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B&Q in payouts over bad paint smells

ByNathan BissittJuly 19, 2017

B&Q says it will compensate hundreds of people who experienced bad smells after painting their homes with Valspar paint that it sold them.Customers have likened the smell to cat urine and rotten animals. They say the smell gets stronger in hot weather and if the

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Bosses 'silent' over race in boardrooms

ByNathan BissittJuly 19, 2017

There is a deafening silence over race in Britain’s boardrooms.So say the professional bodies that represent UK management in a report on ethnic diversity .Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups (BAME), it says, are hugely under-represented in key management

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State pension age increase brought forward

ByNathan BissittJuly 19, 2017

The increase in the state pension age from 67 to 68 will be brought forward, the Government has announced. It will now take effect from 2037, seven years earlier than previously planned, Work and Pensions Secretary David Gauke revealed in the Commons. The changes,

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Spanish banker found dead with gunshot wound

ByNathan BissittJuly 19, 2017

A former chairman of one of Spain’s largest banks has been found dead with a gunshot wound to the chest. The body of Miguel Blesa was found beside a car at a private estate in Villanueva del Rey in the southern province of Cordoba. Witnesses who were with the

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GSK to sell Horlicks as part of UK review

ByNathan BissittJuly 19, 2017

GSK has confirmed plans to sell its Horlicks business in the UK and close the site where the malted drink is made. As well as shutting the site in Slough, the pharmaceuticals giant said it will off-load its MaxiNutrition brand.The closure, as well as an intention to

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Glaxo plans to axe 320 jobs in UK shake-up

ByNathan BissittJuly 19, 2017

GlaxoSmithKline is to axe more than 300 jobs, abandon plans to build a new site in Cumbria and sell off its Horlicks brand in the UK. The FTSE 100 giant has announced a reorganisation of its manufacturing network in Britain which will include the closure of the plant

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Virgin complaint bans Sky broadband ad

ByNathan BissittJuly 19, 2017

Sky has had another TV broadband advert banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) following a complaint from rival Virgin Media.The advert featured the cast of The Secret Life of Pets, with one dog becoming frustrated with its broadband connectivity.Virgin

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Entrepreneur's Top 200 Global Franchise

ByNathan BissittJuly 19, 2017

Image credit: David Malan | Getty Images This story appears in the July 2017 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe » Some companies aren’t content with becoming a household name in just one nation; they want to conquer the world. And the brands that are doing it best are

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Water firm admits supplying contaminated water

ByNathan BissittJuly 19, 2017

Water firm United Utilities has pleaded guilty to supplying water that was unfit for human consumption. About 700,000 people in Lancashire had to boil their water before drinking it for almost three weeks in the summer of 2015 when a parasite was found at the Franklaw

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Reckitt Benckiser sells food business to McCormick

ByNathan BissittJuly 19, 2017

The US owner of Schwartz herbs and spices has won the battle to acquire Reckitt Benckiser’s food business in a deal worth $4.2bn (£3.2bn).McCormick & Co saw off competition from consumer giant Unilever and Hormel Foods, the US owner of Spam, to buy the