Just four entries have been recorded on database in the year since its launch, FOI findsNot a single rogue landlord has been issued with one of the government’s new banning orders, a year after the key new power in the battle to root out the country’s …
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Unilever’s joke writers may not be enough to keep uneasy investors entertained
The company’s ads are always amusing, but this week’s quarterly results could divide opinion like MarmiteThere are times when you’d be forgiven for thinking that the role of the consumer goods giant Unilever is to entertain its punters, as much as flog…
Read moreProminent criminal lawyer ‘failed to disclose firm’s debts’ when she sold it
Extradition specialist Karen Todner in high court battle with One Legal ServicesOne of the country’s top criminal lawyers failed to disclose hundreds of thousands of pounds of debts owed by her firm when she offloaded the business in 2016, according to…
Read morePay rise for nearly 2 million as UK living wage goes up by 4.9%
Legal adult minimum of £8.21 an hour still leaves millions struggling, say campaignersAlmost 2 million workers in the UK are in line for a pay rise on Monday as the legal minimum wage increases by nearly 5%.Adults on pay rates rebranded as the “nationa…
Read moreTop auditors ‘loss-leading on fees’ and undercutting rivals, MPs say
Evidence from the big four accounting firms shows cost overruns in up to 50% of auditsThe big four accounting firms are failing to charge some of the UK’s largest companies the full cost of inspecting their accounts, raising fresh concerns that the aud…
Read more‘Inconceivable’ Autonomy founder unaware of fraud, court told
UK entrepreneur Mike Lynch denies wrongdoing in response to civil claim by Hewlett PackardMike Lynch, the founder of the software group Autonomy, was a “controlling and demanding individual” and it was inconceivable that he was unaware of the fraudulen…
Read moreAdvice for Brexit bosses who fear they ‘can’t get the staff’
Avoiding the B word, (no, not Barcelona) will be tricky at the British Chambers of Commerce conference this weekAs aficionados of 1970s situation comedy know well, Basil Fawlty did not support the UK’s entering the “continent”, but graciously pledged t…
Read moreTenants in England not being protected from revenge evictions, study finds
Only 5% of those who complained about conditions were protected by councilsJust one in 20 private tenants who complain to their council about poor living conditions gets protection from a revenge eviction by their landlord, according to figures release…
Read moreFashion chains struggle to shake off spectre of ousted founders
Ray Kelvin won’t be showing his face at Ted Baker, but Julian Dunkerton looks set on revisiting old Superdry haunts“After four-and-a-half intense and wonderful years as CEO of Groupon, I’ve decided that I’d like to spend more time with my family,” Andr…
Read moreWetherspoon’s chief punches above his weight on a no-deal Brexit
Tim Martin claims crashing out of the EU could be good for business, but his logic is flawedTim Martin, the Brexit-supporting founder of the JD Wetherspoon pub group, is an easy man to caricature. He’s been known to sport a mullet hairstyle, long after…
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