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Cost of living crisis

  • Cost of living crunch: 1 in 4 shop workers skip meals each month to pay bills

    COST OF LIVING

    One in four shop workers are skipping meals each month to meet bill payments, according to research from a trade union. This figure has leapt from 1 in 20 last year, as Britain’s lowest paid workers struggle amid the throes of cost of living crunch, according to a survey by Usdaw union. Inflation is anticipated [...]

  • Three in four Brits want hybrid work to cope with cost of living crisis

    Hybrid working UK

    Three in four British workers want hybrid work to cope with the cost of living crisis gripping the country. Employees want their employers to offer flexible hybrid working as inflation surges to record levels of 9.4 per cent in the country, a survey by hiring software company Greenhouse found today. As the cost of essentials [...]

  • Calls grow to introduce energy bill ‘furlough’ and to fight cost of living crisis with ‘wartime mentality’

    Cost of living crisis - latest

    The UK Government should treat the cost-of-living crisis with a “wartime mentality” and issue an energy bill “furlough”, according to the Liberal Democrats. The party’s Scottish leader, Alex Cole-Hamilton, made the call on the BBC’s Good Morning Scotland programme on Tuesday. “Families right across Scotland, and indeed the UK, will be looking towards the coming [...]

  • The Works warns of cost of living impact on Christmas sales

    August 8, 2022

    Stationery chain The Works has slashed its guidance for the 2023 financial year and warned about consumer spending amid the Christmas spending period. The London-listed company, which sells discount books, toys and art supplies,  said the general market outlook had “deteriorated” since the start of the calendar year, pointing to “low consumer confidence and rising [...]

  • Global money transfers surged 60 per cent over the last decade to £538bn in the past year

    August 8, 2022

    Global money transfers reached $653bn (£538bn) in the past year, a rise of 60 per cent over the last 10 years as economic trouble hits countries. Research by remittance provider ACE Money Transfer said the rise began as the world recovered from 2008’s global financial crisis in 2011-2012, with remittances important in aiding developing countries [...]

  • Half of all Brits risks falling into fuel poverty before the end of this year in harshest economic climate ever

    August 6, 2022

    UK adults say the current economic climate is the harshest they have experienced, with half of all Brits either unable or soon to be unable to pay all of their bills. Millions of Brits are concerned about the months ahead as 47 per cent said they are not confident in their ability to pay their [...]

  • OPEC+ hikes production targets by miniscule volumes of 100,000 barrels per day

    August 3, 2022

    The OPEC+ coalition of oil producing countries today agreed to up its production targets by miniscule volumes of just 100,000 barrels of oil per day, in a hike that scuppered hopes for a more substantial increases that could have reversed the recent surge in prices that has wreaked havoc on the global economy.     The [...]

  • Poundland to open 25 UK stores this year as low-price giant exploits Brits’ hunger for cheaper products

    August 3, 2022

    Poundland said this morning it plans to open and relocate 25 stores across the country in 2022. Ten new branches will be opened by the end of next month and 15 more before the year ends. The low-price retailer said it will primarily focus on high streets, retail parks, and neighbourhoods, with stores expected to [...]

  • Currys told to ditch price lock by shareholder to increase margins

    July 31, 2022

    Currys has been told to ditch its “price lock” commitment and make goods more expensive by a veteran hedge fund manager amid the cost of living crisis. Crispin Odey, who holds a substantial stake in the firm, said “freezers and washing machines are going to have to be more expensive as they are currently being [...]

  • Cost of living crisis prompts almost a third of UK workers to take second job 

    July 28, 2022

    Nearly third of workers in the UK are seeking to work two jobs to support themselves as the cost of living crisis sends prices of essentials soaring. 32 per cent of workers are aiming to take on a second job in addition to their current job to make more money, a national survey of 2000 [...]

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