Sainsbury’s unveils Christmas ad celebrating families finally coming together November 14, 2021 Sainsbury’s festive advert ‘A Christmas to Savour’ aired for the first time this evening on ITV Networks during the Angela Black Special. The advert celebrates the enjoyment of friends and family coming together after last minute lockdown restrictions scuppered Christmas plans for many Brits last year. To encourage everyone to savour the moment this year [...]
Antivaxxers have a new enemy: The Santa from Tesco November 14, 2021 Tesco has become the latest subject to antivax protest, after it included a double vaccinated Santa in its latest Christmas advert. Antivaxxers, those who have been against the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, took to Twitter to protest the advert, which pushed #BoycottTesco to trend on the social media platform. GB News presenter Tonia Buxton tweeted: “#BoycottTesco [...]
Christmas parties get the chop at London firms November 14, 2021 City bosses have cancelled their traditional Christmas parties for a second year running over Covid fears. Blowout Christmas celebrations usually held by London’s accounting, insurance and law firms will be scrapped in favour of smaller dinners and events for individual teams the Telegraph first reported. Despite large gatherings being allowed under current Covid rules, top [...]
All Brits want for Christmas is… gift cards or cold cash November 14, 2021 Gift cards, vouchers or cold cash are the top Christmas presents Brits are hoping to receive this year. More than a quarter (27 per cent) of people chose this option in a YouGov poll, while clothing came second, the choice of 23 per cent. After spending much of last year indoors amid coronavirus restrictions, a [...]
High street stalwarts shun Black Friday November 13, 2021 High street stalwarts are shunning Black Friday this year due to the discount shopping event losing its pull among consumers. The likes of Marks and Spencer and Next will stop offering discounts on products due to the event squeezing margins and offering little value to businesses. Other online retailers, including Amazon and AO.com, are intending [...]
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas: London switches on world’s largest lights November 13, 2021 More than one million LED lights will deck London’s most well-known Christmas hotspots, including Leicester Square, Mayfair and Piccadilly Circus. A total of 20 streets across the city’s West End all had their lights switched on at the same time by the Lord Mayor of Westminster to mark the beginning of the festive season. Shoppers [...]
Luxury group Richemont in talks with Farfetch to shed stake in lossmaking Net-a-Porter November 12, 2021 Swiss luxury goods group Richemont is in “advanced talks” with the UK’s Farfetch over a deal to sell on its minority stake in the lossmaking Yoox Net-a-Porter (YNAP) online luxury retailer. It’s a move that is likely to butter up investors that have long been critical of its stake in YNAP, which has lost its [...]
Young’s chief looks to toast the recovery amid Autumn Internationals party atmosphere November 12, 2021 WITH a weekend of international rugby coming up, Young’s CEO Patrick Dardis is brimming with enthusiasm – and not just because his beloved Ireland are taking on the All Blacks tomorrow. “As you know, rugby is massive for us,” he says to me over the phone on a busy results day for the historic pub [...]
From drivers to prison officers: Rapid jump in job adverts as vacancies climb to 2.7m November 12, 2021 Rising demand for driving instructors, prison officers and forklift truck drivers is helping to fuel an increase in job adverts, new research suggests. Around 221,000 new job adverts were posted in the first week of November, the fourth highest weekly figure since the start of 2020, taking the total to nearly 2.7m, according to the [...]
‘Acute’ staff shortages and rising energy bills force most businesses to hike their prices November 12, 2021 Amid ‘acute’ staff shortages and the rising cost of fuel and energy, most businesses are increasing their prices. A survey of 1,000 firms showed that four out of five increased the price of their goods or services in the past year. The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) said its study indicated that nine out of [...]