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19.08.2022 - 15:53
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Evening Standard
Tesco cancels shoppers’ online orders after ‘technical issue’
A glitch in Tesco’s systems has left customers without their shopping on Friday afternoon.The business was forced to cancel some orders that were due to be delivered during the day.The “technical issue” will not affect orders on Saturday, Tesco said. It said that customers who are affected will be contacted by email.They will then be …
19.08.2022 - 15:37
Business
Business Live
New Grimsby seafood plant secured at Covid outbreak ‘taking longer to stabilise’
The company behind a new seafood plant in Grimsby has told how it will take longer to break even than anticipated. Icelandic Seafood International swooped for the former Five Star Fish site as Covid hit UK shores. What many hoped would impact for weeks is still hitting the books almost two-and-a-half years on, with a …
19.08.2022 - 15:07
Business
Evening Standard
Worker shortages and wage rises to guide Hays to profit
Hays is set to reveal another strong profit as soaring competition for talent has pushed up wages and recruiting fees.The London-listed recruitment agency is expected to reveal an annual operating profit of around £210 million when it updates shareholders on Thursday.Last month, the company said it saw its fees increase by 23% over the three …
19.08.2022 - 15:03
Business
Evening Standard
Shapps branded ‘clueless’ about rail chaos after overstating timetables
Grant Shapps has been accused of being “clueless” about rail disruption after overstating the number of trains running between Manchester and London.The Transport Secretary faced repeated questioning on BBC Breakfast about why it is currently only possible to catch one train an hour between the cities.Mr Shapps insisted that is incorrect and there are four …
19.08.2022 - 14:41
Business
Business Live
Heritage train company launches first class service in competition with Avanti West Coast
A heritage train company is launching a charter service between London and the North West to help passengers frustrated by Avanti West Coast’s severe disruption. Crewe-based Locomotive Services Group will begin operating a first class-only charter service to and from London Euston on Friday. The train’s air-conditioned carriages are restored British Rail Mark 3 stock …
19.08.2022 - 14:14
Business
Business Live
Heart-shaped treehouse set to open to help Northumberland tourism bloom
A Northumberland sustainable tourism business is introducing a romantic getaway with the help of a five-figure investment. Dave and Harvest Harris-Jones set up Laverock Law Cottages and Glamping 11 years ago on a two-acre site at Lowick near Berwick-upon-Tweed after restoring three semi-derelict cottages, which they now offer alongside a handcrafted shepherd’s hut made from …
19.08.2022 - 14:12
Business
Business Live
Recruitment begins for new South Yorkshire smart factory where 300 jobs are being created
Manufacturer Lontra has launched its first phase of a recruitment drive for the 300 employees it aims to welcome to a new £17m smart factory at Doncaster Sheffield Airport. The Midlands company develops, manufactures and exports high value industrial machinery for critical sectors, and the new base will create products for world-wide food manufacture, pharmaceutical …
19.08.2022 - 14:12
Business
Business Live
Cineworld bankruptcy reports see cinema chain’s shares plummet
Cineworld shares have plummeted after reports the cinema chain is preparing to file for bankruptcy “within weeks”. Shares dived by two-thirds within minutes of reports by the Wall Street Journal that the world’s second-biggest cinema business has hired lawyers from Kirkland & Ellis and consultants from AlixPartners to advise the bankruptcy process. Cineworld has so …
19.08.2022 - 12:21
Business
Sky News
Cineworld preparing to file for bankruptcy – report
Cineworld, the world’s second-largest cinema chain, is preparing to file for bankruptcy within weeks, the Wall Street Journal reports, after struggling to rebuild attendance following the COVID pandemic.The UK-based group, which operates in 10 countries with 751 sites and more than 9,000 screens, has engaged lawyers from Kirkland & Ellis LLP and consultants from AlixPartners …
19.08.2022 - 11:25
Business
Sky News
Inflation fuels 63% hike in UK debt costs as borrowing outstrips forecasts
Soaring inflation has seen interest payments on government debt leap by 63% over the past year, official data reveals.Figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) also showed the UK borrowed more than expected in July as public spending outstripped taxes and other income. Government borrowing hit £4.9bn in July, according to the ONS, …
19.08.2022 - 10:27
Business
Business Live
Plans for green energy ‘multiplex’ at Melton gain momentum as Transwaste’s third decade dawns
A household recycling firm launched in Hull 20 years ago, is gearing up for a major third decade as it prepares to invest significantly in major green projects. Transwaste was founded by brothers Paul and Mark Hornshaw as a skip hire firm in 2002, hand-sorting waste on the docks. Now the £29 million turnover business …
19.08.2022 - 10:04
Business
Business Live
Airbus and BAE Systems supplier bought by Italian aerospace group
A Gloucestershire manufacturing group that supplies components to aerospace and defence giants such as Airbus and BAE Systems has been acquired by an Italian multinational. Five Valleys Aerospace – a holding company of two businesses Nu-Pro and Stanmar – has been bought by Magnaghi Aeronautica Group (MA Group) for an undisclosed sum. Stroud-based Nu-Pro provides …
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