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'We have repeatedly pressed the UK Government to act quickly and compensate businesses affected by the ongoing trade issues. I am pleased to see they have finally recognised our calls for compensation but I remain concerned this may be too little, too late for some businesses that have been left to rot as a result of the extensive bureaucracy forced on them by a poor Brexit deal and failing UK IT systems. … [Read more...] about The SEVEN baffling new forms that seafood firms MUST fill in to send just ONE species of fish to EU… and the 33-point official advice on how to export it

So far the company has only reopened a little more than about one-half of its outlets after Lockdown I and they are all closed again following Lockdown II. Its orientation towards an older market, tourists, and market-town Mill-type general products attractive to people on shopping trips has been severely hit in 2020 (and possiby into 2021 as well). The store numbers figures quoted here are on the high side and rather dated, but EWM Group has 384 Edinburgh Woollen Mill stores and other shops trading as Peacocks (479), Bonmarché (220), Ponden Mill (65), James Pringle (and other names) (88 stores) and 27 stores combining several EWM fascias. … [Read more...] about Requiem for the High Street: Retail industry faces 200,000 job cuts this year after 320 shops closed every week in 2020 – while Nike, Gap and Vans are latest flagship stores set to leave Oxford Street

Anneliese Dodds, the shadow chancellor, said it was no coincidence that redundancies soared in October when companies believed the furlough programme was due to end. “The chancellor’s irresponsible decisions haven’t just cost jobs – they’ve left us in the worst recession of any major economy. It was his decision to wind down the furlough scheme before we were out of this crisis, and his decision to wait until the last possible minute to change course,” she said. … [Read more...] about UK redundancies rise to record high amid second Covid-19 wave

It is not yet known which events Meghan and Harry will come back for - and all will depend on whether coronavirus restrictions allow. … [Read more...] about Kate Middleton and Prince William’s key aide ‘quits Royal Household to join £18 billion firm’

This hasn’t put off 40 year old French inventor and ‘watercraft’ pilot, Franky Zapta, who will attempt to make the 20 minute flight from Sangatte, France into Dover by his own invention: the “Flyboard Air” an innovative turbine-powered hoverboard. … [Read more...] about Franky Zapata will re-attempt hoverboard Channel crossing this weekend