EP: 224 York Ebor Festival – Thursday August 22, 2023 Day two of the York Ebor Festival on Thursday is Ladies Day and the Group 1 mile and a half Yorkshire Oaks is the highlight of the afternoon’s action. York Racecourse Chief Executive, William Derby tells us all about Ladies Day on the Knavesmire. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the best of Thursday’s [...]
Storm in a teacup? Tetley Tea crisis averted as workers accept pay deal August 22, 2023 Workers at Tetley Tea have voted to accept a pay deal that means a potential shortage of one of Britain’s favourite teas has been avoided. The new offer, accepted by the 200 odd workers, consists of a seven per cent pay rise backdated to 1 April 2023. This represents a significant increase on the 4.25 [...]
Getir to slash 2,500 job roles as demand for delivery fades August 22, 2023 Grocery order service Getir will slash 2,500 jobs from its global workforce, in the latest signal that demand for rapidly delivered goods is dwindling. The startup has said it is cutting 10 per cent of its 23,000 strong workforce across the UK, Netherlands, Germany, the US and its homeland of Turkey. In recent months the [...]
Pubs push on with demand to loosen licensing laws after World Cup sales boost August 22, 2023 Pubs are continuing with their demands to amend the country’s licensing laws to permit them to sell alcohol earlier in the day on special occasions. Calls to change the law were ignited in the run up to the Women’s World Cup final. Typically, trading laws only prohibit pubs from pouring drinks from 11:00am, so many [...]
Bitcoin and Ethereum attempt to steady the line as altcoins get picked off August 22, 2023 Bitcoin and Ethereum remain on the same steady path since yesterday, with the leading crypto by market cap trading a notch above $26k.
Derry Girls creator announces new comedy series set in Belfast August 22, 2023 The creator of the hit comedy series Derry Girls, set in Derry, Northern Ireland, has announced her plans for another comedy series. How To Get To Heaven From Belfast will be set in Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland, and will be about four women in their late 30s. It will feature one successful but [...]
Microsoft offers new Activision Blizzard deal to UK competition watchdog August 22, 2023 Microsoft has put a fresh deal on the table for its $69bn (£55bn) acquisition of gaming giant Activision Blizzard, triggering a new investigation by Britain’s competition watchdog. On Tuesday the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) confirmed it is blocking the original deal to protect consumer choice in cloud gaming. However, Microsoft has submitted a fresh [...]
Stepping Stones to Sustainability – Improve your supply chain in 5 steps August 22, 2023 | Sponsored Introduction Sustainability is increasingly high on people’s agenda and has become a buzz word in business circles. Measurable performance and tangible outcomes are becoming the standard across all sectors. But what does this really mean in practice, and how do you make your business more sustainable in a meaningful way? We break sustainability challenges down [...]
Arm announces Nasdaq float in largest US IPO in 2 years August 22, 2023 SoftBank-owned chip designer Arm has confirmed it will float on New York’s Nasdaq next month in what will be the largest US initial public offering (IPO) in almost two years. Arm, which licenses its chip designs to tech giants like Apple, Nvidia, and Qualcomm, has said the offering is being led by Barclays, Goldman Sachs, [...]
Under-offer Lookers nets £46m profit amid tough economic headwinds August 22, 2023 Car dealership Lookers, which looks set to be swiped from London markets in a £504m take-private deal, reported resilient trading in the first half against significant macroeconomic headwinds. The UK’s biggest car seller reached an agreement late last month with Global Auto Holdings – an entity linked to the Canadian Alpha Auto Group – to [...]