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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Anger As Pupils Are Tested About ‘White Privilege’
A report warned that schools are being taken over by organisations teaching controversial ‘anti-racism’ views. According to the campaign group Don’t Divide Us, in some classrooms, students are taking part in tests to check their ‘unconscious bias’. In the online surveys, children were asked if they understood the term ‘white privilege’ and what they wouldContinue reading “Anger As Pupils Are Tested About ‘White Privilege’”
A Child Sleeps On A Chair In A ‘Grossly Overcrowded’ A&E After A Patient Waits 99 Hours For A Bed
It’s emerged that an A&E patient was forced to wait for 99 hours before obtaining a bed and parents have told how their ailing children were forced to sleep on chairs as the NHS encounters a worsening crisis this winter. The unidentified patient was brought to Swindon’s Great Western Hospital by ambulance but was leftContinue reading “A Child Sleeps On A Chair In A ‘Grossly Overcrowded’ A&E After A Patient Waits 99 Hours For A Bed”
Staff At Brighton University Are Urged Not To Say ‘Christmas’ Because It’s Too “Christian-Centric”
The University of Brighton has instructed staff not to say ‘Christmas’ and instead call it the ‘winter closure period’. According to a nine-page ‘Inclusive Language Guidance’ document sent to educators at the university, the word ‘Christmas’ is too ‘Christian-centric’. The document says that staff should be ’empowered’ to use ‘inclusive language confidently and effectively, inContinue reading “Staff At Brighton University Are Urged Not To Say ‘Christmas’ Because It’s Too “Christian-Centric””
Nursing Union Leaders Have Offered To ‘Pause’ Strike Due To Crippling The NHS, But Ministers Refuse To Meet
Ministers have refused an offer from nursing union leaders to delay a walkout due to incapacitate the NHS in exchange for face-to-face discussions over pay. The Royal College of Nursing had offered to ‘press pause’ on a strike in exchange for talks with Health Secretary Steve Barclay, amid fears that the action by thousands ofContinue reading “Nursing Union Leaders Have Offered To ‘Pause’ Strike Due To Crippling The NHS, But Ministers Refuse To Meet”
Next Year, Royal Mail Will Lay Off 10,000 Full-Time Employees
Royal Mail today announced plans to make up to 6,000 employees redundant by next August, as it blamed continued strike action for increasing losses at the company. The postal company said it will start informing employees of its proposals, as part of a drive to decrease its headcount by 10,000 overall. Half of those positionsContinue reading “Next Year, Royal Mail Will Lay Off 10,000 Full-Time Employees”
There Will Be Hundreds Of Civil Servants Who Will Never Return To Their Offices
Hundreds of civil servants will never have to return to the office after being allowed to work from home permanently. Official figures show the number of Government workers on special home working contracts had almost tripled since the pandemic. There were 183 home workers across eight of the main Whitehall departments in 2019-20, increasing toContinue reading “There Will Be Hundreds Of Civil Servants Who Will Never Return To Their Offices”
Asda Customers Are Asking Staff To Stop Scanning Food Mid-Checkout
ASDA customers have been forced to request staff to stop scanning their food mid-checkout as they reach their spending limit. The supermarket’s boss has made a painful admission about the demands and says that the same thing is happening with petrol. New records reveal that supermarket costs have hit a 13-year high, resulting in customersContinue reading “Asda Customers Are Asking Staff To Stop Scanning Food Mid-Checkout”
At Some Councils, Nine Out Of Ten Staff Still Work From Home
It has emerged that more than 90 per cent of council staff are working from home in some places. According to freedom of information requests, council buildings are between a quarter and a half as full as offices in the private sector, yet local authorities are still using taxpayers’ money to service empty office space.Continue reading “At Some Councils, Nine Out Of Ten Staff Still Work From Home”
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