Image copyright Getty Images “Working on a zero-hours contract made me feel exhausted and negatively affected my mental health.” This statement comes from a former theme park worker, but is a typical view of the estimated five million UK people with no job security. Now some zero-hours contract workers are set to be offered greater […]
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Image copyright Ian Rice When Ian Rice bought his new home two years ago, he didn’t really think about the leasehold. Now he’s angry that he was “mis-sold” an unfair contract. “We feel we’ve been caught in a leasehold trap. The developers weren’t honest with us. They told us we had to use their solicitors,
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The government is to serve a recall notice on Whirlpool over concerns about the safety of its tumble dryers. The “unprecedented step” means the company will have to recall hundreds of thousands of appliances over fears they pose a fire safety risk. It comes after 5.3 million dryers under Whirlpool’s Hotpoint, Creda and Indesit brands
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Image copyright Getty Images Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct has launched a last-minute legal challenge to Debenhams’ restructuring plans. Debenhams rejected two last-ditch takeover offers from Sports Direct before the keys to its shops were handed over to its lenders. Now Sports Direct has turned to the courts in a bid to overturn a company voluntary
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Image copyright EDF Image caption Sizewell C (light grey on right) would be built north of the existing Sizewell B plant Energy bills could go up by a few pounds a year to pay for a new nuclear power station at Sizewell in Suffolk. That is if a new financing plan being considered by ministers
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Image copyright Hubbub Image caption Passengers “want to do the right thing” and cut down on waste, a charity says Gatwick Airport has launched a trial where passengers are offered reusable cups instead of disposable paper ones. The reusable cups can then be dropped off at designated points before passengers board their aircraft. About seven
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Image copyright Getty Images Shares in Ted Baker lost more than a quarter of their value on Tuesday morning after the firm said profits would fall short of expectations. In response to the profit warning, investors sold off shares wiping more than £150m from the company’s value. The fashion house blamed “extremely difficult” trading conditions
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Image copyright Getty Images Shopping centre owner Intu is planning to vote against Sir Philip Green’s revised proposals to save his Arcadia retail empire. It is understood the owner of Lakeside shopping centre does not feel Sir Philip’s offer to seek less severe cuts in rent from landlords goes far enough. If the proposals are
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Image copyright Getty Images John Lewis is planning to expand its offering from furnishing homes to extending and renovating them. The employee-owned business said it wanted to be involved in every area of home improvement from design to construction. John Lewis already runs a booking site for trades people and last year it acquired a
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Image copyright Getty Images Wage growth beat market and economist expectations in the three months to April. Pay rose by 3.4% compared with a year ago. After taking inflation into account, wage growth was 1.4%, official figures show. The unemployment rate remained at 3.8%, and has not been lower since the October to December 1974
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