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Whitbread pondrá fin a sus restaurantes en el Reino Unido e Irlanda culpando al aumento de costes e impuestos de su último reajuste estratégico. Whitbread, propietario de Premier Inn, va a recortar unos 3.800 empleos en el Reino Unido e Irlanda y cerrará sus restaurantes Beefeater y Brewers Fayre restantes mientras reajusta su estrategia de negocio a cinco años, en medio de subidas de impuestos y la presión de un inversor activista estadounidense. Los recortes afectarán a cerca del 12 % de la plantilla de 30.000 trabajadores de Whitbread en el Reino Unido e Irlanda que desempeñan su labor en los restaurantes Beefeater y Brewers Fayre, situados habitualmente junto a los hoteles Premier Inn o dentro de ellos. La empresa señaló que las consultas con los empleados afectados comenzarían de inmediato. Continuar leyendo...

• Partidos rivales exigen una investigación mientras el presidente del partido Conservador remite al líder de Reform UK al comisionado por un regalo de un magnate de las criptomonedas • Exclusiva: Farage recibió 5 millones de libras no declarados por parte de un magnate de las criptomonedas • Análisis: El intento de Farage de adelantarse a la noticia plantea más interrogantes

El líder de Reform cambió de opinión sobre presentarse como MP tras el regalo del crypto tycoon con sede en Tailandia Christopher Harborne. Nigel Farage recibió £5m del crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne poco antes de anunciar que se presentaría a las elecciones generales británicas de 2024, según puede revelar the Guardian. Farage ya había declarado que no tenía intención de presentarse como aspirante a MP, pero cambió de opinión a las pocas semanas de recibir el regalo personal del empresario con sede en Tailandia. Continue reading...

Tech giant accused of ‘cynical attempt to bust the union’ in decision to shutter location in Towson, MarylandWorkers at the first Apple store to unionize in the US are pushing back against the company’s decision to shut down the store by June, alleging the company’s decision is rooted in “a cynical attempt to bust the union”.On Monday, the union filed an unfair labor practice charge against Apple, alleging unionized employees at the store in Towson, Maryland, are being denied transfer rights and other rights compared with workers at non-unionized stores. The union is also alleging retaliation for being unionized. Continue reading...

Sources say staff have been asked to pack up final stock and equipment after waves of closuresJewellery chain Claire’s is closing its final UK stores on Tuesday, cutting about 1,000 jobs months after falling into administration.Sources said staff at Claire’s, which collapsed in January, had been asked to pack up the final stock and equipment with the final outlets to formally close on Tuesday after successive waves of closures in recent weeks. Continue reading...

• The Nasdaq Composite fell 0.48% to 16,240.35 on Monday, April 26, driven by weakness in mega-cap technology stocks including Apple (down 1.2%) and Microsoft (down 0.9%), as investors reassess growth expectations ahead of the Federal Reserve's May meeting. • Treasury yields climbed to 4.35% for the 10-year note amid inflation concerns, pressuring valuations of rate-sensitive tech companies and spurring profit-taking after recent market gains. • The decline reflects growing caution among portfolio managers about earnings sustainability in the second quarter, with earnings guidance from major tech firms expected to dominate trading through early May.

Men in tuxedos and women in dresses dove under tables, like a scene from a dozen Hollywood movies, but now it was happening to meShocking. Unnerving. Unpredictable. Violent. For a decade I have been following the twists and turns of Donald Trump’s America with the privilege of journalistic distance. On Saturday night I felt the darkness come viscerally close.Bang! Bang! What was that? Where was it? At 8.36pm panic and pandemonium reigned in the cavernous ballroom at the Washington Hilton hotel. There were men running and cries of “Get down!” and “Stay down!” Continue reading...