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5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Thursday 2nd September 2021
5. Amazon is looking to hire 55,000 staff globally for corporate jobs and roles in robotics, research and engineering.
About 40,000 jobs will be in the US, with 2,500 in the UK and the remainder mostly in India, Germany and Japan.
4. People who do not turn up to reservations they have made at pubs and restaurants are costing the hospitality sector £17.6bn a year, a report says.
Data from hospitality technology firm Zonal said one in seven customers have not turned up for a reservation without telling the venue since April and that 18-34-year-olds were the "worst offenders".
3. A branch of McDonald's in Oregon, US, is calling on 14 and 15 year olds to apply for jobs at the restaurant amid a shortage of fast food workers.
According to reports, it has seen a spike in applications since making the offer, which complies with labour laws.
2. The Wetherspoons chain has said some of its pubs have run out of some beer brands because of supply chain issues due a shortage of lorry drivers that hauliers have blamed on Covid and Brexit.
Meanwhile, a Coca-Cola bottling giant also said Diet Coke was unavailable in some supermarkets owing to the driver shortage.
1. Students facing a financial shortfall have increasingly turned to cryptocurrency investment to fund life at university, a survey has suggested.
The proportion of students investing in cryptocurrencies tripled in a year, website Save the Student found.