Tycoon who is BT’s largest shareholder to meet union bosses

Secretive tycoon who is BT’s largest shareholder arranges to meet union bosses in highly unusual move By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 12 June 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 12 June 2021 The secretive tycoon who has become BT’s largest shareholder has arranged to meet union bosses in a highly unusual … Read more

Oxfam at war: Charity bosses change shop’s locks and axe volunteers in bitter two-year battle

 Oxfam’s bitter two-year feud over claims a staff member at a charity shop in Hay on Wye called Welsh ‘that bloody foreign language’ has a new twist in the tale.  Shop volunteers Susan and Paul Baker, a retired couple who took the time to volunteer for the charity for 30 years were the latest volunteers … Read more

W is for ‘white fragility’: NHS bosses block bizarre A to Z of woke terms from public view

W is for ‘white fragility’: NHS bosses block bizarre A to Z of woke terms from public view after accusations it was ‘divisive’ NHS gets a backlash over glossary that is branded ‘alphabet of woke’ by Tory MP Entries for T even include ‘taking the knee’, ‘tokenism’, and ‘transgender man’ One entry for the draft … Read more

Bosses dobbing in unemployed Aussies who submit inappropriate job applications or refuse work

Would you dob in a dole bludger? Bosses snitch on unemployed Aussies who submit inappropriate job applications, skip interviews or refuse work – and anyone found guilty will have their welfare SUSPENDED Over 100 employers have dobbed in inappropriate job applicants via new hotline Applicants have refused interviews and work, and lied in job applications   … Read more

BBC bosses are to boost efforts to sound less ‘London-centric’ with regional voiceovers

BBC bosses are to boost efforts to sound less ‘London-centric’ with regional voiceovers featuring local accents Announcements between show will be made in local accents for BBC1 shows Viewers will hear voices from North West, North East, Yorkshire among others Director of nations says there will be a focus & garnering of stories out of … Read more

Depop bosses to cash in on takeover by US giant Etsy

£1.2bn! Not bad for a second-hand clothes app: Depop bosses to cash in on takeover by US giant Etsy Simon Beckerman, a 47-year-old British-Italian entrepreneur, who was born in Milan and lives in London, founded Depop in 2011  Beckerman is likely to net a tidy profit along with chief executive Maria Raga, other senior employees and … Read more

BBC bosses plotted to keep Martin Bashir’s Diana interview secret

Long-lost BBC documentary reveals how Corporation bosses plotted to keep Martin Bashir’s Diana interview secret – not even telling their ‘palace loyalist’ Chairman until the day the press were informed in case he tried to stop it BBC bosses plotted to keep Martin Bashir’s interview with Princess Diana secret Chairman Marmaduke Hussey was kept in the … Read more

Travis Perkins bosses eye ‘considerable’ price rises after boom in building work during lockdown

DIY disaster as cost of materials hits the roof: Travis Perkins bosses eye ‘considerable’ price rises after boom in building work during lockdown The builders’ merchant said on Sunday Britons faced ‘considerable’ cost rises Price of bagged cement expected to rise by 15 per cent and chipboard by a tenth The rises follow a boom … Read more

Restaurant and pub bosses blame furlough for lack of staff as they struggle to fill 190,000 roles

Restaurant and pub bosses blame furlough for lack of staff as they struggle to fill 190,000 vacancies amid fears many people will lose the will to work Businesses say they are struggling to find staff needed while furlough continues  Fears are rising workers on the job retention scheme will lose their will to work  Across … Read more

Six Post Office bosses ‘could face charges’ over handling of IT scandal, lawyer says

Six Post Office bosses ‘could face charges’: Several top staff may have committed criminal offences over handling of IT scandal, lawyer says More than 700 branch managers were prosecuted of crimes including fraud   Post Office hounded them and bullied many into pleading guilty   But 39 postmasters had convictions quashed following decade-long fight   By Daily Mail … Read more