John Lewis cuts staff bonus to the lowest level since 1953 at just 2% as it posts punishing drop in profits and warns shoppers that store closures are on the cards John Lewis saw total annual profit fall by 23% to £123m, latest results show Annual staff bonus now stands at 2%, the lowest since … Read more
NEW SOUTH WALES: 23 January 25 Three men aged 43, 53, and 35 who had recently travelled to China contracted the disease. Two flew in from Wuhan while the other arrived in Sydney from Shenzhen, south China. They were treated in isolation at Westmead Hospital. January 27 A 21-year-old woman is identified as the fourth … Read more
Priti Patel is facing allegations she bullied staff at a third government department, with officials saying she humiliated colleagues and fostered a sense that ‘everyone is hopeless’ while in charge of distributing foreign aid. A senior official at the Department for International Development (DfID) reported a ‘tsunami’ of allegations of abuse by officials in her … Read more
American Airlines unveils new ‘aviation blue’ uniforms that will be worn by 50,000 of its flight attendants and frontline staff Carrier has worked with its staff and union representatives to design the new uniforms, made by Lands’ End A group of 1,000 airline workers tested the new uniforms for six months before they went into … Read more
Health alert over online takeaways as it emerges many use unregulated ‘dark’ kitchens using staff with no training in food hygiene or allergies Takeaways like McDonald’s set up ‘dark kitchens’ which don’t have a restaurant Some operate by people without training and offer no allergen information The businesses are selling through social media such as … Read more
Boris Johnson hails frontline NHS staff UK’s ‘greatest asset’ in face of coronavirus outbreak as he urges nation to wash hands with soap for 20 seconds to stop spread of infection Prime Minister praised NHS workers after meeting frontline staff in Kettering Says ‘fantastic’ medical staff will ensure Britain beats coronavirus crisis Urged the public … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN’S LEGACY by Nicholas Milton (Pen & Sword £25, 279pp) The wheel had turned, and, in a matter of a few weeks, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain had gone from the hero promising ‘peace in our time’ to the villain whose attempted appeasement of the rapacious Adolf Hitler had failed. He … Read more
John Lewis ‘never knowingly undersold’ pledge comes under threat as new chairman reviews store cuts, staff bonus and link with Waitrose John Lewis has committed itself for 95 years to match a rival’s price But major strategic review will leave ‘no stone unturned’, according to sources The review is likely to look at the number … Read more
Checking out of the coronavirus hotel: Guests are tested by medical staff as they leave Tenerife resort where hundreds more are still quarantined Small group of guests out of 130 cleared to leave the four star hotel in Tenerife Minibus driver didn’t provide any information on where the guests were headed In total, over 700 … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Nearly 3,000 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 80,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of … Read more