Amazon UK to create 19,000 jobs over Christmas to cope with extra demand October 8, 2015 Amazon UK is creating 19,000 people in seasonal roles over Christmas as it gears up for the busiest time of the year, the online retailer announced yesterday. The company said the majority of the jobs will be in its fulfillment and customer service centres to help cope with the extra demand. Salaries will start from [...]
UK Black Friday 2014: Amazon will offer new deals every 10 minutes on Apple iPhone, XBox and Sony TV and more November 24, 2015 It’s not even Friday yet, but Amazon is offering some pretty sweet discount deals on high ticket items such as an iPhone, XBox console and Sony TV in its week of Black Friday deals. Amazon is getting a head start on the biggest shopping event of the year, offering hawk-eyed money-saving customers new deals every [...]
Before the bell: What you need to know before the US market open September 20, 2016 Theresa May has been buttering up Wall Street following the Brext vote and drug giant GlaxoSmithKline has a new chief executive. Here's what you need to know before the US open at 2:30pm London time. The US futures markets are pointing higher ahead of the open. The S&P is up by 0.38 per cent, the Nasdaq [...]
Morrisons gets a discount on new deal with Ocado August 9, 2016 Morrisons and Ocado have struck a new deal that will see the supermarket deliver to more areas in Britain, and also reduces the fees Morrisons has to pay the online grocer. Shares in both grocers rose on the news, with Morrisons up 1.5 per cent at 190.9p in early trading, while Ocado rose 2.6 per [...]
Theresa May has called a Wall Street summit to reassure US banking giants in the aftermath of Brexit September 19, 2016 Prime Minister Theresa May is to go on a charm offensive with US banks, holding a summit with some of the biggest institutions in a bid to reassure them over potential repercussions of Britain's vote to leave the EU. Wall Street heavyweights invited to attend the special summit later today include JP Morgan Chase investment banking chief [...]
Apple versus Google: Here’s who’s won the latest title of world’s most valuable brand June 8, 2016 Google and Apple continue to tussle for the top stop on the stock market, switching back and forth in recent months for the crown of the biggest market capitalisation of any company in the world. But it's Google which triumphs in the latest ranking. The tech firm, now know under the umbrella Alphabet, has claimed [...]
Sports Direct and Debenhams will be hardest hit by Brexit, according to Canadian bank RBC – here’s why August 30, 2016 Debenhams and Sports Direct are likely to be two of the retailers hardest hit by Brexit, according to Canadian bank RBC, due to currency pressures and rising costs for the industry. The analysts predicted that disposable income in 2017 would be flat – as compared to growth of around five per cent this year – [...]
Amazon to open tenth UK fulfilment centre in Doncaster September 2, 2015 Amazon is creating over 300 new jobs as the internet retailer plans to open its tenth fulfilment centre in the UK this autumn. The company has chosen Doncaster as the location for its new 250,000 sq ft warehouse, which will be the second fulfilment centre in the city, as a first one opened in 2010. [...]
Barcelona extend Qatar Airways sponsorship for a further year as club wait for more lucrative deal July 19, 2016 Barcelona have extended their shirt sponsorship deal with Qatar Airways for a further season after failing to find a partner willing to match their €65m (£55m) per season asking price. The La Liga champions have had ties to the gulf state since 2010 when the Qatar Foundation became only the second shirt sponsor in its history [...]
HMV and Game steal entertainment market share from Amazon in run-up to Black Friday 2015 UK sales November 2, 2015 HMV, Game Digital and Argos staged a comeback in the last three months after growing sales of video games, CDs and DVDs at the expense of their online rival Amazon. Figures released this morning by Kantar Worldpanel show that Amazon’s share of the physical entertainment market shrank by 1.2 percentage points (pp) in the 12 [...]