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French Retailer Casino to Present New Strategy With Heavy Job Cuts Expected
Date: October 1, 2024
PARIS (Reuters) – French supermarket chain Casino will set out its new strategy in November, with heavy job cuts still likely, it said on Monday. The final number of job cuts could be fewer than 3,000, depending on the outcome of takeover negotiations currently under way, the company said in a statement. “Sale negotiations...
UK Business Confidence Falls From Eight-Year High, Lloyds Says
Date: September 30, 2024
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – British business confidence ebbed slightly this month after reaching an eight-year high in July and August, as concerns about the broader economic outlook rose to a six-month high, a survey from Lloyds Bank showed on Monday. Lloyds’ overall business barometer – which represents the difference between the percentage...
UK Employers Give Joint-Lowest Pay Rises Since June 2022, Brightmine Says
Date: September 25, 2024
LONDON (Reuters) – British employers gave staff the joint-lowest pay rises since June 2022 in the three months to the end of August, offering a median raise of 4%, figures from human resources data company Brightmine showed on Tuesday. The figures are in broadly line with other pay surveys and official data showing a...
UK’s Domino’s Pizza Plans to Hire 5,000 Staff Ahead of Peak Holiday Season
Date: September 16, 2024
(Reuters) – Britain’s Domino’s Pizza Group said on Monday that it plans to hire 5,000 staff across the UK and Ireland to meet the increased demand expected during the upcoming peak holiday season. The franchise, which operates under the umbrella of U.S.-based Domino’s Pizza in the UK and Ireland, added that it was looking...
Scotland’s Only Oil Refinery to Close Next Year, 400 Jobs to Go
Date: September 12, 2024
By Ron Bousso and Robert Harvey LONDON (Reuters) -Grangemouth, Scotland’s only oil refinery, is to close in 2025 with the loss of 400 jobs, operator Petroineos said on Thursday, as part of plans to turn the 100-year old plant into a fuels import terminal. Petroineos said last November it was preparing to shut Grangemouth, Britain’s...
UK Pay Growth Cools, Keeping BoE on Track for Another Rate Cut
Date: September 10, 2024
By Andy Bruce and Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) -British pay growth cooled in the three months to July to a more than two-year low and employment shot higher, according to data on Tuesday which is likely to keep the Bank of England on track to cut interest rates again before the end of the year....