Demand for foreign exchange is recovering after a prolonged lockdown slump, with sterling worth more against all major holiday currencies compared to August 2019. That’s according to a new report, the Holiday Money Index of 2020, by Post Office Travel Money, which has been measuring exchange rate movements and foreign currency sales. The report also … Read more
Demand for foreign exchange is recovering after a prolonged lockdown slump, with sterling worth more against all major holiday currencies compared to August 2019. That’s according to a new report, the Holiday Money Index of 2020, by Post Office Travel Money, which has been measuring exchange rate movements and foreign currency sales. The report also … Read more
Dirty Dancing sequel starring original ‘Baby’ Jennifer Grey in the works… 33 years after the original with Patrick Swayze dominated the box office By Dan Heching For Dailymail.com Published: 01:04 BST, 7 August 2020 | Updated: 02:01 BST, 7 August 2020 After rumors began circulating last month, it’s now confirmed that Baby Houseman is back … Read more
Wetherspoon has written to its head office staff to say that nearly a third of them risk losing their jobs amid a round of cuts at the pub chain. The company said that 110 to 130 of the 417 roles in its head office could be axed as it scales back its expansion. Chief executive … Read more
A Twitter mob of outraged work-from-home Britons who do not want to return to the office have rounded on Kirstie Allsop for suggesting that they are more at risk of losing their jobs in the coming wave of mass coronavirus redundancies. The Location, Location, Location presenter said that those working from home should be eager … Read more
What it’s really like to work at Instagram: Employee shares a video tour of the company’s San Francisco campus – including unlimited free food, conference rooms named after Drake songs and a gaming arcade Christen Blaire, who used to work for Instagram, shared office tour San Franscisco HQ boasts dozens of free food outlets and … Read more
Foreign Office says ‘small number’ of British embassy workers suffered ‘non-life-threatening’ injuries in Beirut blast Explosion in Port of Beirut has killed dozens of people and devastated the city Foreign Office confirms some British embassy staff were injured in deadly blast Boris Johnson said Government is ‘ready to provide support in any way we can’ … Read more
Britain will melt in 99F (37C) temperatures by the weekend as the Met Office issues a health alert – but rain will hit northern parts of the country first with flood warnings for Scotland. The scorching air from Europe at the end of the week will come after the wet weather also predicted for the … Read more
Aged 68, I am, like millions of people in their 60s, still working. And, also like millions in this age group, I have an underlying health condition — an auto-immune disease. So, as the nation gears up to return to work, how worried should people like me be? And if we are worried, what are our … Read more
London Underground trains were far from packed at rush this morning as workers ignored the government’s drive to get back to work. Passengers, some still not wearing face coverings, had plenty of space for social distancing as a few took the Jubilee Line into the city centre. Boris Johnson had heralded today – the first Monday in August – … Read more