Marks & Spencer to reopen 49 cafes as UK lockdown eases May 13, 2020 Marks & Spencer (M&S) will reopen cafes across the UK with social distancing measures in place from tomorrow, as the country gradually starts to ease the coronavirus lockdown. The retailer said 49 cafes will be open to sell takeaway hot drinks following a successful trial at five locations, allowing customers to buy coffee while doing [...]
Boris Johnson’s interventionist obesity strategy will fail. We need more choice, not less to slim down May 25, 2021 Obesity is on the rise like never before. More than one in four people in the UK are now obese, one of the driving forces behind the mortality rate from Covid. In the year leading up to the pandemic, more than a million people were admitted to hospital for obesity-related treatment in England. Record hospitalisations [...]
Pub and restaurant sales jump in second week of trading July 24, 2020 Pub, bar and restaurant sales started to improve in the second week after lockdown was lifted as more sites reopened, the latest research showed. Hospitality businesses in England were allowed to reopen from 4 July as the coronavirus lockdown was eased, but sales jumped in the week beginning 13 July as more venues opened and [...]
Govt urges employers to hire UK-based workers rather than rely on foreign labour August 30, 2021 The Government wants employers to invest in UK-based workers rather than relying on labour from abroad as businesses contend with a shortage of HGV drivers. Supermarkets and suppliers are struggling to meet demand following an exodus of drivers from EU countries, who returned to the continent during the pandemic and remained there. This is coupled [...]
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Best of travel: Ko Samui is more than a backpackers’ paradise February 12, 2021 To tide us over until we’re able to travel again, we’re republishing classic travel stories from our archives. Today we revisit Laura Millar’s exploration of Thai island Ko Samui’s more luxurious side. ••• The taxi taking me on the ten-minute journey from Ko Samui’s tiny, open-air airport terminal to my hotel on Chaweng beach, one [...]
Johnson wages war on junk food ads in bid to tackle UK obesity July 24, 2020 Boris Johnson is set to announce sweeping measures to overhaul junk food advertising in the UK, which could include a 9pm watershed on TV adverts. The Prime Minister’s long-awaited obesity strategy, which could be announced as soon as next week, will likely involve a ban on online advertising of unhealthy foods, a 9pm watershed on [...]
What dip? New all-time highs for Ether, Link, Aave and UNI January 25, 2021 Crypto at a Glance On Friday, we asked whether a flash crash was just a dip or the start of a more prolonged correction. It was a question that swiftly received an answer, with the dulcet pings of new all-time highs sounding across the land over the weekend. After months of trying, Ethereum finally set [...]
Lovin it: Rising international sales give boost to McDonald’s shares October 23, 2018 McDonald's reported a 4.2 per cent rise in global sales during the third quarter of 2018, pushing its Wall Street shares up three per cent after the opening bell. Strong demand from the fast-food chain’s international markets helped boost its results this afternoon, in the wake of rising sales in UK, Australian and Japanese markets. [...]
Now hiring: DPD bets big on online delivery market with 6,000 new workers and £200m spending spree June 18, 2020 Delivery giant DPD is hiring 6,000 new workers in order to keep up with demand from “the biggest boom in online retailing in the UK’s history” as a result of the coronavirus lockdown. The firm said it would also put £200m extra cash into its network, as part of an “unprecedented investment in our infrastructure [...]