All Pay and jobs articles
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News
UK fmcg businesses offshoring jobs to cheaper European countries amid tax rises
Small to medium-sized businesses are increasingly hiring for certain roles in international markets
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Home Office praise for Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats on illegal working ‘beyond absurd’ group claims
‘The elephant in the room is why platforms would even want to allow substitute when people with the right to work could just sign up directly,’ Worker Info Exchange said
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Asda launches new face recognition technology to target shoplifters
Asda stressed that it did not expect store staff to put themselves at risk by confronting potentially violent criminals
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JW Filshill appoints new regional development manager
Balfour will initially service Filshill’s KeyStore symbol estate across Ayrshire, Stranraer and Dumfries
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M&S investing £50m in stores in the north west, bringing 300 jobs to the region
The investment is part of M&S’s store renewal and rotation programme, credited with helping drive the retailer’s successful turnaround
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Comment & Opinion
Unilever’s surprise CEO switch marks a new era for leadership
Unilever’s decision to swap out Hein Schumacher for Fernando Fernandez crosses a rubicon, says Ian Wright of Acuti Associates
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Asda announces £80m pay deal as hourly rate rises to £12.60
The move will benefit 115,000 Asda and Asda Express workers with an increase of 4.7% in three phases, taking rates from £12.04 to £12.60 per hour
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Analysis & Features
As Morrisons announces more cuts, even Market Street isn’t entirely safe
Cuts to counters will need to be judicious to preserve the ‘magic’ of Market Street fresh food offering
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AHDB appoints Jonathan Eckley as director of international trade development
Jonathan Eckley will take up his position with immediate effect and lead the AHDB international trade development team’s work
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Profiles
My food & drink job: Jack Shepheard, operations and quality manager, Moma
‘We worked on a huge rebrand last year and I felt like a giddy teenager going into stores and seeing it filter through’
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Comment & Opinion
Did ‘Morrisons Magic’ really just mean job cuts and closures?
When Morrisons announced last week it was unleashing some much-needed ‘Morrisons Magic’ on Market Street, few expected the closure of dozens of fresh meat and fish counters, florists and pharmacies, and more than 50 cafés
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Avara Foods unveils ‘pioneering’ Regional Colleague Council
The supplier said the move gave factory staff a ‘greater say in key negotiations’
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Logistics’ staffing costs soar ahead of retail and manufacturing sectors
New government figures reveal that 35.7% of transport & storage sector firms’ staffing costs rose in the past three months
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‘600 shops and 5,500 jobs at risk’ from government plans to raise business rates
Consumers will also face higher prices as many affected businesses plan to pass the costs on, according to High Streets UK
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Morrisons plans Market Street shake-up under ‘Magic’ trading team restructure
The Grocer can reveal that group trading director Andrew Staniland has kicked off a major shake-up of its trading team
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Tesco awards 5.2% pay rise but scraps Sunday premium
Under the terms of a deal with Usdaw, pay for hourly paid staff will initially increase from £12.02 to £12.45 from 30 March
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Young’s owner Sofina strengthens leadership team with three senior appointments
James Pirie, Helen Watts and Stuart Herd brought with them ‘extensive industry experience and leadership expertise’ Sofina said
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Asda’s Allan Leighton axes 6,000 SKUs and warns of major profit drop
Executive chairman Allan Leighton said Asda planned to slash thousands of SKUs
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Staff miss out on bonus as profits triple at John Lewis Partnership
Profits have tripled at the John Lewis Partnership as the retail group made ‘solid’ progress on its turnaround but staff still missed out on a bonus for the third year in a row
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Asda cuts 200 jobs in latest management shake-up
Asda has announced another major round of redundancies, as part of the supermarket’s latest management restructure