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‘Just make people come in on the second Thursday of the month’: workspace provider Mark Dixon on the WFH debate
Working from home isn’t generally a success for Mark Dixon. “I’m too easily distracted,” he says. “You have to be quite disciplined to be a successful home worker, whether that’s for one day or five days.”
The tycoon’s admission will not raise any eyebrows given his decades-long role running FTSE‑listed …
More than 700 McDonald’s workers join legal action over harassment claims
More than 700 junior McDonald’s workers have joined legal action against the fast-food giant after allegations of widespread discrimination, homophobia and sexual harassment at its restaurants across the UK.
Hundreds of current and former crew members – some as young as 19 – have instructed law firm Leigh Day to …
Dignity and humanity of Afghan women must be worth more than game of cricket | Jonathan Liew
“There’s all types of lines you can draw. We’ve drawn a line.” So explained Mike Baird, the chair of Cricket Australia, last month in explaining the governing body’s stance on playing against Afghanistan, the country that has just banned women from looking out of windows.
According to a new decree …
Bumper Christmas for UK supermarkets boosted by food price inflation
Food price inflation jumped to 3.7% last month, the highest level since March, helping fuel a bumper season for supermarkets.
Sales at the big grocery chains were up 2.1% over the four weeks to 29 December compared with a year before, according to the analysts Kantar. However, that rise was …
Next to increase prices to help pay for budget tax changes
Next has said it will increase prices by 1% this year to help offset a £67m rise in wage costs driven by tax changes announced in the government’s autumn budget.
The fashion and homewares retailer also said UK sales growth was likely to slow as the tax increases for employers …
Tuesday briefing: How Britain has coped with an Arctic blast
Good morning.
British winters have grown markedly milder over the past century:
that the average UK winter has gotten 1C warmer and 15% wetter in the last century. LastFebruary
was the warmest in recorded history. There have been fewer and fewer snow …British AI startup with government ties is developing tech for military drones
A company that has worked closely with the UK government on artificial intelligence safety, the NHS and education is also developing AI for military drones.
The consultancy Faculty AI has “experience developing and deploying AI models on to UAVs”, or unmanned aerial vehicles, according to a defence industry partner company.
…Luxury tights brand Wolford apologises for delays to orders and refunds
The luxury tights and lingerie brand Wolford has apologised after heavy criticism from customers over delays to orders and refunds, admitting its delivery services were overstretched.
Shoppers have taken to the reviews site Trustpilot to warn others against making orders, with some saying they had waited for more than a …
Business secretary urged to refer Vodafone to Covid corruption commissioner
The business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, has been asked to refer Vodafone to the Covid corruption commissioner, after a legal claim alleged the £18bn telecoms group benefited from government pandemic support intended for small businesses.
The request to examine the conduct of the FTSE 100 company follows last month’s high court …
‘I haven’t seen any change’: black Labour voters in Liverpool and London six months on
In Toxteth, a fast-gentrifying area of Liverpool that has for decades been the nucleus of the city’s 300-year-old black community, Saeed Olayiwola considered how the Labour government compared with the Conservatives. “I don’t see much that sets them apart at the moment,” Olayiwola said.
Since Keir Starmer’s government took power …