Fears Government’s 14 day quarantine plan will lead to food shortages and factory closures By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 13 May 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 13 May 2020 Manufacturers have slammed the Government’s plans to introduce a 14-day quarantine for visitors to the UK. The five main industries have … Read more
Hotel Chocolat saw surge in online sales prior to Easter but this failed to make up for damage caused by having to shut shops in face of coronavirus By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:07 BST, 4 May 2020 | Updated: 22:07 BST, 4 May 2020 Hotel Chocolat said it saw a surge … Read more
Ford told to ‘come clean’ over factory closures and the future of its British operations as it faces pressure to cut costs in Europe By William Turvill, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:49 BST, 13 April 2019 | Updated: 11:06 BST, 14 April 2019 Unions are calling on Ford to ‘come clean’ over the future … Read more
Billionaire owner of retailer Matalan seeks £60m cash as closures bite Matalan, run by the billionaire Hargreaves family, is seeking as much as £60m It said it had been forced to close 232 stores but continues to sell clothing online Matalan has furloughed staff has drafted a number of forecasts to assess the impact of lockdown … Read more
Thousands of Bangladeshi clothes labourers were ordered home after arriving at work to find their factories remained shut, despite owners asking them to come in during a coronavirus lockdown. Staff arrived in Dhaka hoping to get paid for March and resume work after a 10-day break enforced by the government to tackle the spread of the … Read more
Britain’s coronavirus-hit pubs are thrown £1million lifeline under new plan to help save locals from closure after lockdown forced 40,000 to shut By Danny Gallagher For Mailonline Published: 10:11 GMT, 27 March 2020 | Updated: 01:29 GMT, 28 March 2020 For the past week, almost 40,000 pubs and bars have been forced to close their … Read more
US mother-of-three ‘launches attack on husband and children because she was furious coronavirus had closed their school’ Jessica Cambray, from Provo, Utah, arrested over claims she choked her partner The 36-year-old also allegedly kicked one of her boys and twisted another’s arm ‘She was upset about her children’s school circumstances,’ an affidavit read Coronavirus symptoms: … Read more
M&S considers ‘temporary’ closures and moving staff to food stores with clothing sales set to take a big hit from the coronavirus outbreak Marks and Spencer is preparing to ‘temporarily’ close some stores It also plans to slash capital investment, dividend and defer staff pay rises M&S does not expect trading to come back to normal … Read more
John Lewis cuts staff bonus to the lowest level since 1953 at just 2% as it posts punishing drop in profits and warns shoppers that store closures are on the cards John Lewis saw total annual profit fall by 23% to £123m, latest results show Annual staff bonus now stands at 2%, the lowest since … Read more