2,200 branches: Owner of Boots plotting £10bn sale of 172-year old pharmacy chain City rumours The parent company of Boots is reportedly considering putting the pharmacy chain on the market next year, according to news reports this morning. US retail giant Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) is lining up advisers from Goldman Sachs to explore a potential sale of the pharmacy, Sky News wrote. City A.M. understands that a potential valuation [...]
‘Americans will be licking their lips’: Export of UK lamb to US from January as three decade-old ban ends UK-US trade Exports of British lamb to the United States are set to resume in January. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has amended the rule which currently prevents imports of lamb from the UK into the US. The amended “small ruminant rule” will come [...]
My career may be over but ‘I couldn’t give a s**t anymore’ after fatal ‘Rust’ shooting, says Alec Baldwin Alec Baldwin has denied pulling the trigger in the fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust, and added that his acting career may be over. The actor, 63, accidentally shot and killed cinematographer Hutchins when a prop gun he was holding went off during filming for the Western in New Mexico. In [...]
Blockchain.com to launch its own NFT platform December 3, 2021 Crypto exchange and wallet provider Blockchain.com has announced plans to launch a marketplace for NFTs.
Wickes lifts profit forecast to £83m beating analyst expectations December 3, 2021 Wickes has announced it expects fully year profits to reach £83m beating the upper range of analyst forecasts at just £75m.
Omicron invades US as new Covid variant rears its head in New York, Colorado, Minnesota, California and Hawaii December 3, 2021 US authorities are on high alert as the new Coronavirus variant, the Omicron mutation, has been discovered in at least five states. The Covid-19 variant had been undetected in the US before the middle of this week. A Colorado woman who had recently travelled to southern Africa, a Hawaii resident with no recent travel history [...]
Disability in the corporate world: Challenging and championing perspectives December 3, 2021 ICAS highlights the need to champion the rights and wellbeing of disabled people on International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD). There are 14.1 million disabled people living in the UK. Despite protections under law, disabled people still face widespread prejudice, intentional or otherwise, across all facets of society. Statistics compiled by disability equality charity [...]
Jack Dorsey’s Square prepares to change its name to Block December 2, 2021 Twitter founder Jack Dorsey has announced that tech company Square will be renamed as Block, hinting at a push into blockchain technology.
Lord Rothermere raises final offer in Daily Mail privatisation push December 2, 2021 Lord Rothermere has upped his offer to shareholders as he seeks to privatise the Daily Mail Group Trust (DMGT).
Most Arcadia stores lie empty a year after empire’s collapse December 1, 2021 Press Association THE vast majority of stores from Sir Philip Green’s former Arcadia empire remain empty a year after the retailer’s dramatic collapse. Around 86 per cent of shop sites run by the group – which included Topshop, Topman, Burton and Dorothy Perkins stores – are still vacant, according to data from the Local Data [...]