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5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Monday 6th September 2021
5. A Glasgow company has been fined £150,000 for making more than half a million nuisance marketing calls.
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) found that DialADeal Scotland Ltd (DDSL) had made the unsolicited calls between August 2019 and March 2020 about non-existent Green Deal energy saving schemes and home improvement grants.
4. Ikea is struggling to supply about 1,000 product lines as a shortage of HGV drivers continues to hit businesses.
The company said the shortage of products, at 22 of its UK and Ireland stores including mattresses at some stores, was down to Covid and Brexit.
3. British Airways pilots are set to be paid less than their budget airline counterparts at easyJet under sweeping reforms to the UK flag carrier’s short-haul operation at Gatwick airport.
Industry insiders say junior BA captains will be paid less than £100,000 a year under the new deal, less than the £108,000 starting salary paid to their peers at easyJet.
2. More than 8,700 chain stores closed in British High Streets, shopping centres and retail parks in the first six months of this year.
That is an average of nearly 50 outlets a day as the impact of the pandemic and changing shopping habits continue to hit many towns and city centres.
1. Boris Johnson is due to unveil his long-term plans for social care and the NHS as early as tomorrow, with billions more in funding expected.
But the PM is facing a backlash from his own Conservative MPs if National Insurance contributions are increased.