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...
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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....
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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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‘I’ve not repaid a penny of my £70,000 student loan since leaving Britain – and never will’
What David feels is a lack of a credible threat from the Student Loans Company, and the fact that they haven’t made attempts to contact him in years, means he has lost little sleep over the debt. “I haven’t even heard from the Student Loans Company in a while, but if they do get in...
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Hollis: There is no Western civilization without Christianity
For the past two weeks, the news has been filled with stories and videos of riots across Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The unrest is in response to the murders of three little girls who were stabbed to death at a Taylor Swift dance party in Southport, England, on July 29. The accused...
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Entitlement and laziness are crushing the life out of Britain
And how does the political class react? There’s the growing hostility towards business, with Labour bleating about the miseries of employment under “unscrupulous” bosses and the need for more worker “rights”. There may well be circumstances in which greater flexibility benefits both parties, which is why millions of voluntary agreements are already in place. But...
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Tata Steel: £13.5m to help firms hit by Port Talbot job losses
Getty Images Tata has said the blast furnace operation was incurring losses of £1m a day The first money from a £100m fund to help workers and firms affected by restructuring plans at Tata’s Port Talbot steel plant is being released, UK ministers have announced. Tata closed one of its two blast furnaces on the...
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Uncertainty over Port Talbot’s future ‘causing supply chain job losses’
Uncertainty over the future of Tata Steel in south Wales is already causing job losses in the broader industry, the Welsh secretary has warned, as the government scrambles to reduce the toll of redundancies in Port Talbot. Speaking on Wednesday ahead of announcing the first £13.5m tranche of funding to support laid-off workers, the secretary...
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Indians outpace Britons in filling new UK jobs, data reveals – EasternEye
Since 2019, 488,000 positions have been filled by Indian nationals, while Nigerians have taken up 279,000 roles. Experts suggest that non-EU migrants have increasingly replaced European workers. (Photo for representation: iStock)By: Pramod Thomas THE country has seen nearly 1.5 million new jobs created since the Covid-19 pandemic, with the majority being filled by non-EU workers,...
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In five years more Indians and Nigerians have filled new jobs than British nationals – Brexit has INCREASED immigration – Kelvin MacKenzie
I voted Brexit to control immigration. I have just seen HMRC numbers that show not only is it not being curtailed, but it is actually exploding to the point where over the last five years more Indians and Nigerians have filled new jobs than British nationals. Sit down with a coffee and a double helping...
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Forexlive European FX news wrap 13 Aug – UK jobs data beats estimates | Forexlive
High risk warning: Foreign exchange trading carries a high level of risk that may not be suitable for all investors. Leverage creates additional risk and loss exposure. Before you decide to trade foreign exchange, carefully consider your investment objectives, experience level, and risk tolerance. You could lose some or all your initial investment; do not...
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How spiralling worklessness among British-born adults is fuelling a migration crisis
This is a big enough issue to affect the whole economy. “Without effective action to bring more people back into the workforce, sustained economic growth will be all but impossible,” she says. Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor, has promised action, sounding tough on benefits claimants. “Today’s figures show there is more to do in supporting people...