Strikes happening TODAY: Hundreds of thousands of school and rail workers walk out as students and commuters left stranded February 1, 2023 Hundreds of thousands of workers – including school teachers – are going on strike for what will be the biggest day of industrial action in more than a decade. Teachers in England and Wales, who are members of the National Education Union (NEU), will embark on their first day of strikes on Wednesday, which threaten to disrupt more [...]
Rail strikes: TSSA considers revised pay offer from train companies January 31, 2023 Rail union TSSA has announced it has received two new offers from train operators in a bid to avert further industrial action. TSSA bosses said they will consider the deal – which is now extended to management as well as platform and station staff and is worth nine per cent over two years – and [...]
Walkout Wednesday: The London bus and train services affected by this week’s strikes January 31, 2023 Hundreds of thousands of workers will go on strike in separate disputes over pay, jobs and conditions in what will be the biggest day of industrial action in more than a decade. Teachers, university lecturers, train drivers, civil servants, bus drivers and security guards in seven trade unions will stop work on the same day. [...]
Hospitality braces for £100m in lost sales ahead of biggest day of strikes in over a decade January 30, 2023 Retail and hospitality figures have described strike action set to take place on Wednesday as “damaging” to the sector and “entirely avoidable”. Kate Nicholls, chief executive of UKHospitality told City A.M. she estimates union strikes this week will set the sector back a further £100m in lost sales, with “much of that impact being felt [...]
Explainer: Another problem with HS2 January 27, 2023 Britain is a country of many things, but right now, its railway is known for all the wrong reasons. On top of the strikes that make it impossible to plan a trip anywhere in the country – or to know whether you’ll manage to catch your flight from Stansted – the HS2 is back on [...]
Transpennine: Sunak threatens to strip train operator of contract following its spat with Aslef on overtime ban January 27, 2023 Prime Minister Rishi Sunak warned train operator Transpennine Express (TPE) it may lose a lucrative government contract, while the firm blamed the Aslef union for its ban on overtime working. The FirstGroup-owned company is caught up in a spat with the government after the PM threatened to pull its contract, because it was offering an [...]
City Pub Group: Rail strikes cost us nearly £1m in lost sales January 24, 2023 The City Pub Group reported a boost in trading over the festive period, and said sales would have been stronger if it weren't for the rail strikes.
Marston’s bucks hospitality trend as historic pub chain reports bumper festive period January 24, 2023 Pub and hotel operator Marston’s has reported bumper sales over the Christmas period as Brits treated a pint as an “affordable treat”. The historic London-listed firm, founded in 1834, said like-for-like sales were up 12.9 per cent on Omicron-affected 2022, for the 16 weeks to 21 January. Marston’s has however experienced difficulties in this time [...]
Glass half-full: Why Fuller’s chief remains optimistic despite strikes leaving a £4m dent in Christmas sales January 23, 2023 Pub chain Fuller’s lost £4m in sales due to the impact of strikes over Christmas and new year, as its chief warned of lower expectations for the full year. Chiswick-based Fuller, Smith and Turner reported in the 43 weeks to January that like-for-like sales were up a fifth on the Covid-impacted previous year – despite [...]
Analysis: Britain’s rail firms on a delayed ride to nationalisation January 20, 2023 As if the rail operators weren’t in enough hot water, with nurses having to get seven buses to work and poor Rishi Sunak forced to hop on a private plane because the trains are so unreliable. Yesterday, they were given a talking to by the rail regulator for fudging the numbers, with the TransPennine Express, [...]