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UK workers more likely to be given a ticking off over office chores than GDPR, according to new poll GDPR is back in the headlines after Facebook landed themselves in hot water following a data hack last month, which leads to the question are companies taking GDPR seriously? Well, according to new data released by office equipment specialist Fellowes recently, it doesn’t seem so. Following a poll of over 1,000 UK office workers, Fellowes found that employees were more likely to be...

Despite what positive corporate culture puff pieces on networks like LinkedIn might have you believe, many Brits are still bored senseless at work. According to a recent study on workplace satisfaction by The O.C. Tanner Institute, around 40 per cent of UK employees find their workplace duties mind-numbing. And although few people jump out of bed to face a day’s graft with boundless excitement, it’s still important to be in a job that’s as satisfying as possible. If you’re dreaming...

The ad stated “Uber - unsafe for passengers, unsafe for road users” and featured a hand reaching from a car window to grab a woman's purse from her handbag

Newcastle United and Sports Direct chief, Mike Ashley, has sacked a number of senior management at the department store he recently bought for £90m. In a one-sentence statement, Sports Direct said it had "dismissed the former directors and senior management of House of Fraser". Those departing the chain will include chief executive Alex Williamson. Mr Ashley has said he will turn the department store chain into the "Harrods of the High Street" and will try and keep most of its stores...

If Michael Gove is serious about taking back control he must put England’s water back in public hands, says GMB Union Shock findings show that almost three quarters of England’s water industry is currently owned from overseas. At least 71% of shares in England’s nine privatised water companies are owned by organisations from overseas including the super-rich, banks, hedge funds, foreign governments and businesses based in tax havens. The revelations showed the need to end the scandal of water privatisation...

More than a quarter of British workers say they have experienced discrimination in the workplace, research has revealed. The study found prejudice towards gender, race and age is still commonplace in UK businesses, but a youth-driven revolution could be underway to counter it. Generation Z (under 25s) are twice as likely to believe employers should do more to promote inclusion than Baby Boomers (over 55s). And they are twice as likely to question the status quo on equal opportunities too,...

Forget the marginalised revolutionaries that first captured the country’s imagination, this is about a supermarket-dominating, tap conquering, marketed to the nines mega brew.

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell told the Labour Conference he would end the profiteering of privatised water and set up a new publicly owned water system that puts control back in the hands of the people. GMB, the union for water industry workers, has welcomed an announcement. The Union is running the campaign to Take Back the Tap and return the water industry into public hands  The campaign is supported by six pledges to water industry workers, including investment, health and safety,...

B&M staff was caught selling the weapons to teenagers as young 14 in areas of east London where knife crime is rampant