Getty ImagesAsos emailed customers over the weekend about the changeAsos customers have reacted with anger over a new rule charging them for returns if they do not keep a certain amount of their order.Some customers received an email over the weekend saying they had been identified as having a "frequently high return rate".Such customers will now have £3.95 deducted from their refund if they send back less than £40 worth
Boeing is offering its staff a 25% pay bump over a four-year contract, in a bid to avoid a strike that could potentially shut down its assembly lines as early as Friday.Union leaders representing more than 30,000 employees have urged the workers to support the proposal, describing it as the best contract they had ever negotiated.If approved the agreement would be an important achievement for Boeing's new chief executive, Kelly
Local authorities in England would get new powers to run their own bus services under legislation being laid before Parliament on Monday, as the transport secretary promises to deliver a "bus revolution" that will save vital routes.Currently only areas with metro mayors can introduce "franchising" to private companies.Transport Secretary Louise Haigh said that after "decades of failed deregulation", "local leaders will finally have the powers to provide services that deliver
Trade union bosses have criticised the government's decision to withdraw winter fuel payments from millions of pensioners, saying it was the "wrong choice".Unite's Sharon Graham told the BBC at the TUC's annual conference in Brighton that the government needed to be ''big enough and brave enough'' to admit they have made a mistake.Earlier on Sunday, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer was forced to defend his "tough decision" to remove winter
BBCSam says emergency money, funded by the government's Household Support Fund, helped turn his life aroundIf Sam Fallon Nutt had not received emergency cash from a government fund last year, he has no doubt what would have happened to him."I'd be dead - 100%. I wouldn't be here. Simple as that," he told BBC R4's Money Box programme.Last year, a local charity in Stockport helped Sam access money from the
CheryChery has set up brands, including the Omoda, focused entirely on international marketsChinese car giant Chery is weighing up the possibility of building cars in the UK, according to a senior executive.Its UK head Victor Zhang told the BBC it was a "matter of time" before the company made a final decision.He said Chery, which is already preparing to build cars in Spain, was determined to take a "localised" approach
The Body Shop has been rescued from administration, in a deal that appears to secure the immediate future for 1,300 shop and office workers.A consortium led by the British cosmetics tycoon Mike Jatania has acquired the ethical beauty brand's 113 UK stores which remain trading, for an undisclosed sum.The specialist investment firm Auréa Group will also gain control of the Body Shop's assets in Australia and North America, in a
Getty ImagesA political storm is swirling following the government's decision to withdraw help with energy bills from millions of pensioners.But what is the winter fuel payment and how can hundreds of thousands of eligible pensioners ensure they still receive it?What is the winter fuel payment and who will receive it?Winter fuel payments, until now, have been paid to all pensioners to help with energy bills. The payment was based on
Leonid Radvinsky, the owner of OnlyFans, paid himself $631m (£480m) over a period of almost two years as traffic on online platform continued to increase.Fenix International, which owns the site used by sex workers, musicians and celebrities, said its pre-tax profits were $658m in the year to November 2023, according recently filed accounts.Almost one million new content creators and more than 50 million new "fans" signed up to the platform
Selena Gomez rose to fame as a child star on Barney and the Disney Channel. Her latest role? Billionaire.The 32-year-old actress and singer has amassed a fortune worth $1.3bn, according to Bloomberg, which added the celebrity to its billionaire index on Friday.It said her wealth came mainly from her Rare Beauty make-up company, which she founded five years ago and retains a stake in worth more than $1bn, the publication
