government contracts — is the largest UK construction firm failure since Carillion went...
View ArticleMajor dessert chain with 100 locations announces exact date it will close...
A MAJOR dessert chain with 100 locations has announced the exact date it will close the doors on one of its high street branches forever.After eight years in business, Kaspa’s has announced the shock...
View ArticleMore than HALF of small firms prefer cash to card payments poll shows despite...
MORE than half of small firms prefer cash to card payments, research shows.It comes as millions of us no longer carry any money.GettyMore than half of small firms prefer cash to card paymentS[/caption]...
View ArticleBritish business chiefs urge positive action from Chancellor Rachel Reeves...
CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves tried to tone down the doom and gloom in her party conference speech in Liverpool yesterday.Last week figures showed consumer confidence had slumped following her warnings of...
View ArticleBlow to firms as Government dashes hopes that business rates system will be...
HOPES that the much-loathed business rates system would be totally ditched in new reforms were dashed by the Government yesterday.Exchequer Secretary James Murray confirmed at the Labour conference...
View ArticleThames Water will quickly find buyer if it goes bust, Government believes
THE Government believes it would quickly find a buyer at a knockdown price if Thames Water goes bust.The troubled company warned last week it could run out of cash by December as it scrambles to push...
View ArticleSouthern Water in talks to import water from Norway — in the event of a...
SOUTHERN WATER is in talks to import water from fjords in Norway — in the event of a severe drought.The shock plan to bring in supplies from more than 1,000 miles away comes just a month after the...
View ArticleEnd of an era as UK’s biggest steelworks and last coal-fired power station...
BRITAIN’S last coal-fired power station was switched off yesterday.Operations ended last night at Ratcliffe-on-Soar, where the plant had generated electricity since 1968.PABritain’s last coal-fired...
View ArticleTycoon Mike Ashley moves to seize luxury brand Mulberry with £83million offer
MULBERRY faces a handbagging from Mike Ashley after the tycoon launched an £83million offer and declared the luxury brand’s “status quo is an untenable position”.Mr Ashley’s Frasers Group, which...
View ArticleWetherspoons is serving £1.79 pints at over 700 pubs in just DAYS – but...
WETHERSPOONS will serve £1.79 pints in over 700 of its pubs next week – but you better be quick.The popular chain announced that a 12-day beer festival will take place across all 809 UK Wetherspoons...
View ArticleHMV owner on the hunt for more British high street businesses in welcome...
THE owner of HMV has revealed he is on the hunt for more British high street businesses in a welcome break from the doom and gloom in retail.Doug Putman, who rescued the music store chain from...
View ArticleJD Sports profits tumble by two-thirds after Nike’s worst sales slump since...
THE boss of JD Sports yesterday bristled at concerns the retailer was vulnerable to a slowdown in sales at supplier NIKE.JD Sports— known as the King of Trainers — relies heavily on the popularity of...
View ArticleTesco profits up 20% as shoppers move back to premium brands
The boss of Tesco exuded confidence about the economy yesterday as he claimed shoppers were getting back to treating themselves.Chief exec Ken Murphy said consumers were “in good shape” and noted sales...
View ArticleAxed TGI Friday’s workers set to miss out on redundancy pay and tips after...
TGI FRIDAY’S rescue deal has left a bad taste — for hundreds of restaurant workers who will miss out on redundancy pay and hard-earned tips.A total of 1,012 jobs have gone after administrators said the...
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