Connor McCann works in a BT call centre in Canterbury but despite doing the same role as his colleagues was paid thousands less a year. That’s because the 24-year-old was employed by agency Manpower and not BT. “It didn’t matter how good you are at your job, you’re still being paid less than your colleagues,” …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Bull Ring shopping centre in Birmingham was built in 1964 In the 1960s shopping centres offered a vision of the future – large shiny complexes which looked to bring the ease and glamour of US suburban malls to UK town and city centres. From the 1970s to the …
Image copyright Getty Images As millions start their Christmas shopping online, there’s a warning that consumers may need to have a mobile phone, and a decent signal, to make sure their transactions go through. UK banks are starting to introduce a new layer of security, involving passwords sent to your mobile phone. That could be …
Image copyright PA A campaign group representing women born in the 1950s has won the right to a judicial review into changes to their state pension age. A High Court judge has granted a review into how the government handled the raising of the pension age from 60. Joanne Welch, from the BackTo60 group which …
Image copyright Unite Image caption The Unite union said nearly 80% of their members backed strike action Strike action at Cammell Laird has already cost the Birkenhead shipbuilder more than £1.5m in lost business, the company’s chief executive said. John Syvret warned “more losses are imminent” as union bosses pledged to continue strike action in …
Image copyright Google Image caption The House of Fraser building dates from the 1930s but Kendal’s first opened in the 1830s House of Fraser’s landmark Manchester store has been saved from closure, the company has announced. New terms have been agreed with the landlord enabling the former Kendal’s store to continue trading. Sir Richard Leese, …
Image copyright Clint Furnish Image caption Clint Furnish reckons he will miss out on £450 in savings after missing out on the 26-30 railcard by one day The launch of the new 26-30 railcard has been delayed slightly, it was announced on Friday. Millennials had been promised they could buy the popular discount card by …
BBC Click’s Marc Cieslak looks at some of the best of the week’s technology news stories including; Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg angered representatives from nine countries by refusing to attend a UK parliamentary select committee investigating disinformation and fake news Uber has been fined £385,000 for letting hackers steal data on 2.7 million UK customers. …
Image copyright Reuters Image caption The new search app would reportedly “blacklist sensitive queries” Google staff have pledged $200,000 (£157,000) to engineers if they go on strike over the firm’s work on a censored search engine for China. A prominent Google engineer started the fund after reports suggested it would avoid standard internal checks. The …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Matt Hancock says he was unaware of the sponsorship Matt Hancock has been accused of breaking the ministerial code after appearing to endorse a smartphone app. Labour MP Justin Madders is demanding an investigation after the health secretary backed the use of “GP at Hand” in an Evening Standard …