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 […]
While most workers spend July counting down the days to their holidays, arable farmers spend these weeks anxiously watching their crops — and the weather forecast — ahead of the harvest. However this year the anxiety is building. Dry weather and soaring fuel and fertiliser costs mean that the yield and margins on the crops […]
Low growth and inequality have left British households £8,800 worse off than their counterparts in other wealthy countries, research has found. Living standards in the UK lag those in Australia, Canada, France, Germany and the Netherlands, with low and middle-income households affected most severely, according to analysis by the Resolution Foundation think tank and the […]
Twitter sued Elon Musk last night for violating his $44 billion deal to purchase the social network and asked a Delaware court to force the world’s richest man to complete the takeover. The social media group alleged that Musk had caused “irreparable harm” by breaching their deal, which it has vowed to enforce. He moved […]
Over one hundred Crown Post Offices will be disrupted by strikes today after workers voted in favour of a staff walk out over pay. The industrial action of 1,500 staff will cause “considerable delays” for consumers, the Communications Workers Union (CWU) said. Union members rejected a pay offer by the Post Office, which the union […]