Unilever explores four-day working week
Consumer goods giant Unilever plans to test a four-day working week in New Zealand, giving staff a chance to slash their hours by 20% without hurting their pay. The Dove …
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Has Topshop boss Philip Green done anything wrong?
Business periodically throws up pantomime villains who vault from the financial pages to the front of the tabloids and become the subject of public vilification. Edward Heath called Tiny Rowland, …
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Qantas adds to job cuts by outsourcing 2,000 roles
Qantas will outsource more than 2,000 ground staff roles in an effort to limit its financial losses. The job cuts are on top of 6,000 roles already announced by Australia’s …
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Topshop owner’s collapse is ‘inevitable’
Sir Philip Green’s failure to invest in his retail empire Arcadia has made its downfall “inevitable”, a former boss of its best-known brand Topshop has said. Arcadia, which includes Topshop, …
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How machine learning is allowing thousands of students to sit exams at home
The phones began ringing off the hook at Piero Tintori’s company Better Examinations back in April. His tech business allows tens of thousands of students to remotely sit exams at …
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The photographers capturing buildings and biscuits in 3D
When the first lockdown was eased in June, David Fletcher picked up his digital camera and got to work. Save for a few police officers and builders, he says, London’s …
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New jobs in UK hospitality sector ‘non-existent’
Paul Gilley says he has never seen so few new jobs in the UK hospitality sector – across restaurants, bars and hotels. Recruitment is bad overall but in hospitality it …
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