Budget could destroy seventh-generation pub giant, warns boss Business The changes announced in the Budget represent an ‘existential threat’ to the future of a seventh-generation pub and brewing giant, its owner has warned. William Lees-Jones, who owns and runs Manchester-based JW Lees, which has produced real ale since 1828, has warned he is now “facing the very real prospect that we will never be able to [...]
Knoops: Boss reveals plans to become £4bn global giant Business The boss of Knoops has outlined his plans to the grow drinking chocolate chain into a $5bn (£3.9bn) giant with at least 3,000 stores across the world. William Gordon-Harris, who is both the chairman and chief executive of the London-headquartered business, said his revenue target is “readily achievable” when each of its hoped-for stores hit [...]
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The Notebook: Will workplaces start monitoring your Linkedin profile? October 21, 2024 Finance chiefs have chosen to leave Linkedin use unmonitored for decades, but could that be about to change?
London Stock Exchange Group sacks US staff member over ‘racist’ video October 18, 2024 The London Stock Exchange Group has sacked one of its staff after a “concerning video” was shared online. In a Linkedin post, the FTSE 100 firm said today it had been made aware of a video involving one of its US staff members and it had now fired the person. “You may be aware of [...]
Has Linkedin lost the plot? September 27, 2024 Over on Linkedin, people are exposing their nether-region-nasties purely for engagement, and that cannot be an expression of a healthy society
Could word games be the future of networking? Linkedin thinks so May 23, 2024 Linkedin's gaming push has raised some eyebrows, but capitalising on Gen Z's crossword craze is a smart move, writes Anna Moloney.