Watch as climate protestors take over a Louis Vuitton catwalk in Paris October 6, 2021 Protesters disrupted a Louis Vuitton fashion show in Paris last night by walking down the catwalk with a banner condemning the impact of excessive consumption on the environment. Watch the full report.
Cadbury launches vegan chocolate bar October 6, 2021 Cadbury owner Mondelēz International is launching a plant-based chocolate bar, Cadbury Plant Bar. The chocolate bar took two years to develop and is a vegan replica for the Cadbury Dairy Milk product, with almond paste instead of milk. The product will come in two flavours, smooth chocolate and smooth chocolate with salted caramel pieces. Louise [...]
Morrisons hiring for 3,000 Christmas roles October 6, 2021 Supermarket Morrisons is recruiting 3,000 Christmas jobs. It said it anticipated a busier Christmas with families and friends finally able to meet up free of Covid restrictions. Roles range from warehouse and production staff to pickers and packers with full training provided and no prior experience necessary. The supermarket said 16-24 year olds receiving Universal [...]
Travel giant Tui plans £936m cash call to cut debts as bookings pick up October 6, 2021 Travel giant Tui said this morning it is planning a £936m cash call to cut debts as it said bookings were bouncing back thanks to the relaxation of travel restrictions. The group said the fundraising will help boost its balance sheet and allow it to repay emergency Government loans. In an update alongside the cash raise, Tui [...]
Amazon to open its first physical store outside the US in the UK this morning October 6, 2021 E-commerce giant Amazon is opening its first store in the UK this morning, selling items including books, technology and toys, as the online retail behemoth continues its expansion in physical retail. The US company will open the first Amazon 4-star store outside the US on Wednesday at 10am at the Bluewater shopping centre, near Dartford [...]
First Royal Mail drones take off for remote Orkney Islands to deliver letters and parcels October 6, 2021 Royal Mail has started a two-week trial of scheduled, autonomous flights between Kirkwall and North Ronaldsay in the Orkney Islands with Windracers to help better connect remote island communities. The mail giant is using drones to deliver the post. The mail is being carried by a large, twin-engine, UK-built unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) named Ultra [...]
Produce workers ‘nabbed from farms by hospitality recruiters’ October 5, 2021 Hospitality recruiters have attempted to recruit seasonal pickers from farms in a bid to stem labour shortages, a trade body has claimed. Jack Ward, chief executive of the British Growers Association, told CityA.M., that recruiters were attempting to recruit people to work in bars “wherever they could find them.” “Particularly in the summer, competition for [...]
Travelodge sees ‘green shoots’ of business travel revival October 5, 2021 Hotel giant Travelodge has said it has started to see the “green shoots” of business travel returning. It comes as the business has launched a new online solution Travelodge Business for those making work trips. Travelodge soft-launched its business service with nearly 100 existing customers earlier this year. Now, it is signing up almost 1,000 [...]
Hotel Chocolat jump more than 10 per cent after digital pivot pays off October 5, 2021 Hotel Chocolat’s shares have jumped more than 10 per cent today, as it posted solid revenue growth for the past year, suggesting the chocolatier’s pivot to becoming a digital brand is making headway. Revenue increased by over 20 per cent, which Walid Koudmani, market analyst at financial brokerage XTB said marked “encouraging signs for its [...]
EG Group to divest some petrol filling stations after watchdog concerns October 5, 2021 Petrol station forecourt operator EG Group has announced it will divest 27 petrol filling stations. The group – owned by the billionaire Issa brothers – said it had entered into a binding agreement to divest more than two dozen stations across the country to Park Garage Group. It comes after the competition watchdog expressed concerns [...]