Image copyright Margaret Minto Image caption Gordon and Margaret Minto were shocked to learn that British Airways will not return the £4,748 they paid for their flights. British Airways passengers have told the BBC that they have been refused cash refunds for cancelled flights. Gordon and Margaret Minto accepted vouchers instead after their flights to the United States were cancelled,… Read more →
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The number of apprentices in NI has fallen sharply as a result of Covid-19 Employers will be paid up to £3,700 for each apprentice worker they train and retain under a new Department for the Economy (DfE) scheme. Apprentices “earn and learn”, combining on-the-job training with study for a qualification. However, many firms stopped… Read more →
Image copyright PA Media Image caption Loomis services cash machines and supermarkets A union has warned the UK’s cash system is facing a “death spiral” with a cash transit company planning to shed a fifth of its national workforce. The GMB said the Nottingham-based UK arm of Loomis was planning to cut 312 jobs across 19 centres around the country.… Read more →
Image caption Kainos specialises in helping organisations to digitise their operations and is a major supplier to UK government departments Kainos, one of Northern Ireland’s largest employers, is to repay all the money it received from the government’s coronavirus furlough scheme. The IT firm said it is taking the decision as it was able to trade strongly during the lockdown… Read more →
Image copyright Getty Images French Connection has confirmed that it will claim government cash for bringing workers back from furlough. The fashion retailer told the BBC that about 250 of its staff are furloughed under the job retention scheme. The chancellor announced in July that all firms can claim £1,000 for each employee they bring back from furlough. “It’s mainly… Read more →
Image copyright Getty Images Asos will repay cash to the government it claimed for furloughing workers after its sales grew in lockdown. The online retailer said that group sales increased by 10% to £1bn in the four months to 30 June. The rise was driven by shoppers in international markets, with sales in the UK dipping by 1%. It came… Read more →
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption BA owns art by Damien Hirst, although not one of his “pickled sharks”. British Airways is selling some of its multi-million-pound art collection to raise cash to help it through the coronavirus pandemic. The collection includes art by Damien Hirst, Bridget Riley and Peter Doig, with one work believed to have been valued at… Read more →