Image copyright Getty Images Ryanair says it has cancelled 190, or about 8% of its 2,400 scheduled flights this Friday. The airline has adjusted its schedule in the face of strike action being taken by unions in Spain, Belgium, Holland, Portugal, Italy and Germany. The Irish airline says this will affect 30,000 passengers, who have …
Image copyright Neilson Barnard/Getty Images The controversial lifestyle brand founded by Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow has opened its first UK store. Goop’s pop-up store in Notting Hill, west London, opens on Tuesday until late January. Its online store is also available to European customers for the first time in its 10-year history. Goop has been …
Image copyright Reuters Revenues made by Manchester United have hit a record as the football club earned more money from TV rights. The club reported revenues of £590m in the year to the end of June, up 1.5% on the prior year, and forecast they would top £600m next time TV revenue rose 5.2% to …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Donatella Versace and Elton John in 1991 US fashion giant Michael Kors has confirmed a $2.1bn takeover of Versace in a move that has outraged some fans of the Italian fashion house. Creative director Donatella Versace’s social media accounts have been swamped by loyal fans pleading with her to …
Image copyright Google Image caption The firm will close the site by 2020 but said it was “not as a result of the UK leaving the European Union” Hundreds of jobs will be lost when a major employer in Grimsby closes its pharmaceutical factory as part of “global transformation”. Drugs firm Novartis employs about 400 …
Image copyright PA Image caption Players will welcome the addition of potentially high-scoring words such as “qapik” Scrabble players will now be able to use words such as “OK” and “ew” after US dictionary company Merriam-Webster announced it was adding 300 new words in the latest edition of the game’s dictionary. The last freshening up …
Image copyright Next This summer’s heatwave led to stronger-than-expected sales at Next in the first six months of the year, the clothing retailer has said. As a result, Next said it was raising its profit forecast for the year as a whole by £10m to £727m. However, the company said the UK retail market remained …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger continued to run Instagram after it was acquired by Facebook in 2012 The co-founders of photo-sharing giant Instagram, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, are both leaving the firm. Mr Systrom, the chief executive of the app, said they were departing to “explore our curiosity …
Image copyright EPA Thomas Cook shares fell as much as 25% after it blamed the summer heatwave for a drop in its annual profit forecast. “Many customers” had put off booking holidays abroad, instead staying at home in June and July to enjoy the sunshine, the holiday firm said. The company said this had led …
Image copyright Getty Images More than £500m was stolen from customers of British banks in the first half of 2018, figures have shown. Industry group UK Finance said £145m of that was due to authorised push payment (APP) scams, in which people are conned into sending money to another account. But £358m was lost to …