The pizza chain said it wants 5,000 people to fill roles as pizza chefs or delivery drivers because demand is not slowing down despite the economy reopening.
Online fashion giant Boohoo today revealed a 41% surge in sales it raked in huge sims on the back of the online shopping boom during lockdown with Britons spending millions on lounge and sportswear while stuck at home.
The retailer, founded by billionaire Mahmud Kamani, said revenues jumped to £1.74 billion in the year to February 28 2021 from £1.23 billion in the previous year.
The fast fashion retailer, which recently bought Debenhams, Dorothy Perkins, Burton and Wallis and was rocked by the Leicester sweatshop scandal, told shareholders on Wednesday morning that pre-tax profits were also lifted by 35% to £124.7 million because of the sales explosion caused by the pandemic.
One of Britain s most famous architects has said offices left empty by the coronavirus crisis could become the residential tower blocks of the future and vacant shops could be turned into urban farms.
Lord Foster of Thames Bank, whose designs include the Gherkin in London and Apple s headquarters in Cupertino, California, said the pandemic has been an accelerant of trends that will reshape global cities.
The 85-year-old argued that these trends include the repurposing of buildings for alternative use and the pedestrianisation of larger swathes of urban centres.
Lord Foster told the Financial Times that the crisis sparked by the global outbreak of Covid-19 has brought Britain to a crossroads in the evolution of the office, millions of which have stood empty for the past year.
Mike Ashley Frasers Group has sold its 25% stake stake in French Connection
Share price soared Friday after takeover approaches from investment groups
Spotlight Brands, behind fitness-focused Sweaty Betty, and Laura Ashley owners Gordon Brothers made one of the approaches
Proposals come same week that Asos announced its £330m Topshop takeover
Bohoo has agreed a £55million deal to buy the brand and website of Debenhams
57 of 264 stores on Oxford Street already permanently shut with annual revenue falling to below £2billion
More than 50,000 retail and hospitality jobs set to be lost when third lockdown ends, industry group claims
New West End Company has warned the globally unique West End ecosystem is beginning to break down
It claims West End has suffered tougher financial hit from coronavirus pandemic than any other part of UK