China’s Covid recovery loses momentum as factory output slows

China’s Covid recovery loses momentum as factory output slows and retail sales miss expectations By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:59 BST, 17 May 2021 | Updated: 21:59 BST, 17 May 2021 China’s economic boom has hit a stumbling block, as factory output slowed in April and retail sales missed expectations. Industrial production … Read more

Factory worker, 20, wins £8,000 in age discrimination row after his boss called him ‘spoilt child’

Factory worker, 20, wins £8,000 in age discrimination row after his boss punched him in heated row then sent him a letter calling him a ‘spoilt child’ Jake Rawnsley, 20, was called ‘jumped up know-it-all’ by boss Antony Beall He was punched and pushed during row in Leicester-based factory in 2019 Employment judge ruled Mr … Read more

Hovis baker who claimed he was left barely able to walk after factory fall is filmed running for bus

This is the moment a Hovis baker who claimed he was left brain damaged and barely able to walk after a fall in a factory is secretly filmed running for the bus, carrying shopping and looking after his children. Judge Heather Baucher threw out a ‘dishonest’ £300,000 compensation bid from Yacob Adan, 45, and handed him … Read more

Hovis baker who claimed he was left barely able to walk after factory fall is filmed running for bus

This is the moment a Hovis baker who claimed he was left brain damaged and barely able to walk after a fall in a factory is secretly filmed running for the bus, carrying shopping and looking after his children. Judge Heather Baucher threw out a ‘dishonest’ £300,000 compensation bid from Yacob Adan, 45, and handed him … Read more

Nestlé will axe nearly 600 staff and shut Newcastle factory that makes Fruit Pastilles

2020 Bonmarché, the value-oriented clothing retailer, went into administration for the second time in a year on December 2, 2020. There are 226 stores and more than 1200 employees. It is owned as a separate business by Philip Day, whose EWM is also in crisis (see below). Philip Day put this company into administration a … Read more

Nestlé will axe nearly 600 staff and shut Newcastle factory that makes Fruit Pastilles

Nestlé will axe nearly 600 staff and shut Newcastle factory that makes Fruit Pastilles – with plan to shift production of products to EU plants The company’s site in Fawdon will close at the end of 2023, costing 475 jobs Changing working practices at its site in York will see a further 98 losses  The … Read more

Baker sues Hovis for £280,000 after fall at Kent factory ‘left him brain damaged’

A Hovis baker is suing his former bosses for £280,000 after claiming a fall at work left him with brain damage.  Yacob Adan, 45, is demanding compensation from Premier Foods Plc, the former owner of the iconic bread brand, over the accident in March 2014. He claims he was left unconscious and brain damaged after … Read more

PM’s efficiency drive over Oxford vaccine factory pays off as site can make an extra 5m jabs a year

As a keen student of military history, Boris Johnson is well aware of Lord Beaverbrook and his influence on changing the course of the Second World War. For the Prime Minister, however, it is jabs in the arms rather than planes in the air that have changed the course of his battle with coronavirus. Just … Read more

PM’s efficiency drive over Oxford vaccine factory pays off as site can make an extra 5m jabs a year

As a keen student of military history, Boris Johnson is well aware of Lord Beaverbrook and his influence on changing the course of the Second World War. For the Prime Minister, however, it is jabs in the arms rather than planes in the air that have changed the course of his battle with coronavirus. Just … Read more

UK taxpayers pumped £21m in to fitting out Dutch vaccine factory that EU have now blocked

UK taxpayers pumped £21million into fitting out a Dutch vaccine factory to make AstraZeneca jabs before the EU threatened to ban their export from the continent.  Health Secretary Matt Hancock approved the multi-million pound investment in the Halix factory in Leiden with the guarantee that doses would be sent to the UK. Initially, it was hoped … Read more