Amazon’s unstoppable expansion continues with new warehouse in Northamptonshire October 6, 2016 Amazon has announced plans to open a new warehouse in Daventry, Northamptonshire, in 2017, creating 300 new jobs. The tech giant said it is responding to growing demand for its services and wants to use the opening to offer more products to its customers. Read more: ASOS says "it isn't very practical" to run a warehouse like the Victorians [...]
Angela Merkel has hit back at Theresa May’s plans for access to the Single Market October 6, 2016 Angela Merkel has hit back at Theresa May over her plans for maintaining access to the Single Market once the UK leaves the EU. The German chancellor told a business audience in Berlin she would not countenance giving the UK preferential access while allowing it to restrict the free movement of people. Theresa May told the [...]
Norwegian’s flying with 14 per cent passenger growth for September October 6, 2016 Low cost airline Norwegian carried nearly 2.8m passengers in September – an increase of 14 per cent on the same month last year. A total of 2,778,806 passengers flew with the airline last month, while total traffic growth increased by 21 per cent and capacity growth was up 19 per cent. Norwegian CEO Bjørn Kjos [...]
Working like it’s 2008: UK productivity finally passes pre-crisis level October 6, 2016 British productivity levels have finally hit their pre-crisis level in the latest milestone in the UK's recovery. However, Britain still lags behind its G7 counterparts by a significant amount, falling behind the likes of Germany, the US and France in terms of economic efficiency. Read more: Do these five charts explain the productivity crisis? Productivity [...]
The value of the connected car market is about to sky rocket October 6, 2016 The likelihood of driving or travelling in a car that's connected to the internet in some way will be higher than ever in the coming years, with the industry pegged to be worth billions. The value of the market for connected cars is set to sky rocket, hitting £120bn by 2022, new research predicts. PwC anticipates it will grow [...]
Former chief exec David Richards restarts the party as he heads back to WANdisco, but the software group’s chairman leaves in response October 6, 2016 The party has restarted for the former chief executive of Aim-listed software company WANdisco, David Richards, who was reinstated at the helm of the company he helped form this morning. In response, chairman Paul Walker and a non-executive director, Ian Duncan, have left the data storage and cloud computing group with immediate effect. "As independent non-executive [...]
Fracking decision: Sajid Javid gives go-ahead to one of two schemes in Lancashire in landmark ruling for the UK shale gas industry October 6, 2016 Communities secretary Sajid Javid today gave the go-ahead to one of two fracking schemes in Lancashire in a landmark ruling for the UK’s shale gas industry. Javid overruled an earlier decision from Lancashire County Council and approved plans for fracking firm Cuadrilla Resources to both monitor and explore for shale gas at a site in Preston New [...]
Zut alors: World’s oldest wine club The Wine Society provokes backlash from cancelling “booze cruises” as it closes down French showroom October 6, 2016 The Wine Society has been caught in a storm of backlash after closing its showroom in France without proper consultation with members, who will now not be able to go on cross-Channel "booze cruises". Members of the world's oldest wine club were left fuming after the society announced earlier this year that it would be [...]