Asos calls for clothing brands to reveal their supply chains in wake of Boohoo sweatshop scandal By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 7 August 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 7 August 2020 Asos has demanded greater transparency from brands which want to sell their clothes on its site, following an industry-wide … Read more
SSE have come under fire for ‘threatening’ an elderly customer with excessive energy bills – despite the fact she has dementia and her son looks after her finances. Andrew J, who does not wish to be fully named, from Swindon, has voiced his frustration at the energy firm, after it continually sent estimated bills to … Read more
Asos probes supply chain: Boss raises concerns over sweatshops as online fashion giant reports 10% lockdown sales boost By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 15 July 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 15 July 2020 Sweatshop fears: Asos reported a 10% rise in sales during lockdown Asos is reviewing its operations in Leicester … Read more
Under fire fashion retailer Boohoo has launched an independent review of its supply chain after a scandal about working conditions at factories. The investigation will be led by lawyer Alison Levitt QC and comes after the company’s shares plummeted £1billion amid the claims of poor pay and practices. Boohoo said it was going to invest … Read more
The US government has bought up virtually the entire global supply of remdesivir, the only drug approved in the nation to treat coronavirus, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Monday. That means that any other country will be hard-pressed to get access to the potentially life-saving antiviral medication. Gilead Sciences, which makes … Read more
Navy’s two aircraft carriers do not have enough supply ships to keep them stocked with food and ammunition, experts warn Just one vessel is able to supply the Navy’s biggest ever warships on operations Labour’s Meg Hillier said the Navy could now end up with a ‘hollowed-out’ force Officials are now seeking new ways to … Read more
Migrant workers making PPE for firms supplying the NHS during the coronavirus pandemic are earning as little as £1.08 an hour in cramped factories, an investigation has found. Staff employed by Top Glove in Malaysia, the world’s largest manufacturer of medical gloves, have told Channel 4 News for a special report, broadcast tonight, of the level … Read more
US government’s supply of remdesivir – the only drug shown to work against coronavirus – will run out at the end of the month Redmesivir, made by California-based Gilead Sciences, is the only drug that’s been shown to help shorten the recovery time for coronavirus patients The US government’s supply is running out and it … Read more
Despite tumbling infection rates, there is not the faintest hint of triumphalism here at the south London nerve centre of the national fight against coronavirus. And the man whose task is to protect all those on the front line has a very simple plan of action when it comes to future shortages of kit: Never … Read more
Ed Sheeran is ‘brewing his own beer to supply the pub on the grounds of his sprawling £3.7million Suffolk estate amid the coronavirus lockdown’ By Raven Saunt For Mailonline Published: 02:18 BST, 30 May 2020 | Updated: 02:18 BST, 30 May 2020 Ed Sheeran is brewing his own beer to supply the pub on the … Read more