Plaid aims to restrict the number of fast food outlets
Jack Taylor/Getty Images Plaid says it would demand powers to control fast food outlets if it found it needed to Plaid Cymru wants to restrict the number of fast food outlets if it wins the next assembly election, despite ministers saying they lack the powers. Health spokeswoman Helen Mary Jones told the party’s spring conference […]
UK supermarket delivery hours extended
Tilly Roovers Tesco is one of the retailers restricting sales of items such as toilet roll The government is relaxing restrictions on delivery hours for shops to make sure shops remain stocked with basic items amid stockpiling concerns. The environment department, Defra said it would work with local councils to increase the frequency of deliveries. […]
Food production in the UK at risk of moving overseas, warns industry
Oliver Smith Business reporter, BBC News Press Association Food manufacturing in the UK is under such strain due to staff shortages that some production may have to move out of the country, a retail group has said. Andrew Opie from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) said shortages of HGV drivers and other supply chain staff […]
Three firms still positive despite the virus crisis
BBC Vivien Wong, who runs Little Moons, said lockdown didn’t come as a great surprise Will the recovery be V-shaped, L-shaped, U-shaped, or is it far too early to tell? Despite the uncertainties, however, some British companies are nothing if not positive. Here, the owners of three firms that went into lockdown in March tell […]
McDonald’s UK staff join global day of protests over pay
War on Want McDonald’s protesters in London McDonald’s workers in the UK have gone on strike as part of a global day of protests over pay. Staff at six London stores walked out, while protests were held across the UK. There was also action in the US, France, Germany, Brazil and Chile. McDonald’s said that […]
Why restaurants want you to pay up-front when booking meals
Fjona Black Amelia Eriksson and Gareth Ward who run Michelin-starred restaurant Ynyshir in Machynlleth “If you go and see the Rolling Stones you’ll book a ticket – and if you can’t go then you’ll try your best to sell it to someone else.” Restaurateurs are trying to figure out how to deal with the issue […]
Pontardulais waste plant plan for ex-Morlais colliery
Chris Allen/Geograph The site has been largely redundant since the early 1980s A construction waste processing centre could be built at a former mine in Carmarthenshire. Browns Recycling Group Ltd wants to recycle building and demolition waste at the redundant Morlais Colliery site in Llangennech, Llanelli. Up to 50,000 tonnes of waste could be processed […]
Manchester Royal Exchange theatre axes 65% of its staff
N Chadwick / Geograph UK The Royal Exchange Theatre One of the most influential regional theatres in England is set to cut 65% of its staff blaming the coronavirus lockdown for its cash woes. Managers of The Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester said the impact of Covid-19 had been “monumental”. “At the moment, we simply […]
North Korean women ‘forced into sex slavery’ in China
Reuters The trade of North Korean women in China is said to be worth $100m a year for criminal organisations Thousands of North Korean women and girls are being forced to work in the sex trade in China, according to a new report by a London-based rights group. They are often abducted and sold as […]
British exports worth billions have faced EU tariffs since Brexit
Faisal Islam Economics editor PA Media British exports worth billions of pounds have faced tariffs on trade with the EU since Brexit, according to an analysis of official EU statistics. Despite the tariff-free deal agreed with the EU, a study by the University of Sussex found up to £3.5bn of British exports had taxes applied. […]