Provident Financial axes doorstep lending after 141 years putting 2,100 jobs at risk By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 10 May 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 10 May 2021 Provident Financial is closing its 141-year-old doorstep lending business – putting 2,100 jobs at risk. The firm, which specialises in loans for … Read more
Boris Johnson ‘AXES plans for TV briefings despite spending £2.6m on converting a room in Downing Street and hiring journalist Allegra Stratton to be the face of them’ Boris Johnson s axed plans for White House-style televised press briefings The Prime Minister had confirmed the proposals for briefing room last year Megahertz was hired to … Read more
Boris Johnson ‘AXES plans for TV briefings despite spending £2.6m on converting a room in Downing Street and hiring journalist Allegra Stratton to be the face of them’ Boris Johnson s axed plans for White House-style televised press briefings The Prime Minister had confirmed the proposals for briefing room last year Megahertz was hired to … Read more
Defence giant Babcock axes 1,000 jobs in drastic overhaul after racking up a loss of more than £1bn By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:43 BST, 13 April 2021 | Updated: 22:43 BST, 13 April 2021 Defence giant Babcock International is slashing 1,000 jobs and writing off £1.7billion from the value of the … Read more
Foreign holidays have been dealt a fresh blow after British Airways scrapped more summer flights. Passengers were left dismayed by the latest round of cancellations that include trips in July and August – after overseas travel is scheduled to resume on May 17. Europe is grappling with surging cases and yesterday a UK health minister … Read more
BBC axes left-wing satire show The Mash Report as presenter Nish Kumar hits back by calling Boris Johnson ‘a liar and a racist’ BBC show which was accused of left-wing bias will not return for another series Broadcaster said it is axing programme to ‘make room for new comedy shows’ Nish Kumar posted a photo … Read more
Channel Seven axes primetime reality show Ultimate Tag after it failed to find an audience – hitting a low of only 260,000 viewers on Monday night By Caleb Taylor For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:48 GMT, 11 March 2021 | Updated: 05:48 GMT, 11 March 2021 Channel Seven’s new series Ultimate Tag has been dropped … Read more
Marks & Spencer axes its 29 in-store bank branches and shuts current accounts in move that will affect 3million customers Customers of M&S Bank will have to either move current accounts or close them The move was prompted by ‘customers changing habits’ over the last year No action has to be taken straight away and … Read more
Duden (pictured), which is similar to the Oxford English Dictionary, has scrapped the masculine form of nouns to be used to describe whole professions [Stock image] Germany’s most influential dictionary has stirred debate by issuing guidance to make the language more gender neutral. Duden, which is similar to the Oxford English Dictionary, has scrapped the … Read more
The BBC has axed editorial director Kamal Ahmed and four other posts from its news board in a ‘modernisation’ plan – despite pledging to increase diversity last year. An £80 million savings plan saw the job cuts announced by the broadcaster this afternoon. It said it was ‘restructuring’ the board as part of ‘plans to modernise … Read more