Clipper Logistics offers 200 new jobs after John Lewis contract win August 16, 2021 Clipper Logistics today said it has signed a new contract with John Lewis which promises to create 200 new jobs. Clipper said it will provide additional e-commerce and store replenishment services to the UK department store chain from its new distribution centre. The Leeds-based company, which provides value-added logistics solutions, e-fulfilment and returns management services [...]
Starbucks joins Deliveroo for app orders October 5, 2021 Coffee chain Starbucks and delivery app Deliveroo have joined forces. More than 400 of the chain’s stores are available to order on the Deliveroo app from today, with more stores being added throughout the month. Londoners can now order coffees alongside sandwiches and other menu items. Other areas involved include Birmingham and Manchester. Standard delivery [...]
Co-op bank losses widen in wake of PPI costs and fierce mortgage market November 7, 2019 The Co-operative Bank has reported widening losses during the third quarter of this year, as it became the latest in a long line of lenders to take a financial hit from the payment protection insurance (PPI) scandal. The British bank reported losses before tax of £118.6m during the nine months to 30 September, deepening from [...]
Business leaders including Thames Water and Nestle call for end of gas usage by 2035 September 24, 2021 Business giants, including Thames Water, Nestle, BT and the Co-op, have reportedly called for an end of gas usage by 2035, as a supply and pricing crisis grips the UK. It would allow the UK to champion a “historic first”, following on from its legislation to end relentless coal-fired power. In a letter addressing MPs, [...]
Seven million unemployed Brits not looking for work because they do not want a job August 27, 2021 Around seven million people in the UK who are unemployed are not looking for work because they do not want a job, according to official figures. Data from the Office for National Statistics shows of the 13m Brits who are not looking for work, over half said they were doing so because they did not [...]
Global Group UK Investor Summit kicks off tomorrow October 1, 2021 The UK Investor team are hosting their first in-person event in two years, launching the Global Group UK Investor Summit tomorrow. The Summit will take place at the StoneX Stadium, home of Saracens Rugby Club, in north west London. Several high profile entrepreneurs and business leaders will be speaking at the Summit, including: Allan Leighton, [...]
Wolfenstein: Youngblood review – a bonkers but thrilling co-op experiment August 28, 2019 Platform: PS4 (tested), XBO, PC Five years ago, Wolfenstein: The New Order took a gloriously silly, decades old game about shooting Nazis and turned it into a gloriously silly, throughly modern game about shooting Nazis. It married lightning-quick gunplay with a pulpy, sci-fi yarn about monstrous mechanical Panzerhunds and fascist moon bases, while somehow making [...]
EY handed fine for botched Stagecoach audit August 25, 2021 The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has landed EY and its Audit Engagement Partner, Mark Harvey with £2.3m in fines. The FRC said that an EY audit of StageCoach, an international travel company, “did not satisfy the audit reporting requirements” for the 2016-2017 financial year. Claudia Mortimore, the Deputy Executive Counsel to the FRC said: “the [...]
City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile today? November 11, 2021 City A.M.’s Millie Turner provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every morning. Email citymoves@cityam.com to be featured. DF Capital Specialist lender DF Capital has hired a new head of change and continuous improvement, who will be responsible for leading the development of business innovations across the bank. Also ensuring organisational processes are most [...]
Octopus eyes Co-op Energy amid shifting landscape for suppliers August 18, 2019 Octopus and Co-op Energy are said to be planning to merge, as two of the most prominent challengers to the so-called big six energy firms look to upsize. Co-op Energy’s 370,000 customers could soon be subsumed by Octopus, which already has 800,000 clients. Such a move would take the new company’s customer numbers above the [...]