The Body Shop’s UK business has entered administration, potentially putting up to 2,000 jobs at risk. The retailer’s shops will remain open as usual while the administrators try to save the UK firm. Restructuring firm FRP, which has been appointed as the administrator, said it would now consider all options to find a way forward…
Uber Eats is facing a backlash after its Super Bowl advert appeared to make light of a man having an allergic reaction to peanut butter. The Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) charity said it was “surprised and disappointed” to see the company use allergies as a joke. One person, himself allergic to peanuts, called…
A door that blew away from a Boeing 737 Max shortly after take-off may not have been properly secured, a new report says. The US National Transportation Safety Board has released initial findings from its probe into the incident on an Alaska Airlines plane in January. It says four key bolts that were meant to…
Parcel delivery firm UPS has said it will cut 12,000 jobs, after it was hit by a softer economy and a labour fight that scared away some customers. Chief executive Carol Tomé said 2023 was a “difficult and disappointing year”, and the firm was investing in artificial intelligence (AI) as it pushes to become more…
Beauty giant Avon has come under fire for maintaining links with Russia despite the ongoing war in Ukraine. The BBC has discovered the firm is still recruiting new sales agents in the country and continuing production in a huge plant in the Moscow region. Avon, which has its headquarters in the UK, started doing business…
H&M has dropped an advert for school uniforms after it was accused of sexualising young children. The campaign showed a picture of two primary school-aged girls under the slogan: “Make those heads turn in H&M’s Back to School fashion.” The advert in Australia has now been withdrawn and H&M has apologised. Mumsnet founder and chief…
Japanese firm Fujitsu is once again in the spotlight as victims of the Post Office scandal question what role it played. More than 900 Post Office branch managers were convicted when faulty accounting software made it look as though money had gone missing from their sites. That software, named Horizon, had been developed by Fujitsu….
US authorities are stepping up oversight of Boeing’s manufacturing line a week after a door plug broke off one of its planes mid-flight. The head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said he believed there were “significant problems” with the 737-9 Max jet as well as “other manufacturing problems”. The FAA said it would conduct…
Tiger Woods and sportswear giant Nike have ended their long-term partnership after more than 27 years. The 15-time major golf champion has used the brand’s products and equipment since he turned professional in 1996. “The days since have been filled with so many amazing moments and memories, if I started naming them, I could go…
Ryanair has hit out at several online travel agents for taking its flights off their platforms without warning. The airline said larger sites such as Booking.com, Kiwi and Kayak suddenly removed its flights in December. It comes after an Irish High Court ruling banned screenscraper Flightbox from gathering Ryanair flight information for online travel agents….