Image copyright Getty Images The Oddbins off-licence chain has gone into administration, putting hundreds of jobs at risk. Administrator Duff & Phelps (D&P) has been appointed to run the business while they attempt to find a buyer. Oddbins’ owner European Food Brokers (EFB) blamed tough High Street conditions and economic uncertainty created by Brexit for …
Image copyright Getty Images UK manufacturers prepared for Brexit by building up stockpiles of goods at a record pace last month, a closely-watched survey has suggested. The research, by IHS Markit/CIPS, found companies were adding to stocks of inputs at the fastest pace in the survey’s 27-year history. The survey’s Purchasing Managers’ Index fell to …
Image copyright Getty Images Incidents of shoplifting in UK supermarkets rose by nearly 8% between 2014 and 2017, according to figures gathered by the Press Association (PA). Police from forces in England and Wales investigated 78,110 shoplifting incidents in 2017, the news agency said, up from 72,423 in 2014. The British Retail Consortium said shoppers …
Image copyright Getty Images Guidelines about what constitutes “obscene” pornography have been relaxed in England and Wales. The Crown Prosecution Service had previously listed torture and bondage, among other acts, as obscene. Distributing that type of pornography either on or offline could therefore have led to a prosecution. But the CPS has now removed the …
Image copyright Getty Images TSB’s computer meltdown last year has cost it £105.4m, the bank has said. The bank estimates that its attempt to move its IT system resulted in £330.2m of lost income. About 80,000 customers switched their bank account away from TSB in 2018 – 30,000 more than 2017 – after some people …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Satellites can now track “ghost ships” that turn off their Automatic Identification System For a long time, being out at sea meant being out of sight and out of reach. And all kinds of shenanigans went on as a result – countries secretly selling oil and other goods to …
If you’ve got a scratch, a graze or dry skin, you might reach for a jar of Vaseline. It’s a petroleum jelly, and people have been using it for well over a century. But who first realised that this stuff could ease skin complaints? Aaron Heslehurst explains. Video producer: Jeremy Howell Source by [author_name]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Both large and small businesses are considering moving, the survey suggests Almost a third of UK companies could move operations abroad because of Brexit, a survey has suggested. Research for the Institute of Directors revealed that 16% already had relocation plans while a further 13% were actively considering doing so. …
David Linacre isn’t your typical magician. By day he works in marketing in the legal sector, but at the weekends he performs magic tricks and illusions. Read more: What’s your ‘side hustle’? Series Producer: Mauro Galluzzo. Video Journalist: Ameer Khan. Video Editor: Robert Miller Source by [author_name]
Image copyright Justin Sullivan/Getty The government has been urged to “not turn a blind eye to” the exploitation of workers in hand car washes. The plea came after the government rejected a call for a trial licensing scheme to try to tackle the issue. The Environmental Audit Committee said it had found “widespread and alarming …