ALEX BRUMMER: Can jobs catastrophe be averted?

ALEX BRUMMER: Chancellor Rishi Sunak will have to make the most of limited fiscal capacity if a jobs catastrophe is to be averted  There are 9m employees on furlough  The formal data we have so far on the Covid-19 shows a peak to trough fall of a whopping 25 per …

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Tesco investors reject chief’s £6.4m pay deal

Tesco shareholders inflict one of the biggest-ever FTSE 100 pay revolts on the supermarket group By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 22:09, 26 June 2020 | Updated: 22:33, 26 June 2020 Tesco shareholders inflicted one of the biggest-ever FTSE 100 pay revolts on the supermarket group yesterday.  More …

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Industry chiefs must learn from Intu’s calamity

Perhaps that explains why management struggled to face up to the severity of the crisis. An emergency rights issue came too late and secondary sites were sold off in dribs and drabs, when there should have been a giant “for sale” sign over every asset it owned Sure, the covenant …

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eBay Files U.S. Trademark For Speedpak Name

eBay has filed a trademark registration application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for the name/phrase SPEEDPAK to be used in commerce. A trademark filing does not mean the company has received the trademark, but it’s the first step in the process to protect the name or phase …

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