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Luxury department store Harrods has warned customers their personal data may have been taken in an IT systems breach. It said information like names and contact details of some online customers was taken from the systems of a third-party provider. Harrods described the breach in an email sent to customers on Friday evening as an…
BBC Joanne Hurst’s retirement plans have been thrown into “disarray” because of delays by the Teachers’ Pension Scheme The head teachers’ union has demanded action from the Department for Education (DfE) to address what it describes as the “failing” Teachers’ Pension Scheme. The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) said there was a litany of…
Sarah JulianBBC Radio WM and Eleanor LawsonWest Midlands Reuters There are around 100,000 people in Jaguar Land Rover’s supply chain whose work has been impacted by the cyber attack Some businesses in the Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) supply chain have just seven to 10 days of money left, an MP has told the BBC. Ten…
Daisy BodkinGloucestershire BBC Ms George says she shops around to find bargains Valerie George, 78, says she can no longer afford the food she used to buy due to the rising prices. Ms George who lives in Abbeydale, Gloucester says she does not buy as much meat any more because she “just can’t afford it”…
US President Donald Trump announced a new wave of tariffs on Thursday, including a 100% levy on branded drugs that are manufactured outside the US. Washington will also impose a 25% tariffs on imports of all heavy-duty trucks and 50% levies on kitchen and bathroom cabinets, he said on his Truth Social platform. “The reason…
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) says it has begun a “phased restart” of its operations with parts of its IT system back up and running. The company said it was “working to clear a backlog of payments” to suppliers as it now had increased its processing capacity for invoicing. The carmaker’s production lines have been suspended…
Users of the second-hand shopping app Vinted have taken to social media in outrage over severe delays in receiving their orders via one of the firm’s partner couriers. Posts seen by the BBC describe parcels not being collected from InPost UK lockers or left stuck in transit without updated tracking information. Some customers were notified…
Starbucks will cut about 900 jobs and close its worst performing stores in the US as well as some in the UK as part of a cost-saving restructure, the coffee chain said. Most of the stores earmarked for closure are in North America and its chief executive said the revamp would reduce wait times and…
Getty Images Working parents of children aged between nine months and four years old in England now have access to 30 hours a week of childcare during term time. Ministers say 530,000 more children are benefiting from government-funded childcare since the free hours scheme expansion began. But there are continuing concerns about the number of…
The Co-op has said the cyber-attack it suffered earlier this year cost it at least £206m in lost revenues. The retailer’s IT networks were infiltrated by hackers in April, resulted in payment problems, widespread shortages of goods in shops, and the loss of customer data. Co-op chair Debbie White said the “malicious” attack had caused…
