RMT has kicked off balloting for two sets of London Underground strikes November 2, 2016 Balloting has begun this week for two separate disputes on the London Underground, ahead of possible strike action. Around 4,000 members of station staff are being balloted by the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union over the impact on safety from the axing of nearly 900 front line workers alongside the closure of Tube ticket offices. [...]
Next battles tough third quarter with retail sales down nearly six per cent November 2, 2016 What a difference a few months make. In August, shares in Next spiked at the open as it said Brexit hadn't affected consumer spending. For its third quarter, though, total sales were down 3.5 per cent and retail sales were down 5.9 per cent. On the bright side, sales were up in October, while the retailer's sales [...]
Shop prices continued to fall in October, despite the slide in the value of sterling November 2, 2016 Sterling's sharp decline since the EU referendum has not fed into shop prices yet, according to data released today. Shop prices fell by 1.7 per cent month-on-month in October, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Nielsen. Prices on non-food items fell by 2.1 per cent and food prices fell by 1.2 per cent, [...]
Claudio Ranieri tells Leicester to pen latest chapter of fairytale and seal qualification for Champions League last-16 November 1, 2016 Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri has urged his side to finish drafting the latest chapter of their fairytale when they do Champions League battle with Danish champions FC Copenhagen on Wednesday. The Foxes boast a five-point lead at the summit of Group G and can seal their place in the last-16 of Europe’s premier club competition [...]
Odds on Donald Trump winning US presidential election slashed November 1, 2016 Donald Trump’s odds of winning the US presidential election have been slashed amid an FBI investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails. Trump’s odds with Betway are now 2/1 – his shortest for a month – behind Clinton on 4/11. Read more: John Kasich has voted for John McCain rather than Donald Trump Alan Alger of Betway [...]
Amazon has just launched its Black Friday deals store November 1, 2016 Black Friday: it's either a retail Valhalla or your worst nightmare – either way, it's increasingly becoming A Thing in the UK. And now Amazon has launched a kind of pre-Black Friday Black Friday store. Welcome to retail in 2016. The Countdown to Black Friday store is currently only for US customers, and features almost [...]
Black Friday 2016 UK: Here are eight shopping tips and tricks for how to make the most the retail extravaganza, according to the experts November 1, 2016 The retail bonanza-slash-bunfight known as Black Friday is nearly upon us – just under a month (25 November). This year sales "experts" are falling over themselves to give bargain hunters top tips to get the best deals without ending up in hospital/prison/debt. That might sound extreme, but after last year's discount day turned violent, it might be [...]
Sadiq Khan says Night Tube services will start on the Piccadilly line from 16 December November 1, 2016 The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced that Night Tube services will start on the Piccadilly line on Friday 16 December – sticking to his pledge to have five lines running by the end of the year. It follows the launch of the service on the Central, Victoria and Jubilee lines, with the Northern [...]
Post Office strike: 3600 walk out today as further action could cause Christmas post chaos October 31, 2016 Thousands of staff at Post Offices across the UK will walk out today as they strike over jobs, pensions and branch closures. The 24-hour strike will affect 118 of the Crown Post Offices, but 99 per cent of the 11,600 Post Offices will remain open. Up to 3,500 members of the Communication Workers Union and Unite [...]
Here are all the rail and station closures in London over Christmas October 31, 2016 Brace yourselves, commuters. There have been many headlines about incoming Christmas travel chaos, and now Network Rail has announced major station closures as an extensive programme of rail improvements goes ahead, it looks like there'll be a few more yet… Read more: Could Network Rail have to go cap in hand to the government? Rail [...]