Dixons Carphone to close all Dixons Travel airport stores as it repays £73m furlough cash April 28, 2021 Dixons Carphone will close all of its Dixons Travel stores, having made the decision to shut down the business after the government removed airside tax free sales for most retailers. All 35 stores, found in airports around the UK including at Heathrow and Gatwick, as well as two concessions on P&O Cruises, will close, after [...]
LinkedIn: Barclays, Tesco and NatWest ranked top three UK workplaces April 28, 2021 Barclays has been crowned the best company to work for, followed by Tesco and NatWest, according to LinkedIn’s list of the 25 top workplaces in the UK. The list ranks workplaces on their capacity to build and sustain a long-term career and have been compiled based on actions taken by the platform’s 30m UK members [...]
Spain set to open doors to Brits from June April 28, 2021 Spain will open its doors to British holidaymakers from June after discussions between the two governments on using digital health passes to ensure safe travel. Fernando Valdes Verelst, Spain’s tourism minister, said that it was pushing for Britain’s so-called “vaccine passport” to be “mutually recognised”. His comments came as transport secretary Grant Shapps confirmed that [...]
Co-op bank reports ‘resilient’ performance in first few months of 2021 April 28, 2021 Co-op Bank reported a small underlying profit in the first three months of 2021 of £2.6m, with statutory profit before tax of £7.2m. CEO Nick Slape said the bank had delivered a “resilient” three-month performance, that should position it well to deliver overall profit in 2021. “We have delivered a resilient performance by maintaining our [...]
5 amazing jobs in London that you can apply for right now April 28, 2021 Looking for a new job can be really exciting, but also tricky. It doesn’t happen overnight (well, most of the time anyway). People usually say that looking for a job is like a job in itself – and we want to make that search of yours a little bit easier. That’s why we have a [...]
Ex-CEO of Coca-Cola EU and founder of Café Rouge join Deliveroo’s board April 28, 2021 Deliveroo has confirmed a board shuffle today by hiring two new non-executive directors, to help keep up with its growing partnerships. Dominique Reiniche and Karen Jones are set to join the board, just as the company is to ramp up its online delivery capabilities with Waitrose. “They join at an important time for Deliveroo as [...]
UK’s sanitising obsession boosts sales at Dettol maker Reckitt Benckiser during Covid pandemic April 28, 2021 The UK Government’s message of “Hands, face, space” during the Covid pandemic is still paying off for hygiene and cleaning products maker Reckitt Benckiser. Reckitt Benckiser reported a higher-than-expected jump in quarterly sales as Brits kept up their heightened cleaning regimens a year into the Covid-19 pandemic, and the company backed its full-year outlook. The pandemic [...]
Santander UK profit soars two-thirds April 28, 2021 Santander UK hailed a “strong” set of results this morning as profit before tax rose nearly two-thirds in the first quarter. The bank said that pre-tax profit was up 61 per cent, jumping from £114m to £184m over the three month period. It added that its return on tangible equity (RoTE), a key metric, was [...]
What is the post-pandemic outlook for Asian shares? April 28, 2021 Despite the global turmoil caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, stock markets were generally strong in 2020 and the Asia ex Japan region was no exception. Indeed, in many ways the region was first into the pandemic and first out, with successful containment of the virus in many countries enabling economic activity to resume more quickly [...]
European Parliament calls Brexit a ‘historic mistake’ before voting for trade deal April 28, 2021 The European Parliament has voted to ratify the EU’s post-Brexit trade deal with Britain, but not before branding Brexit a “historic mistake”. MEPs overwhelmingly approved the deal, with 660 votes to five and 32 abstentions, in a result announced this morning. The deal was provisionally ratified by the 27 EU ambassadors in December to ensure [...]
