Temu, TikTok, and takeaways: How heritage brands like Wedgwood and Emma Bridgewater are suffering due to Britons' love of knock-offs, takeaways and throwing 'more casual' dinner parties
Changing food trends and e-tailers like Temu and TikTok Shop selling expensive-looking dishes for half the price have caused UK businesses like Wedgwood to suffer.
The Essex volunteer-run cinema named among the best in the UK
It's been going since 2015
EU probes SAP over alleged software support stranglehold
While EC suspects vendor's practices stifle competition, it argues it is in line with industry standards
The European Commission has launched a formal investigation into SAP's behavior in the aftermarket for maintenance and support services in Europe.…
Serena Williams shows off 31lb weight loss after becoming a spokesperson for a GLP-1 medication as she supports Kim Kardashian at NikeSKIMS launch
The 43-year-old retired tennis champ showcased her substantial weight loss in a animal-print teddy over black leggings, topped with a matching blazer
Two Essex teenagers arrested by police after series of phone snatching
They are accused of stealing phones by driving past on a motorbike
Accenture To 'Exit' Staff That Cannot Be Retrained For Age of AI
Accenture has reduced its global workforce by more than 11,000 in the past three months and warned staff that more would be asked to leave if they cannot be retrained for the age of AI. From a report: The IT consulting group on Thursday detailed an $865 million restructuring programme and an outlook for the year ahead that reflects continuing sluggish corporate demand for consulting projects and a clampdown on spending within the US federal government.
"We are exiting on a compressed timeline people where reskilling, based on our experience, is not a viable path for the skills we need," chief executive Julie Sweet told analysts on a conference call. The company employed 779,000 people at the end of August, it said, down from 791,000 three months earlier, after beginning a round of lay-offs that will continue until the end of November. It did not say how many jobs had gone directly as a result of the restructuring, but said severance payments and other costs totalled $615 million in the quarter just ended and would be $250 million more in the current three-month period.
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Declan Donnelly can't contain his laughter as he shows off his hilarious 50th birthday presents from Ant McPartlin
The TV presenter has spent his big milestone birthday in South Africa with Ant as they prepared for I'm A Celebrity's spin-off show.
Southport killer's taxi driver admits he 'went into panic mode' and sped away from massacre despite hearing screams - then picked up another fare
Gary Poland, 56, told the public inquiry he thought he heard four or five loud bangs after dropping off Axel Rudakubana, 17, and assumed he had a gun and was shooting at people.
'My younger self would be horrified by my mum life': Binky Felstead pokes fun at her Made In Chelsea party girl days as she opens up on 'chaotic' family and how she found 'happily ever after'
Binky Felstead has admitted that her younger self would be shocked by how different her life is now.
The real Shed End! Football fan grandad, 65, spends £5,000 to build a six-seat private box in his GARDEN to watch his team play
A football mad grandad has turned his back garden into a six seat private box, spending a reported £5,000 so his family can watch their local team from home.
Bcachefs goes DKMS after Torvalds' kernel banishment
Performance of new version mostly good, but future uncertain
The bcachefs file system, now "externally maintained" outside the Linux kernel codebase, offers packages of its first version to be loadable on the fly.…
Tax raids and spending cuts may be 'insufficient' fiscal black hole, economist warns
Measures announced in Chancellor Rachel Reeves' upcoming Autumn Budget are unlikely to be enough to fill the so-called fiscal black hole, St James's Place's chief economist has warned.
Meghan mark two! American actress Madelyn Cline sparks rumours of romance with a royal as they appear to share a kiss in New York
Prince Constantine-Alexios of Greece has sparked romance rumours after he was snapped sharing a kiss with American actress Madelyn Cline.
Eating trendy ramen dishes regularly linked to risk of early death, scientists discover
Ramen, a dish which combines noodles with a steaming hot, often pork-based broth, slices of meat, seaweed and vegetables, has become a mainstream lunch and dinner choice in the UK.
Donald Trump steps in to stop Israel being banned from next year's US World Cup
The United Nations this week urged organizations to suspend Israeli sporting teams over the war in Gaza after a UN commission said Israel is committing genocide.
Surgeon suspended for giving girlfriend's daughter, 14, secret boob job and liposuction that 'killed her'
Víctorl Rosales is being investigated for alleged malpractice after giving his girlfriend's daughter, Paloma Nicole Arellano Escobedo, a boob job, BBL and liposuction.
Fuming Carla Bruni rips off reporter's microphone after Nicolas Sarkozy rants at journalists following five-year jail sentencing for criminal conspiracy... with charges still hanging over his supermodel wife
Supermodel Carla Bruni could spend up to 20 years behind bars after she was dragged into a fraud scandal involving her husband, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy.
Imogen Poots says 'no one on the outside sees what you share with another person' as she finally breaks her silence on split from ex-fiancé James Norton
In a shock to fans, the pair called off their engagement in 2023 and went their separate ways.
Hilarious sign 'banning pigeons' from Chelmsford spotted at bird hotspot
The new rule will ruffle some feathers, but EssexLive can confirm some pigeons were still flouting the strict new rules
Hackers steal pictures, names and address of 8,000 children from nursery chain database
Cyber criminals said they were using the details to demand a ransom for the Kido nursery chain, which has 19 UK sites - 18 in Greater London and another in Windsor.