BT announced plans to nearly double its in-house digital talent across the UK and India this morning, growing to 6,300 people by 2024. The UK staff will be dotted around BT’s hub sites in Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol, Belfast, Ipswich and London, whilst the Indian hubs will be based in Bengaluru and Gurugram. The talent needed […]
British luxury menswear retailer Gieves and Hawkes is up for sale, with liquidators keen to attract prospective buyers for the 250-year-old Savile Row brand. Advisers started formally soliciting bids this week, according to Bloomberg. This follows its parent company, Hong Kong-listed fashion group Trinity, falling into liquidation last year. It has reported that the sale […]
The railways will grind to a halt again on 27 July as staff stage another national strike in an ongoing dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. As many as 40,000 members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union at train companies and Network Rail will walk out for 24 hours on Wednesday 27 July, […]
Poor home insulation and greater car dependency means inflation is up to 30% higher in northern English cities than it is in London, according to a new report. The Centre for Cities thinktank said a study of cities in England and Wales showed the north-south cost of living divide was intensifying regional inequality. The report […]
Bridgestone India is all set to invites applications for the 2nd edition of the ‘Bridgestone Mobility Social Impact Awards’ 2022. Through these awards the company aims to identify, recognise and promote sustainable mobility innovations from advanced technologies and solutions for social enhancement by not-for-profit organisations. The three key leading areas for Mobility Social Impact Awards […]
Average private rents in Britain have hit record highs, jumping by more than 20% in some areas such as Manchester, new data shows. The average advertised rent outside London is 11.8% higher than a year ago, while in the capital it is up by 15.8%, according to the property website Rightmove. The rise in housing […]
The pandemic has pushed back gender pay parity by a generation as women suffer the brunt of a global cost of living crisis, according to new research. The World Economic Forum’s annual report into the global gender pay gap found only a fifth of the 146 countries surveyed made progress in closing pay disparities with […]
The euro has fallen to parity with the dollar for the first time in 20 years as another jump in inflation in the United States added to concerns about higher interest rates and the increasing risks of a global recession. The single currency, which had been trading close to parity on worries about the prospects […]
The pub chain JD Wetherspoon has warned of bigger-than-expected annual losses amid rising staff pay and a slow recovery in bar trade as older drinkers continue to stay at home and sales of pints slump. The group said it was anticipating losses of about £30m for the year to the end of July after investing […]
Britons’ confidence in the economy has fallen for a seventh consecutive month, adding to mounting signs of squeezed spending leading to a recession this year. A monthly index of economic sentiment compiled by YouGov, the pollster, and the Centre for Economic and Business Research fell by 1.2 points last month to its lowest since August […]