Greggs and Primark roll out fashion range together February 8, 2022 Bakery chain Greggs has announced it is collaborating with Primark to launch a limited-edition fashion collection. A range of 11 clothing items will launch across 60 Primark stores from 19 February , with clothes branding the Greggs logo and slogans such as “It’s a pastry thing.” The two high street names will open an appointment-only [...]
DLA Piper hikes pay for newly qualified lawyers in its London offices to £95k February 8, 2022 DLA Piper has said it will give its London lawyers an eight per cent pay rise in upping salaries paid to its newly qualified solicitors from £88,000 to £95,000. The law firm also said it will hike pay for freshly qualified lawyers by 35 per cent, by upping salaries for solicitors in its Birmingham, Leeds, [...]
Legal & General forecasts pension risk transactions to hit £30bn for 2021 February 8, 2022 The Legal & General Group has forecast pension risk transaction volumes to hit £30bn for last year, as the market maintains its momentum into 2022. Britain’s oldest insurance group expects demand for pension risk transactions (PRTs) to remain strong this year, according to its latest Global PRT Monitor which analyses the market’s outlook across the [...]
2001 named best year for top hit albums February 8, 2022 New research has revealed that 2001 produced the highest number of albums appearing in the top 250, including hits like The Strokes’ ‘Is This It’, Jay-Z’s ‘The Blueprint’ and Bjork’s ‘Vespertine’. The study by Convertr.org analysed the top 250 albums on AlbumOfTheYear.org and found that the albums released that year averaged out a score of 87.9 out [...]
Peloton ousts boss and slashes 2,800 jobs in sweeping cost-cutting plans February 8, 2022 Home fitness firm Peloton will oust its chief executive and slash thousands of jobs as part of sweeping cost-cutting plans amid falling demand for its fitness products. In a trading update today, boss and co-founder John Foley said he will step down as CEO and become the executive chair, while Barry McCarthy, the former chief [...]
Royal family’s law firm hires first apprentice solicitors February 8, 2022 Farrer & Co, the London law firm that represents the Queen on legal matters, has said it will hire its first apprentice solicitors to start in Autumn this year. The law firm told City A.M. that it will be taking on two apprentice solicitors to start in September this year. Apprentice solicitors hired by the [...]
Bitcoin still climbing as cryptocurrency markets retrace losses February 8, 2022 The strong start to the week continues for Bitcoin, which climbed to highs of $45k overnight for the first time in over a month.
UK broadband and pay TV complaints at an ‘all-time low’ says Ofcom February 8, 2022 Ofcom has revealed that the number of complaints received between July and September last year across broadband, landline and pay TV companies were at an all-time low. From its latest league table, TalkTalk and Shell Energy had the most broadband complaints, primarily due to faults and service issues. With the industry average being 10 complaints per every 100,000 [...]
BP rebounds with 30-fold increase in profit amid surging oil prices February 8, 2022 Oil and gas giant BP has rebounded with fourth-quarter profits of $2.3bn and a replacement cost profit of $4.1bn.
KPMG Canada adds Bitcoin and Ethereum to balance sheet February 8, 2022 KPMG's Canadian arm has added Bitcoin and Ethereum to its corporate treasury, marking the accounting giant's first direct investment in crypto.
