Running a recruitment business in the midst of a pandemic, with unemployment soaring around the world, might seem like a nightmare. But not for Alistair Cox, who is the wiry 60-year-old chief executive of rapidly expanding Hays. The £2.6billion jobs agency, once part of the Hay’s Wharf group, with origins dating back to the 17th … Read more
John Lewis announces eight further stores will not reopen after lockdown putting 1,465 jobs at risk John Lewis puts nearly 1,500 jobs at risk as it prepares to shut eight of its stores Retailer is closing shops in Kent, Yorkshire, Aberdeen, Cheshire and Hampshire Another store in Northamptonshire will also close, while 34 will remain … Read more
Chocolate retailer Thorntons is to close all its 61 stores with 603 jobs hit in latest blow to the High Street By Jemma Carr For Mailonline Published: 16:20 GMT, 15 March 2021 | Updated: 16:32 GMT, 15 March 2021 Chocolate retailer Thorntons has announced plans to permanently shut all its 61 stores with 603 jobs … Read more
Action plan: Nigel Colborn’s essential jobs for your garden this week Nigel Colborn says mid-March is the perfect time to plant Gladiolus bulbs British gardening expert reveals they thrive best in free-draining soil with sun He also shares advice for a reader who wants to split polyanthus primulas By Nigel Colborn for the Daily Mail Published: … Read more
Unions tell ministers to save Liberty Steel jobs if firm goes under following Greensill collapse By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:57 GMT, 11 March 2021 | Updated: 21:57 GMT, 11 March 2021 Steel maker Liberty was rocked last week by the implosion of Greensill Capital Unions have urged the Government to step in … Read more
Troubled steel magnate Sanjeev Gupta to hold crisis talks with unions as fears grow that his empire is teetering on the brink of collapse Thousands of jobs in Britain’s steel industry are thought to be at risk The biggest lender to Gupta’s GFG Alliance, Greensill Capital, was thrown into turmoil and is now expected to … Read more
Steel firm owned by Sanjeev Gupta in crisis talks with government officials as fears mount that financing behind industrialist’s empire is unravelling By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:52 GMT, 5 March 2021 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 5 March 2021 The steel firm owned by Sanjeev Gupta is in crisis talks with government … Read more
Greenshill crisis threatens British steel worker jobs as it casts shadow over Sanjeev Gupta’s empire By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:17 GMT, 2 March 2021 | Updated: 22:17 GMT, 2 March 2021 The crisis at Greensill Capital has cast a shadow over the business empire of Sanjeev Gupta – raising fears for … Read more
RUTH SUNDERLAND: We need a Budget for jobs – Chancellor Rishi Sunak needs to seize the opportunity and help Britain back to work There are three stages to the economic response to Covid-19: emergency support, getting back to work and payback time A year on, we are still stuck in Stage One Shifting to Stage … Read more
Up to 5,000 jobs at risk in Asda shake-up just months after Issa brothers’ £6.8bn debt-fuelled takeover By Daily Mail City & Finance Published: 21:52 GMT, 25 February 2021 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 25 February 2021 Up to 5,000 jobs are at risk at Asda as part of a major restructuring just months after the … Read more