The reopening of hospitality firms saw food sales drop, but people spent money on outdoor furniture.
Source: BBC
Monthly Archives: June 2021
Retail sales find reverse gear as hospitality's return hits grocery demand
A sharp fall in demand for groceries, as pubs and restaurants reopened to indoor customers, has driven a decline in retail sales volumes.
Source: Sky Business News
TikTok owner ByteDance sees its earnings double in 2020
China’s biggest technology companies have been coming under increasing scrutiny both at home and abroad.
Source: BBC
Footballers told to stop moving sponsors' drinks at Euro 2020 news conferences
UEFA has asked players to stop moving strategically placed sponsor drinks from Euro 2020 news conference platforms.
Source: Sky Business News
US Supreme Court blocks child slavery lawsuit against chocolate firms
In their lawsuit, a group of men say they were forced to work on cocoa firms in Ivory Coast.
Source: BBC
Music fans still holding tickets to thousands of postponed shows
The latest four-week delay to unlocking restrictions has pushed an additional 5,000 gigs into doubt.
Source: BBC
Food and drink exports to EU 'almost halve' in first quarter
The pandemic and Brexit hit exports in the first three months of the year, says the Food and Drink Federation.
Source: BBC
Dozens of women sue Pornhub – alleging explicit videos were uploaded without their consent
Two women have told Sky News they were left feeling ashamed and suicidal after explicit videos of them were posted on the world’s biggest online porn website – they claim without their consent.
Source: Sky Business News
10,000 to attend rock festival in latest pilot – but it comes too late for many other live events
A live rock festival seems at odds with the government’s decision to delay lifting restrictions, but that’s exactly what’s happening from today as Download Pilot takes place in Donington Park.
Source: Sky Business News
Pornhub videos: Women sue, alleging lack of consent
More than 30 women say private or non-consensual videos of them were uploaded to the site.
Source: BBC