Aldi reports record sales but profits drop amid price war
Getty Images Aldi has reported record sales in the UK and Ireland for last year but its profits have fallen sharply amid a fierce price war among supermarkets. The German discounter said sales rose 13.5% to £8.7bn in 2016, but operating profit dropped 17%. The chain blamed the fall on its “continued investment in prices […]
Who are the parties behind the Irish general election?
Oireachtas Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and Fine Gael are the three big parties in Dáil Éireann (Irish parliament) Fine Gael Reuters Simon Harris became the “baby of the Dáil” in 2011 at age 24, and became the youngest ever taoiseach at 37 Translated to ‘Family of the Irish’, Fine Gael is a centre-right party. It […]
Liverpool: How club hope to use Melwood return to spark WSL success
Liverpool chief executive Billy Hogan joined directors Susan Black and Mike Gordon on the board overseeing the women’s team in September 2020 and has played a key role in buying back Melwood. He officially opened doors to Melwood for the women this summer, describing it as “fate” that Liverpool should return to a site which […]
Google sued again over anti-competitive search practices
Getty Images Google is being sued by 38 US states, accused of trying to make its search engine as dominant inside cars, TVs and speakers as it is in smartphones. This follows a landmark lawsuit by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) over a similar issue in October. It is the tech giant’s third US […]
Britain’s Fat Fight: Why we’re losing
Andrew Hayes-Watkins Everywhere we go these days, we are urged to buy food and eat it – and it’s almost never good, not vegetables or fruit or well-balanced meals, but crisps, chocolate, burgers, fizzy drinks and sugary breakfast cereals. They’re cleverly designed, tempting and honed by the fierce competition of the food industry. It’s like […]
The party is over but not the movement
Getty Images Catherine Mayer and Sandi Toksvig at the launch of the party in 2015 It is the “end of the party but not the movement”, Women’s Equality Party co-founder Catherine Mayer has said, after members voted to shut down the organisation. Speaking to the BBC’s Woman’s Hour, Mayer said the party was closing partly […]
The Lido author Libby Page on the power of uplifting fiction
Getty Images It may feel like the world isn’t the happiest of places at the moment. But first-time author Libby Page is hoping that shining a light on the power of community and friendship in The Lido will be the uplifting read people need. Positive reviews of The Lido – about how residents rally together […]
‘Roll your eyes if you want, I’m a star’ says nominee
Aly Meghani Aly Meghani says his content breaks stereotypes and inspires people For the people over the age of 30 and not chronically online, the likes of Asher Glean, Nicholas Flannery and Kyra-Mae Turner are probably total unknowns. But, for those who spend more time than they’d like to admit scrolling through TikTok, these names […]
Going for Growth
Getty Images Next Friday, at last, we’re due to get sight of a document likely to shape Scottish politics for quite a while to come. That is at least until someone comes up with anything more interesting or provocative. The SNP’s Growth Commission was announced by Nicola Sturgeon in September 2016, two years after the […]
WRU cannot rule out more bad headlines, says chief executive
David Davies/PA Wire Abi Tierney took over as WRU chief executive at the start of the year The Welsh Rugby Union’s chief executive has said she cannot guarantee the organisation will not face further negative headlines in the future. Abi Tierney appeared before the Senedd’s Culture and Sport Committee after criticism of how contracts were […]