Ocado to cut 1,000 jobs in £150m cost-saving drive pred 12 urami in 28 minutami Retail technology business to reduce about 5% of global workforce, with two-thirds of job losses affecting UKBusiness live – latest updatesOcado is to cut 1,000 jobs as the retail technology business attempts to £150m in costs though a substantial restructuring programme.The company confirmed that about 5% of its global workforce will be affected, with roughly two-thirds of the job losses affecting its UK operations. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Palestinian solidarity in Britain ‘being silenced and criminalised’ pred 12 urami in 31 minutami ‘Index of repression’ includes smears, harassment, job losses and arrests, legal advocacy group saysPalestinian solidarity is being “silenced, criminalised and sanctioned”, according to an advocacy group that says it has recorded more than 900 examples of repression across Britain in the last six years.People had been targeted with smears, disinformation, harassment, doxing (having private or identifying information published online), visa cancellations, financial blacklisting, loss of employment and arrest, according to the European Legal Support Center, which, along with the research group Forensic Architecture, has created the “index of repression”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Two women arrested in Uganda for allegedly kissing in public could face life sentence pred 12 urami in 57 minutami Wendy Faith and Alesi Diana Denise were taken into custody under laws that have outraged LGBTQ+ community and rights activistsTwo women have been arrested and detained in Uganda after allegedly kissing in public, an act of “same-sex activity” which can lead to a life sentence in the east African country..Wendy Faith, a 22-year-old musician known as Torrero Bae, and Alesi Diana Denise, 21, were taken into custody after police raided their rented room in Uganda’s north-west Arua City last week. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
WPP to merge ad agencies and cut jobs in radical shake-up to counter AI threat pred 12 urami in 59 minutami Group aims to be ‘simpler, lower-cost, AI-enabled business’ and achieve £500m of annual savings by 2028The beleaguered advertising group WPP has announced a radical restructure to counter the threat posed by the AI revolution, including merging its ad agencies and cutting jobs.Aiming to be “a simpler, lower-cost, AI-enabled business”, the London-based company laid out plans to achieve £500m of annual savings by 2028, at a cost of £400m over two years. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
