4 h. ago British DIY giant plunges into administration owing millions in debt with over 100 jobs axed

A BRITISH power-tool supplier has entered administration with 111 members of staff losing their jobs. The DIY giant Toolstream announced the news on December 11 and blamed challenging trading conditions left over from the COVID-19 global supply crisis. The southwest based importer and distributer of DIY tools said the limited stock availability had caused financial...

Economics

36 h. ago ‘We wanted to take action’: US toy company fights back over Trump tariffs

Learning Resources is suing the administration, claiming the president’s tariffs are illegal – and millions of dollars are on the line The conveyors whir in the massive warehouse, boxes gliding at fast clip, filling up with toys ready to be shipped out for holiday gifts across the country. They make their way to shipping trucks, nearly full with hundreds of boxes by the afternoon of a recent Thursday.The 364,000 sq ft warehouse in the suburbs outside Chicago is just one of Learning Resources’ investments in the US. The company and its affiliated brands employ more than 500 people. They make about 2,000 different products, mostly educational toys such as children’s binoculars, cash registers and learning games. Continue reading...

Politics

58 h. ago Chancellor says she does not believe 1,000 jobs being axed a month in North Sea

The figure came from analysis from an offshore expert at Robert Gordon University.

Politics

3 d. ago NHS has to deal with crocodile bites and volcanic eruption injuries every year

The wackiest reasons for treatment in British hospitals have been revealed and they're packed with DIY fails, animal attacks and zero-gravity space horrors

Economics

3 d. ago Hundreds of jobs lost as major Scots firm axes FIVE sites across Scotland

HUNDREDS of jobs have been lost as a major firm axes FIVE sites across Scotland. The UK's largest timber company fell into administration at the end of November. National Timber Group operates companies including Rembrand, Scotia Roofing and Forfar-based Orchard Timber Products. The distribution and processing business had 25 locations across Scotland. It shut down...

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3 d. ago National Timber Group: Timber firm axes five more Scottish sites as total job losses pass 200

The number of redundancies in Scotland has risen to more than 200.

Economics

4 d. ago Reform UK to axe 68,000 civil service jobs if they win next General Election

The MP insisted the party’s plans would improve working in central government

Politics

8 d. ago Martin O'Neill's surprise Celtic red tape over permanent job addressed as axed Wilfried Nancy timeline leaks

The Parkhead icon handed over the reins to the Frenchman last week after his interim stint at the club

Politics

8 d. ago Axed soap star lands job working as a barber after struggling for acting work

AN axed soap star has landed a job as a barber after struggling to find acting work. Earlier this year, Zachary Sutcliffe starred in Hollyoaks as Bobby Costello, who had escaped from a juvenile detention centre after previously being locked up for murder. However, after just a couple of months on screen, Bobby was murdered...

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9 d. ago DHS inks $140 million deal for Boeing jets to serve as its deportation fleet

ICE is expected to ramp up mass removals as the Trump administration aims for 1 million deportations

Economics

9 d. ago Major Scots university set to axe more than 70 jobs in brutal wave of staff cuts

A MAJOR Scots university is set to axe more than 70 jobs in a brutal wave of staff cuts. The University of Strathclyde announced the plans in a bid to save £35million over the next two years. It has not yet been made public exactly which jobs are at risk. But roles at the Strathclyde...

Politics

9 d. ago Fast food chain Leon will shut restaurants and axe jobs after appointing administrators as its boss blames hospitality industry's 'unsustainable' tax burden

Leon, which employs 1,120 staff, has grappled with falling sales recently and complained of a 'challenging' economy in its latest accounts.

Society

9 d. ago Trouble for high street fast food favourite with restaurants and jobs set to be axed

Leon is set to shut a number of restaurants and cut jobs after calling in administrators

Society

9 d. ago Brits face handing over five years of social media history to enter US

Donald Trump is set to require British tourists to hand over five years of their social media history to enter the United States, as his administration prepares a sweeping expansion of surveillance affecting millions of travellers

Politics

1 week ago Trump administration moves to end student loan payment pause for millions. Here’s what it means for borrowers

Borrowers enrolled in the SAVE plan will have to select new repayment options if the agreement is approved

Politics

1 week ago New woe for Sarah Ferguson: Lifestyle app she backed that was founded by her rumoured former lover received more than £1m of taxpayers' cash before collapsing without ever launching a product

vVoosh, founded by businessman Manuel Fernandez in 2010, raised around £9 million in funding before collapsing into administration last month, having never produced a single product.

Economics

2 w. ago US appeals court rejects Trump administration bid to halt grants for school mental health workers

A federal appeals court has rejected the Trump administration’s bid to halt an order requiring it to release millions of dollars in grants meant to address the shortage of mental health workers in schools

Politics

2 w. ago Top British homeware chain is SAVED after axing 26 shops and 133 jobs

A TOP British homeware chain has been saved after axing 26 shops and 133 jobs. The rescue deal brings fresh hope to the troubled retailer, which collapsed in October after months of mounting losses. Topps Tiles has swooped in to save home interiors brand Fired Earth just weeks after it fell into administration and shut...

Society

2 w. ago Major Loose Women cast update revealed just weeks before brutal ITV daytime TV cuts begin

THE Loose Women team have received an early Christmas gift – with the news they are now all safe from ITV’s daytime jobs axe. The channel’s swingeing cuts from January will reduce the award-winning talk show’s schedule — leaving the cast fearing there would not be enough work to go around. But bosses have decided...

Politics

2 w. ago Harbour Energy slashes ANOTHER 100 jobs as windfall tax bites

Oil and gas firm Harbour Energy is cutting another 100 North Sea jobs in the North Sea after the Chancellor refused to axe the windfall tax in the Budget.

Politics