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• ‘I burst into tears and ran’: our worst summer jobs

  08-06-2016 19:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Holiday work has been a rite of passage since the 50s. Here, writers recall their character-building stints shivering in an ice factory or sorting chunks of fat into bucketsI can still smell the carbon dust, sweet and fresh, as they tipped it out of the plastic bags. We were a department of three: an old Polish army officer, a septuagenarian ex-navy guy who was an alcoholic, and me, doing my first day’s paid work in 1978.We were attached to the lab, itself attached to a factory that turned
  
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• UK Financial Regulatory Developments - June #2 - JD Supra (press release)

  08-06-2016 18:40
  
  UK Financial Regulatory Developments - June #2
  JD Supra (press release)
  FCA announced that Megan Butler has been appointed as its permanent Director of Supervision – Investment, Wholesale and Specialists. Ms Butler has previously been in the role on secondment from PRA where she was Executive Director of International ...
  
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• Vodafone customers warned to check bills after widespread complaints

  08-06-2016 17:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Moneysavingexpert.com reports thousands of complaints over billing errors since company installed new IT systemVodafone’s customers are being urged to check their bills after thousands of customers complained they have been incorrectly charged since the company installed a new billing system.Moneysavingexpert.com said it believed there were “potentially systemic failings” at Vodafone that suggested all of its nearly 20 million customers should be checking their bills and bank s
  
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• I have a great credit rating – but I can’t buy a smartphone on contract

  08-06-2016 15:03 via theguardian.com
  
  The sale wouldn’t go through and Carphone Warehouse couldn’t tell me whyI recently went to purchase my first smartphone on contract at a Carphone Warehouse store. But I was informed that the sale could not proceed because of a problem with my credit rating. I opened an Experian account and found I had a credit rating of 995 out of 999. Neither Experian nor Carphone Warehouse would explain why I had been refused. I returned to the same Carphone Warehouse and attempted to purchase
  
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• Buy-to-let landlords win multimillion payout from West Bromwich

  08-06-2016 14:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Court of appeal judges say building society was not entitled to raise tracker interest rates, ending ‘David and Goliath’ legal battle Thousands of buy-to-let landlords will share a multimillion-pound payout after winning a “David and Goliath” legal battle against one of Britain’s biggest building societies.Court of appeal judges have ruled that the West Bromwich was not legally entitled to vary the landlords’ mortgage interest rates in the absence of a change
  
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• From trash to cash: the entrepreneurs who waste no opportunity

  08-06-2016 09:10
  
  Meet the small businesses that rely on rubbish – trading unwanted apples in exchange for cider, or turning fishing nets into swimming costumes The small businesses using rubbish as a revenue stream aren’t always on the lookout for waste. For Simon Wright, founder of independent drinks company Hawkes, the rubbish found him.With his successful line of ginger beer already turning a profit, the entrepreneur saw an opportunity. “When I found out about a load of apples that weren&rsq
  
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• What has the EU ever done for my … job?

  08-06-2016 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The EU has bolstered workers’ rights in areas including paid annual leave, health and safety protection, and working hoursAnyone in the UK who has enjoyed paid annual leave, health and safety protection at work and parental leave has the EU to thank, to some extent.EU employment protection rules have meant UK workers enjoy limits on their working week and rights to time off work for urgent family reasons, whether they are part-time, full-time or agency workers. Continue reading...
  
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• Homes for car enthusiasts - in pictures

  08-06-2016 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Properties with hi-tech hangars and driveway turntables … and a Chelsea pad with its very own garage Continue reading...
  
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• This is a brutal and inhumane way to treat staff – and Sports Direct is not alone | Felicity Lawrence

  08-06-2016 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Power relations are so skewed that Mike Ashley and others like him can do almost anything to a casualised workforceSports Direct’s owner, Mike Ashley, chose a blustering man-of-the-people line when defending his company’s working practices before MPs on the business, innovation and skills select committee yesterday. Related: Sports Direct's Mike Ashley admits paying staff less than minimum wageContinue reading...
  
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