Royal Mail workers vote to continue walkouts February 16, 2023 Royal Mail workers have voted overwhelmingly to continue with a campaign of industrial action in a bitter dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. A fresh ballot of members of the Communication Workers Union showed almost 96% were in favour of more strikes unless the deadlock is broken. CWU general secretary Dave Ward said it was [...]
Unacceptable: Aviation regulator slams Wizz Air over complaints and refunds December 16, 2022 The UK aviation regulator has slammed Wizz Air for its “unacceptable” behaviour when it comes to passengers’ complaints and refunds. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) reported that the low-cost carrier ranked as the worst airline for escalated complaints, with 811 grievances per million UK passengers. Escalated complaints are complaints taken to alternative dispute resolution schemes [...]
Waze to tackle women’s safety fears as nights grow longer with new partnership December 1, 2022 Crowd-sourced sat nav app Waze has partnered with a community safety organisation to ease women’s fears of travelling in darkness, as nights grow longer in the UK. The partnership with SafeUP will see nearly 130 registered businesses flagged as ‘safe places’, which offer shelter for women, non-binary and genderqueer people feeling vulnerable when travelling solo. [...]
Tighter interest rates and inflation clobber UK business confidence August 1, 2023 Higher interest rates and elevated prices have thrown a wet blanket over UK business optimism, according to surveys out today. Confidence as measured by the lobby group the Institute of Directors (IoD) was largely unchanged last month at minus 30 points, up marginally from June’s minus 31 point reading. It solidifies signs that pessimism is [...]
Searcys boss: London venues set for ‘real reality check’ in the new year with spending slowdown warnings December 5, 2022 London restaurants face a “real reality check” come January and February, as consumers will pull back from dining out after Christmas, the boss of champagne bar chain Searcys has warned. Diners will “want to batten down the hatches” next year after enjoying their first Christmas free of Covid measures in three years, with the cost [...]
Mayhem in Chinese hub could mean 6m iPhones losses for Apple November 28, 2022 Mayhem at Apple’s key iPhone hub could mean that six million Pros models are lost this year, in a major blow to the tech firm in the run up to the all-important Christmas period. Production has been stunted by protests at Foxconn Technology’s Zhengzhou production factory over the past few weeks, as well as impending [...]
JD Wetherspoon: Tim Martin puts notice up in 800 pubs over ‘false claims’ in press March 28, 2024 The notice refers to a number of articles, including two dated 29 December and 30 December 2023, from the Daily Mirror and Daily Record which Spoons said “made inaccurate statements”.
Atzeni to Zoom home aboard Whyte’s Boom March 26, 2024 AFTER all the excitement surrounding the BMW Hong Kong Derby at Sha Tin last Sunday, racing resumes at Happy Valley today for their regular mid-week slot, hosting nine races, starting at 10.40am. The word ‘Firm’ eventually made it into the track condition description at Sha Tin last weekend for the first time since well before [...]
No crumpets: Warburtons off the shelves at Waitrose for a year after ‘performance’ issues January 8, 2023 AN UNLIKELY corporate row has broken out between Waitrose and Warburtons that has seen the nation’s favourite crumpet pulled from the shelves of the middle class’ supermarket of choice. Waitrose made the call after the Lancashire bakery’s products “didn’t meet our expectations” according to a report in the Telegaph. Warburtons’ chairman James Warburton meanwhile told [...]
Twinings owner Associated British Foods boosted amid cost of living crunch December 9, 2022 Primark owner Associated British Foods (ABF) has said its food business will fair better this year than the last, as it faces the UK’s economic downturn with low-cost offerings. At its annual general meeting today, chairman, Michael McLintock is expected to keep the group’s full year outlook unchanged, as many businesses in the country nudge [...]