Category: Business News
Business News
Sports Direct profits fall by nearly 60% blamed on weak pound
(qlmbusinessnews.com via uk.reuters.com -- Thur, 20 July 2017) London, UK -- LONDON (Reuters) - British retailer Sports Direct reported a 29 percent slump in[more...]
British Gas compensates customers £1.1m for missed appointments
Ton Zijp/Flickr (qlmbusinessnews.com via ibtimes.co.uk - - Thu, 20 July 2017) London, Uk - - British Gas has paid a total of £1.1m ($1.4m) to customers[more...]
McCormick US spices and herbs business snapped up Reckitt Benckiser’s food for over £3bn
(qlmbusinessnews.com via telegraph.co.uk - - Wed, 19 July 2017) London, Uk - - US spices and herbs business McCormick has snapped up Reckitt Benckiser’s food[more...]
Novelist Jane Austen featured on the new ten pound bank note
Britain is to get a new ten pound bank note made of plastic and with the face of a famous woman on the back[more...]
Netflix TV streaming service’s tops 100m subscribers
(qlmbusinessnews.com via theguardian.com - - Tue, 18 July 2017) London, Uk - - Netflix has topped 100m subscribers, adding more than 4m outside the US[more...]
SMEs slammed with Late payments of more than £2 billion a year
[caption id="attachment_566" align="alignnone" width="640"] Ken Teegardin/Flickr[/caption] (qlmbusinessnews.com via independent.co.uk - - Tue, 18 July 2017) London, Uk - - The practice of late payments is[more...]
HS2 Manchester and Leeds routes £6.6bn in contracts awarded by UK government
(qlmbusinessnews.com via theguardian.com - - Mon, 17 July 2017) London, Uk - - Contracts announced as transport secretary prepares to unveil changes to final Manchester[more...]
Centrica merges with Bayerngas to create new oil and gas joint venture
(qlmbusinessnews.com via uk.reuters.com -- Mon, 17 July 2017) London, UK -- LONDON (Reuters) - Centrica has agreed with Bayerngas Norge to merge the companies' North Sea[more...]
This Shoemaker from Singapore Shows you the skill and process of shoe craftsmanship
Singaporean shoemaker Joshua Leong about the resurgence of the shoemaking craft.
Royal Mail offer employees new pension plan after union opposition
(qlmbusinessnews.com via uk.reuters.com -- Fri, 14 July 2017) London, UK -- Britain's Royal Mail (RMG.L) said on Friday it would offer employees a choice[more...]
Visa contemplates cashless scheme for UK businesses
(qlmbusinessnews.com via bbc.co.uk - - Fri, 14 July 2017) London, Uk - - Visa has said it is considering offering incentives to UK businesses[more...]
RBS to settle crisis-era mortgage bond claims with £4.2b payout
[caption id="attachment_362" align="alignnone" width="640"] morebyless/Flickr.com[/caption] (qlmbusinessnews.com via telegraph.co.uk - - Thu, 13 July 2017) London, Uk - - Royal Bank of Scotland is to pay[more...]
