McDonald’s is to open more than 200 restaurants across the UK and Ireland over the next four years, creating about 24,000 new jobs as it steps up expansion amid a rise in demand for takeaways. The plan marks the US company’s largest expansion programme in the UK for more than 20 years and is backed...
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McDonald’s to open 200 restaurants and create 24,000 jobs across the UK and Ireland after £1bn investment
McDonald’s has pledged to breathe new life into British high streets by creating 24,000 new jobs across the UK and Ireland in over 200 new restaurants by 2028. In its biggest expansion since 2002, the fast food chain has announced a £1billion investment with a view to ‘supporting successful high streets’, with customers likely to...
September job fairs to be held in two Monmouthshire towns
Monmouthshire County Council is hosting two job and employment fairs, one in Abergavenny and the other in Caldicot. The Abergavenny fair will be held at Market Hall on September 12 and the Caldicot fair at Caldicot Choir Hall on September 19. Both fairs will run from 10am to 1pm. Attendees will have the opportunity to...
Prime Minister and Welsh First Minister: Together we will “supercharge” mission to make Britain a clean energy superpower
The Prime Minister and Welsh First Minister will supercharge efforts to make Britain a clean energy superpower today, by investing in homegrown energy to grow the economy, create jobs, boost skills, and strengthen our energy independence. Visiting a wind farm in West Wales which benefitted from Welsh Government funding, the Prime Minister and First Minister...
Ted Baker’s remaining stores to close this week, putting 500 jobs at risk
Fashion brand Ted Baker’s remaining 31 stores in the UK are to close this week, putting more than 500 jobs at risk. Started as a men’s clothing label in Glasgow in 1988 by entrepreneur Ray Kelvin and becoming known for its quirky advertising and floral prints, Ted Baker’s UK arm entered administration in March after...
Ted Baker to close ALL of its remaining 31 stores risking 500 jobs four months after going into administration
By Emily Jane Davies Published: 16:17 BST, 18 August 2024 | Updated: 17:18 BST, 18 August 2024 Ted Baker will close all of its remaining 31 stores this week, risking 500 jobs four months after going into administration. All of the fashion brand’s stores are expected to have shut by the end of Tuesday. It...
Ted Baker closes final stores putting 500 jobs at risk
EPA-EFE/REX Ted Baker stores with sale signs in their last days of trading, seen here in late July The remaining 31 Ted Baker stores in the UK are set to close this week, putting more than 500 jobs at risk. All of the fashion brand’s stores are expected to have shut by the end of...
GB Energy begins hiring in Aberdeen raising hopes of HQ announcement
Great British Energy has started recruiting in Aberdeen – raising hopes that the Granite City will soon be confirmed as the headquarters for the UK’s new state-owned energy company. More than 900 business leaders have backed a campaign to locate the new firm, which has over £8billion of financial muscle, in the North-east of Scotland....
Labour in second civil service job row over party donations
Getty Images The government is facing questions about a second appointment to a senior civil service role of a person linked to previous donations to the Labour Party. Emily Middleton was named a director general in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), where the secretary of state is Peter Kyle. She was previously...
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