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Jul 15

Thousands of jobs in store at Amazon’s UK warehouses

Amazon is creating 4,000 permanent jobs in Britain, including for roles in warehouses set to open in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, and Knowsley on Merseyside. The American online retailer is also seeking software developers, product managers and engineers, as well as workers for its 19 Amazon Fresh stores, including the first store outside London in Sevenoaks, […]
Jul 15

Defaults set to soar as borrowing costs bite

Higher central bank interest rates will trigger a wave of corporate defaults as companies struggle with higher borrowing costs and the threat of a global recession, fund managers have warned. A quarterly survey of global money managers said that company defaults were set to climb from very low levels during the pandemic as monetary policy […]