Amazon has said that plans to spend more on improving its warehouses and video content would hit profits in the current quarter.
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TalkTalk boss Dido Harding to step down in May
TalkTalk chief executive Dido Harding is to leave the telecoms group in May after seven years.
Textile firms paying UK workers £3 per hour, investigation finds
Channel 4’s Dispatches reveals River Island, New Look, Boohoo and Missguided used factories paying workers between £3 and £3.50 an hour.
Employee wages not just linked to skills, but quality of co-workers
The presence of high-performing co-workers can improve an individual’s earnings, research has shown.
UK workers reveal their most amusing christmas workplace stories
From Secret Santa Slip-Ups, To Office Pranks Gone Wrong, New Data Explores the Nations’ Funniest Festive Frolics
Sports Direct chair hits out at ‘extreme media campaign’ against company
The chair of Sports Direct has lashed out at critics for an “extreme political, union and media campaign” waged against the under-fire retailer this year, in what is not being seen as a sensible piece of communications by PR experts.
Mike Ashley takes on a corporate jet and strikes deal with daughter’s company
Sports Direct has posted a 25pc tumble in profits as the Mike Ashley-owned giant wrestles to restore a battered reputation and transform itself into the “Selfridges of sportswear”.
Britain’s agency workers underpaid and exploited, thinktank says
Agency work booming but staff earning hundreds of pounds a year less than employees doing the same job, report finds
Pensions Regulator seeks ‘multiples of £1m’ from Chappell over BHS
Regulator has sent warning notices to the former owner and his company over the retailer’s £571m pension scheme deficit.
Hidden hazards in the office workplace
Regular health and safety workplace audits are a matter of course for large companies seeking to prevent accident and injury. For small businesses, even finding the time to draft a procedure for the audit can be a challenge.
Mike Ashley becomes CEO of Sports Direct after Dave Forsey resigns
Sports Direct has announced the shock resignation of chief executive Dave Forsey and his immediate replacement by the retail chain’s founder and deputy chairman Mike Ashley.
Sports Direct’s Mike Ashley: ‘You’d be surprised how little I knew of what was going on’
Mike Ashley has pledged to see through the job of improving “appalling” working conditions at Sports Direct, blaming them on “a few rotten apples” while claiming to have given a cleaning lady a bonus of £80,000.
TUC targets poor treatment of staff
The TUC is set to warn companies that there will be “no hiding place” if they exploit their workers.
Sports Direct scraps zero hours contracts after barrage of criticism
Chain has been attacked by politicians and unions for paying workers less than the minimum wage and implementing “Victorian workhouse” conditions at its warehouses
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