Nintendo: Super Mario movie success helps drive 50 per cent sales surge August 3, 2023 Nintendo has smashed forecasts for its first quarter results as the ever-popular virtual icons Mario and Zelda continue to attract gamers. The Japanese gaming company reported net sales of 461.34bn yen (£2.5bn) for the three months ended 30 June – a 50 per cent increase from the same period of 2022 and ahead of Refinitiv [...]
Dame Sharon White: Government should be talking about ‘falling apprenticeships’ following Sunak’s plans for mandatory national service May 26, 2024 Dame Sharon White, the head of John Lewis, has said the government should be talking about skills, and why apprenticeships are falling' following an announcement that Rishi Sunak would introduce national service if he was elected at the upcoming general election.
Older Brits in need of cash return to work in droves as cost of living chaos destroys budgets December 19, 2022 Money is a key motivator for older workers returning to work as the merciless cost-of-living crisis increasingly bites, it has emerged. The Office for National Statistics has published experimental data on the motivations for the over 50s to return to work. Money is an important motivation to return to work for all groups, particularly younger groups, with 69 per [...]
Double glazing giant Everest owed over £30m as it crashed into administration June 24, 2024 Double glazing giant Everest owed more than £30m when it crashed into administration earlier this year, it has been revealed.
Ocado not for you: Three reasons why online grocer’s results may not be as bad as they seem February 28, 2023 Ocado’s crown as the online food retailer which keeps the middle classes stocked in organic essentials has been threatening to slip for a while now. As one of the companies which sits at the ‘higher-end’ of the online supermarket price point the rising cost of living, not to mention higher mortgage interest rates, was expected [...]
A remarkable effort to turn grim tragedy into something positive September 12, 2023 More than two decades on, the sheer visceral terror of the September 11 attacks continues to linger. Few working in the City then, in a world of global finance, did not know someone caught up by the assault on New York in some way. In the world before immediate smartphone communication, those were anxious days [...]
Sturgeon says she’ll ‘never give up’ on independence as referendum court hearing to start October 10, 2022 Nicola Sturgeon has said she will “never, ever give up” on Scottish independence, just a day before a Supreme Court hearing will begin over the legality of a new referendum. The Scottish First Minister claimed at the SNP’s annual conference that “the nations of these islands will work together better with independence than we do [...]
Tesco, Sainsbury’s face calls for investigation into ‘profiteering’ as prices soar May 2, 2023 An inquiry should be commissioned into whether supermarkets have been “profiteering” during the cost-of-living crisis, the Liberal Democrats have said. Party leader Sir Ed Davey is calling for the competition watchdog to start an investigation into whether food retailers put up the price of goods by more than was necessary to cover the cost of [...]
Wimbledon hit by fresh rail disruption as ASLEF announce overtime work ban June 19, 2023 Train drivers at 16 train operators will stop working overtime across six days in July, the ASLEF Union announced today, coinciding with the first week of the Wimbledon tennis tournament. ASLEF members will stop working overtime between Monday 3 July and Saturday 8 July in a long running dispute over pay. Mick Whelan, ASLEF’s general [...]
Central banks in focus this week as policymakers weigh up interest rate cuts March 17, 2024 Major central bank are set to dominate the headlines this week as they prepare to make decisions on interest rates that will determine borrowing costs around the world.