Food & drink industry
Starbucks to cut 900 jobs and close dozens of North American stores as sales struggle | Starbucks
Starbucks will lay off around 900 staff and pull down the shutters on some 100 cafes across North America as part of a $1bn restructuring plan to revive the world’s largest coffee chain. The business, which eliminated 1,100 corporate positions earlier this year, will also close “many” open or vacant positions as it notifies affected […]
Peter Mandelson unlikely to retain Labour whip if he returns to Lords, senior peer says – UK politics live | Politics
Mandelson not likely to retain Labour whip if he returns to Lords, senior peer suggests Peter Mandelson is not likely to remain a Labour peer if he returns to the House of Lords, a senior member of the party has predicted. Lord Foulkes, a former MP and minister who has been a member of the […]