Press Release from Just Stop Oil: Three years after bursting on the scene in a blaze of orange, at the end of April we will be hanging up the hi vis. Just Stop Oil’s initial demand to end new oil and gas is now government policy, making us one of the most successful...
Circa 115,000 store-based colleagues to receive an above inflation pay increase of 4.7%. Asda has invested more than half a billion in retail pay since 2021 Enhanced family leave policies covering maternity, paternity, baby loss and kinship leave introduced CURRENT...
WH Smith PLC (“WHSmith” or “the Group”) has agreed the sale of its UK High Street1 business to Modella Capital (the “Transaction”), creating a pure play global travel retailer. Over the last decade, WHSmith has become a leading...
A man who attacked three strangers in their own homes while armed with a knife and meat cleavers has been sentenced to prison. Paul Salisbury, aged 39, appeared at Gloucester Crown Court on Monday 17 March to be sentenced for a string of offences. He had pleaded...
Tesco has reached an agreement with trade union USDAW that will increase the hourly pay rate for colleagues in stores, from £12.02 to £12.45 from 30 March 2025, and again to £12.64 from the end of August. This two-stage rate increase represents an above-inflation...
