UK homeware retailer Wiko has warned that it’s on the verge of collapse, putting some 12,000 jobs at risk. The privately owned company said it had filed a “notice of intention” to appoint administrators after failing to find enough emergency investment. Chief executive Mark Jackson said it would continue to talk with interested parties aboutContinue reading “Homeware Chain Wilko On The Verge Of Collapse”
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Paramedics Walk Out Days Before Christmas As Ambulance Strike Dates Are Announced
More than 10,000 ambulance workers across England and Wales will strike days before Christmas if the Government declines to open pay talks, the first national ambulance walkout in 30 years. Three unions revealed the dates members will walk out, coordinating industrial activity for Wednesday 21 December. Members of the GMB union, who include paramedics, EmergencyContinue reading “Paramedics Walk Out Days Before Christmas As Ambulance Strike Dates Are Announced”
Glasgow Bin Collectors Plan Week-Long Strike
A bin strike threatens to turn Glasgow into an enormous rubbish dump during the COP26 climate change summit. About 1,500 refuse and cleaning staff are planning a week-long strike from November 1, at the start of the international gathering. The GMB union has given the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (Cosla) until Monday to tableContinue reading “Glasgow Bin Collectors Plan Week-Long Strike”
Brighton’s Green Council Angers Residents
A Green council is under fire from residents who’ve been forced to stay in their homes because of the dreadful smell caused by the 13-day bin strike. Householders in Brighton complained that towering quantities of waste from overflowing rubbish bins had become an attraction for rodents and a serious threat to health. Talks between theContinue reading “Brighton’s Green Council Angers Residents”
One Million Public Sector Positions To Disappear Beneath Coalition Expenditure Cuts Prior To Next Election
One million public sector jobs will have disappeared beneath the Tory led Coalition’s spending cuts prior to the next general election, an investigation divulges. Since the Government came to power in 2010, the entire 631,000 public sector jobs have been cut. More than half of them in the local Town Halls. Together with the Government’sContinue reading “One Million Public Sector Positions To Disappear Beneath Coalition Expenditure Cuts Prior To Next Election”
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