Britain’s largest retailers have cut nearly 18,000 jobs over the past year according to Bloomberg. You’ll never guess what they blame…
Higher taxes and wages under Labour have squeezed supermarkets – Tesco’s headcount is down by almost 5,000 in the last financial year. Sainsbury’s, John Lewis, and Kingfisher (B&Q) each saw average employee counts fall by around 3,000…
The industry is blaming 2024’s rise in employer national insurance contributions and the higher minimum wage (raised again in April). M&S chairman Archie Norman said the regulatory environment has rarely been less friendly to growth with a substantially increased tax burden plus stricter packaging, recycling, and food safety rules. Over one million 16-24-year-olds are not in employment, education, or training…
Former leader of the SNP in Westminster Ian Blackford told Times Radio why he believes Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that she spent no time in the kitchen and therefore didn’t see any of her husband’s purchases:
“She doesn’t have a passion for cooking.”