Decline in output and new orders allied with rising economic and trade uncertainties are prompting layoffs, survey findsBusiness live – latest updatesBritain’s factories suffered a slump in export orders last month...
Read MoreToday is first stage in a series of changes likely to raise costs for businesses and consumersToday will bring the first stage in new, wide-ranging Brexit border controls on the import of plants, animals and food to the UK from...
Read MoreAirline launches campaign targeting ‘empty nesters’ or people looking for challenge later in lifeHalfords targets retirees in recruitment drive for 1,000 rolesThe airline easyJet has launched a recruitment drive...
Read MoreLeave backer Lord Wolfson says UK must let in much-needed overseas workers to plug chronic labour shortagesSimon Wolfson, the chief executive of clothing and homeware retail Next has urged the government to make it easier to...
Read MoreLatest pay dispute could further disrupt UK supply chains already hit by walkouts at Felixstowe portHundreds of workers at one of the UK’s largest container ports will go on strike for two weeks from Monday evening in a...
Read MoreDock workers at vital Suffolk container port offered 7% pay rise and £500 lump sumTalks between the Unite union and the company that runs Felixstowe port, which were aimed at stopping an eight-day strike by dock workers at...
Read MoreOwners prioritise multimillion-pound shareholder dividends over paying decent wages, says unionDockers at Felixstowe are planning eight days of strike action over pay that could cause serious disruption to the UK’s largest...
Read MoreChancellor told he urgently needs to support companies facing rising energy prices, chronic staff shortages and supply chain issuesRishi Sunak has been warned the government is running out of time to save the economy amid a...
Read MoreRAC calls it a ‘truly dark day’ as latest increase puts cost of filling typical 55-litre family car at £100.27The average cost of filling a typical family car with petrol has exceeded £100 for the first...
Read MoreLogistics industry must ‘get house in order’ within two years to curb driver shortage caused by Covid and BrexitThe road haulage industry should be given a two-year deadline to upgrade facilities for lorry drivers,...
Read MoreFigures show Brexit compounding Covid disruption, with clothing exports plunging 60%, vegetables down 40% and cars falling 25%UK exports of goods to the EU have fallen by £20bn compared with the last period of stable trade...
Read MoreKP Snacks also warns of supply problems for McCoy’s and Tyrrells crisps after ransomware attack hits IT systemsA cyber-attack targeting KP Snacks could lead to a shortage of some of the nation’s most popular snacks...
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