Junior workers can often face the biggest dilemma. Felicity, now mid-career, remembers one horror story from her first job as a teenager. Working at a car garage aged 17, she was suddenly thrust an envelope to give money for a mechanic who was retiring. The team was small and tight-knit, so everyone was expected to…
Von der Leyen was clear in her statement that the Leipzig attack had involved “military-grade material carried out by Russian operatives on European Union soil”. “We will not tolerate it,” she said. “We have to step up and that means being ready to respond to Russia’s recklessness faster and better.” While she was meeting Rutte…
Ukraine has targeted energy facilities deep inside Russian territory and there have been repeated attacks on depots belonging to Russia’s two biggest online retailers, Wildberries and Ozon. Its drone attacks have for months led to disruption at some of Russia’s biggest airports, especially in Moscow where at times all four major airports have been forced…
Almost half of people in Britain live in areas where economic growth does not translate into a better quality of life with a “stark” North-South divide in the spending power of households, a new report finds. Researchers at consultancy PwC said every region in the north of England, Midlands and Wales had lower spending power…
Hare says she’s noticed trackers causing anxiety among her patients. “I’ve noticed more patients coming to me with data from various trackers, with lots of questions about sleep that… is probably contributing to their sleep difficulties,” she says. Even though some have had medical tests with reassuring results, this hasn’t allayed their fears, she adds….
There is another, less tangible ingredient: Lady Beckham herself. The woman who once seemed almost comically aloof has become increasingly willing to show the person behind the brand. She’s been known to post videos demonstrating her beauty products – often with wet hair, seemingly filmed in her bathroom. Lisa Maynard-Atem, a business strategy adviser, said…
The full impact of the flood in Tibet is unclear. China has released information through state media outlets showing the devastation around the border, but has given few details about the victims or the impact on local villagers. In Nepal, nearly 3,500 people have been left homeless and displaced in 27 sites – mostly schools,…
Aliev, who had worked in finance before doing her MBA, was wary of first impressions at the firm. “If you judge a book by its cover, it’s very easy to be like ‘oh, young girl, Wall Street background, coming in here and telling me what to do’… I was really conscious about that,” she says….
DIY store B&Q and the fast food chain Five Guys are among hundreds of UK businesses named by the government for paying staff below the minimum wage. More than 600 employers were ordered to pay affected workers the outstanding wages, with £4m returned to workers, according to the Department for Business and Trade. The firms…
Trading Standards officers in Scotland say they need extra powers to help tackle what they describe as an “explosion” of illegal tobacco sales in high street shops. The products include counterfeit cigarettes or those smuggled into the country to avoid tax. Trading Standards link the UK-wide problem to organised crime. The Scottish government said illicit…
