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5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Wednesday 11th January 2023
5. The government is considering introducing a national cryptocurrency or "digital pound", the economic secretary to the Treasury has told MPs.
The UK was committed to becoming a world crypto hub, Andrew Griffith said.
4. Parcel delivery giant Evri has apologised after customers across the country are still not receiving packages on time or at all.
The firm said that staff shortages, Royal Mail strikes and bad weather had contributed to the problems and it was working to sort them out.
3. Up to 3,200 jobs are to go at Goldman Sachs as part of the biggest restructuring efforts at the company since the global financial crash.
It is understood job cuts will be made to the company's global workforce with UK staff to be impacted as a result, more than 6,000 staff are employed by Goldman Sachs in the UK.
2. Amazon plans to shut three warehouses in Britain in a move that will impact 1,200 jobs, but workers will be given the chance to transfer to other units, the online retail giant said.
The company said it opened a consultation to close three older British warehouses this year in Hemel Hampstead, Doncaster and Gourock, sites employing 1,200 people in one of Amazon's biggest markets outside the United States.
1. Business Secretary Grant Shapps has set out plans to enforce minimum service levels during strike action, including for ambulance staff, firefighters and railway workers.
Under the bill, some employees would be required to work during a strike and could be sacked if they refuse.