Fears workers in Leicester’s textile factories are still being exploited weigh down shares in Boohoo By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 16:50 EDT, 30 July 2021 | Updated: 16:50 EDT, 30 July 2021 Fears workers in Leicester’s textile factories are still being exploited weighed down shares in Boohoo yesterday. Last year an independent … Read more
‘Exploited’ workers at Indian factories supplying Tesco, Sainsbury’s, M&S and Ralph Lauren say they don’t get toilet breaks and are being made to sleep on factory floors BBC investigation uncovers poor conditions for staff supplying UK high street Worker claims she works 22-hour days sleeping between 3am and 5am on floor Another said: ‘We don’t … Read more
BooHoo’s ‘industrial scale’ wage shame: Fresh crisis for online retailer as audits of 18 textile factories suggest workers are paid as little as £3-an-hour Audit reports claim that workers in supplier factories paid below minimum wage The documents also highlighted inconsistencies in working-hour records Boohoo has suspended trade with the suppliers found to be breaching … Read more
Boohoo is accused of turning a blind eye to sweatshop factories despite the issue being repeatedly raised By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 16 July 2020 | Updated: 21:59 BST, 16 July 2020 Boohoo has been accused of ‘turning a blind eye’ to problems in its supply chain after the issue … Read more
The National Masks Service: State-owned factories have capacity to churn out FIVE MILLION face coverings a week with Government likely to make it compulsory to wear them in shops ‘within days’ Ten factory production lines have been acquired to ensure supply of face masks Boris Johnson had hinted the face mask requirement could be extended … Read more
The Mayor of Leicester had been warned that some manufacturing companies were breaching Covid-19 social distancing guidelines three months ago, a former minister has claimed. Sir Peter Soulsby, 71, and his Labour councillors wer warned by local Tory politicians of the ‘shuttered premises’ in which textile workers were operating amid the coronavirus lockdown. Former minister … Read more
Hopes of a V-shaped recovery as factories lead Britain’s recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 1 July 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 1 July 2020 Leading the recovery: Workers at the HL Display factory in Harlow make protective screens for supermarkets Manufacturers are leading Britain’s rebound from … Read more
Oil tanker truck explodes in blast so massive that houses and factories collapse as four are killed and more than 50 injured in China Blasts of flames leapt above an oil tanker trunk when it exploded in east China Passersby were left running in fear from the fireball as it engulfed the highway Four people … Read more
Bangladeshi factories battle UK rag trade billionaire claiming they are owed £27m in unpaid bills By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 25 May 2020 | Updated: 22:06 BST, 25 May 2020 Rags to riches: Edinburgh Woollen Mill group billionaire Philip Day The Bangladeshi factories that supply retail billionaire Philip Day with clothes have … Read more
Bosses at Ford and Vauxhall have confirmed that their UK engine and car plants are due to restart manufacturing next week. Ford confirmed that it intends to resume initial production at its engine plants in Dagenham, Essex and Bridgend, South Wales from May 18. French bosses at Vauxhall also confirmed that manufacturing of commercial vehicles will also … Read more