ITV2 dating show returns after 18-month break
Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter ITV The islanders have reportedly been in quarantine for two weeks in the run-up to the series launch Love Island returns to screens on Monday after an 18-month break enforced by the coronavirus pandemic. It will be the first new series of the ITV2 dating show since Paige Turley and Finley […]
UK to withdraw from international fishing arrangement
Press Eye The government is to end an arrangement that allows other countries to fish in UK waters, it has been announced. The convention allows Irish, Dutch, French, German and Belgian vessels to fish within six and 12 nautical miles of UK coastline. Environment Secretary Michael Gove said the move would help take back control […]
Cracking new ways to fight plastic waste
Vivienne Nunis Business reporter, BBC News BBC Michael Minch-Dixon’s fruit snack packets will rot away harmlessly on a compost heap Plastic is one of the world’s favourite packaging materials – it’s cheap, practical and hard wearing. But its durability is part of the problem. Plastic pollution is now a huge issue and consumers are increasingly […]
Fears for up to 30 jobs at Baxters in Fochabers
Google Baxters has a major presence in Fochabers Food firm Baxters could close its restaurant and retail outlet in Moray with the loss of up to 30 jobs. The Fochabers-based business – famed for its soups and preserves – has a Highland Village visitors centre in the town. Baxters said the coronavirus pandemic had “exacerbated […]
Average five-year fix rises above 6%
Faarea Masud & Lucy Hooker Business reporters Getty Images A typical five-year fixed mortgage deal now has an interest rate of more than 6%. It comes after the Bank of England raised interest rates to a 15-year high of 5% last month, as it tries to bring down inflation. Mortgage lenders have been increasing rates […]
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 […]