[ad_1] Royal Mail is making an application to the high court to try to block workers from staging a strike over job security and employment conditions that it says risks having an impact on the UK’s general election. The company claims there were “potential irregularities” in the ballot of Communication Workers Union (CWU) members over…
[ad_1] A top hedge fund manager known as one half of the City’s “Posh and Becks” has been appointed as chairman of a fund house her husband Crispin Odey has been betting against. Nichola Pease – whose family helped found Barclays Bank, where her brother-in-law John Varley was formerly chief executive – will take over at Jupiter Fund Management next…
[ad_1] If consumers already have one of the collectable ceramic gin bottles, they can order the pouches for £4 less than the price of ordering a new bottle. A CAITHNESS distillery has launched a recyclable gin pouch – the first of its kind in the UK – in a bid to improve its eco-friendly credentials….
[ad_1] Questor Income Portfolio: the prospect of a hard-Left government rightly instils fear in investors. But what is a suitable course of action? Does a possible Corbyn government represent an existential threat to our portfolio? In theory, any business based or listed in Britain is at some risk from a hard-Left government. Labour could, for example,…
[ad_1] Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson smiling in the House of Commons in London on October 19, 2019, during a debate on the Brexit deal. Photograph: Jessica Taylor/UK PARLIAMENT/AFP via Getty Images Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of the world economy, the financial markets, the eurozone and business. After the drama of…
[ad_1] Flurrybridge Enterprise Centre is ground zero for Brexit on the island of Ireland. Situated in South Armagh, just yards north of the border, it is home to businesses that sustain almost 300 livelihoods, many of them by shuttling goods along the east coast artery between Belfast and Dublin. Travelling over a bridge to leave…
[ad_1] There were two important statements from the CBI on Thursday. One, as you’d expect, was a view on the new UK-EU withdrawal agreement. In short, the employer’s body welcomes anything that lessens the chances of a damaging no-deal Brexit but it warned that “big questions remain about the feasibility of negotiating a new trade…
[ad_1] The Confederation of British Industry has served Labour with a challenge to publish the full details of its nationalisation plans, in the latest twist of an increasingly bitter row. Britain’s leading business group hit back amid mounting pressure over its claim that Labour’s nationalisation plans would cost £196bn, releasing further details of how it…
[ad_1] Lisa Angel is looking for Christmas staff, along with Royal Mail and Poundland. Picture: ANTONY KELLY Archant Norfolk 2018 Here’s a roundup of some of the Norwich shops and businesses looking for extra staff this Christmas. Email this article to a friend To send a link to this page you must be logged in….
[ad_1] Royal Mail workers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of striking in a dispute over job security and employment terms and conditions, raising the threat of industrial action in the run-up to Christmas. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) backed action by 97% in a huge turnout of almost 76%. The CWU said Royal…