4 h. ago Hobbycraft closing down: widespread store closures including job cuts at centre on Derby border

Modella Capital plans CVA for Hobbycraft, potentially closing a quarter of its stores, impacting jobs at Derby border.

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5 h. ago Hobbycraft closing down: widespread store closures planned at UK arts and crafts retailer

A popular arts and crafts retailer faces store closures and job cuts 🛍️

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6 h. ago Welsh stores affected as Hobbycraft 'set to close stores in shake

The move to close stores across the UK could affect over 100 jobs according to reports

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3 d. ago Major clothing brand with dozens UK stores announces high street closure to dismay of customers

The announcement is the latest blow to the UK high street and comes after a number of retailers, including Sports Direct, JD Sports, New Look, and WHSmith, also announced closures.

Economics

3 d. ago Full list of more than 200 UK high street closures in 2025 including WHSmith, Homebase and Barclays

More and more companies are announcing store closures

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3 d. ago Interactive map showing high street closures in 2025 including WHSmith and Barclays

More than 200 branches have closed down so far in 2025

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4 d. ago Job cuts loom at popular Scottish attraction as centre's future 'at risk'

Staff have been warned about potential redundancies at the Glasgow Science Centre

Events

4 d. ago FDA hiring contractors to replace fired staff who supported safety inspections

The Food and Drug Administration is scrambling to hire contractors to replace fired employees who helped plan thousands of food and drug safety inspections throughout the world

Events

4 d. ago Doge cuts spark questions as employees supporting Musk space launches spared

Department of Transportation employees who provide support for Starlink and SpaceX launches safe amid job cutsElon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” and the Trump administration have spared the jobs of US Department of Transportation employees who provide support services for spacecraft launches by Musk’s companies, SpaceX and Starlink – a revelation that raises a new round of conflict of interest questions around Doge.In its most recent buyout announcement, the transportation department did not note that the positions spared supported Musk’s and others’ space operations. Continue reading...

Technology

5 d. ago Unilever to update on turnaround under new boss amid mounting trade pressure

The company is midway through a major turnaround plan which involves 7,500 previously announced job cuts and selling its ice cream division.

Events

1 week ago Jim Ratcliffe is ‘trying to destroy’ everything at Man United, says Eric Cantona

Ratcliffe has raised ticket prices and undertaken swingeing cuts resulting in significant job losses since his arrival in February 2024

Politics

1 week ago America's No1 carmaker stuns workers with job cuts as bosses grapple with Trump's car tariffs

The firm is hitting pause on part of its American-made electric future.

Economics

1 week ago Plans to close Cardiff University nursing school paused as job cuts scaled back

The university’s vice-chancellor said ‘alternative proposals’ have been put forward.

Culture

1 week ago Supermarket price war heats up as Tesco cites ‘very competitive market’

Chief executive Ken Murphy also refused to rule out fresh job cuts as the supermarket targets a further £500 million in savings this year.

Economics

1 week ago Live updates as Cardiff University expected to backtrack on proposed cuts

It is understood that the level of cuts and job losses may be scaled down

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1 week ago Live updates as Cardiff University says school of nursing won't close in major U

The level of cuts and job losses has been scaled down

Culture

1 week ago A lifesaving midwife in Afghanistan: Noriko Hayashi’s best photograph

‘This woman was nine months pregnant but had never had a checkup. Anisa is listening to the baby’s heartbeat with a stethoscope. After foreign aid cuts, including Trump’s, she is now out of a job’My home country, Japan, is one of the safest places in the world to give birth: it has one of the very lowest mortality rates in Asia. A few years ago I had the opportunity to work on a story about midwives in Japan, and I became very interested in their role. In November 2023 I travelled to Badakhshan province in the northeast of Afghanistan, the country with the highest maternal mortality rate in Asia. I wanted to meet midwives there and see how they support women.The Badakhshan province is far from Kabul, with rugged terrain and poor transportation and medical infrastructure. In winter, heavy snowfall blocks roads for months. Women who are about to give birth are sometimes carried on donkeys escorted by family members or neighbours on multi-day trips to clinics. The literacy rate for wom...

Culture

1 week ago Northern Virginia leaders plead for state's help amid federal job cuts

Northern Virginia leaders are urging lawmakers to enact emergency legislation to help stabilize their local economy as the White House cuts federal jobs

Politics

2 w. ago NHS England job cuts down to ‘failure of the system’, Streeting says

The Health Secretary also said reports suggesting the cuts could cost up to £1 billion is not an ‘unreasonable ballpark figure’.

Events

2 w. ago Red flares let off across city centre ahead of Manchester derby

More than 70,000 fans descended on the city ahead of the match

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