7 h. ago Ocado to cut 'significantly' fewer than 1,000 jobs as it trims R&D workforce

The group, which runs robotic warehouses for other chains alongside its Ocado Retail business as a joint venture with M&S, said it was trimming investment on R&D to cut costs, having spent more than £800m in this area over the past four years

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21 h. ago Ocado shares tumble again after online grocer posts £375m losses as it plans to cut R&D jobs

Ocado, which runs robotic warehouses for other firms alongside its Ocado Retail venture with M&S, has spent more than £800m on R&D over the past four years.

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29 h. ago New blow for the electric car revolution: Audi EV mega factory closes for good in Belgium due to tanking global demand with 3,000 jobs cut

Audi first announced plans to restructure the Brussels plant back in July, with suggestions that it was considering an early end to production there sparking huge protests in the months since.

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32 h. ago Ocado shares crash amid further job cut plans and disappointing outlook for 2025

Shares were down as much as 18 per cent in morning trading after their announcement

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34 h. ago Thousands of women losing jobs every year for getting pregnant, study shows

A report estimated that as many as 74,000 women are forced to leave their job every year because they are pregnant or on maternity leave, a number that has almost doubled in a decade

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41 h. ago More than 500,000 benefit claimants who are out of work because they're sick have NEVER had a job

More than 500,000 people receiving benefits for health reasons have never had a job as Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall has vowed to get more Brits into work

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43 h. ago Sadiq Khan launches Growth Plan in bid to 'turbocharge' London economy

Sir Sadiq’s new strategy aims to ‘create 150,000 good jobs, build more affordable homes, and deliver major new transport upgrades’

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66 h. ago Elon Musk ‘doesn’t give a s**t’ that he’s making Trump’s job ‘1000 times harder,’ warns Mark Cuban

Tech billionaire and DOGE king Elon Musk is on track to make Donald Trump’s job dismantling the federal government “1,000 times harder” — and Musk couldn’t care less, Shark Tank entrepreneur Mark Cuban warned at a political conference

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67 h. ago Nearly 6,000 veterans have lost jobs in Musk purge, Democrats say

If DOGE chief does trim down 75 percent of the federal workforce, up to 500,000 veterans could lose their jobs

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3 d. ago ‘We’re being treated as grifters or terrorists’: US federal workers on the fear and chaos of their firings

An educator, archaeologist and scientist were among the thousands of government workers culled by Musk’s agencyThe Trump administration has fired at least 20,000 government employees in its first month, as Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) dramatically overhauls work at federal agencies. Some economists have speculated that these terminations, which could affect nearly 300,000 workers, will be the biggest job cuts in US history.Most of the workers cut were in probationary periods and lacked job protections that come with longer terms of employment. In social media spaces, especially the r/fednews subreddit, these workers described scenes of confusion and feelings of anger directed at Musk, an unelected billionaire dubbed a “special government employee” by the White House. Last week, unions for federal workers sued the Trump administration for unlawfully using probationary periods to cut staff. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Apple announces $500bn in US investments over next four years

Spending ranges from new AI server factory in Texas to film and TV content and may add 20,000 jobsApple said on Monday it would spend $500bn in US investments in the next four years that will include a giant factory in Texas for artificial intelligence servers and add about 20,000 research and development jobs across the country in that time.That $500bn in expected spending includes everything from purchases from US suppliers to US filming of television shows and movies for its Apple TV+ service. The company declined to say how much of the figure it was already planning to spend with its US supply base, which includes firms such as Corning that makes glass for iPhones in Kentucky. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Apple announces $500B investment in America including 20,000 new jobs and a new AI factory in Texas

The Silicon Valley tech giant pledged its 'largest-ever spend commitment' after Trump pushed companies to shift their manufacturing back home.

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4 d. ago Apple announces plans to create 20,000 US jobs in latest pitch to Trump

iPhone maker commits to building a facility in Houston at a time when it is vulnerable to new tariffs on China

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4 d. ago Apple announces plans to create 20,000 US jobs in pitch to Trump

iPhone maker commits to building a facility in Houston at a time when it is vulnerable to new tariffs on China

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4 d. ago Average advertised annual salary surges to almost £41,000 – report

Job vacancies have fallen in recent months, totalling just under 830,000 in January, the lowest figure for the month since 2021, Adzuna found.

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1 week ago I spent 10 grand on a nose job... I can't believe how much it has changed my life

A 'plastic surgery influencer' who spent $11,000 on a nose job has revealed how people began treating her differently after she went under the knife.

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1 week ago 'Intersex person' makes €240,000 by applying for 240 jobs then suing for 'discrimination'

The plaintiff, from Bielefeld, sought €5,000 in damages from Siebdruck Jäger on the basis that the job application only addressed men and women.

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