A SUPREME Court ruling against Uber means the taxi-app giant may have to come up with a whole new business model, after the highest court in the said it must now treat its drivers as employees, not freelancers. The company is now faced with paying drivers the minimum wage, […]
Leading redundancy experts claim the 50+ are being treated as ‘burnt toast’. Nicholas Eatch of SR-News looks at the latest published redundancy numbers in the North East and how older employees are seeing they are first in the queue for job cuts. OFFICIAL government statistics show the alarming rate the […]
With 670,000 additional people in the UK being officially classed as ‘destitute’ by the end of 2020, food poverty in the UK is at crisis point. Robin Ferris, founder and CEO of Bankuet, an organisation set up to help stock the UK’s foodbanks, tells Nic Eatch of SR News […]
NORTH East music star Sam Fender recently found himself in conversation with one of The Big Issue’s long-serving sellers – and said he was humbled by the experience. The man who left Sam feeling that way was Earl Charlton – who leads a life in stark contrast to that […]
‘The Big Issue Christmas Appeal’ Take out a subscription or pay contactless and help those most in need! LOCKDOWN has been incredibly difficult, and one group of people finding it tougher than most are Britain’s Big Issue magazine street sellers, who are battling not only Covid-19 and the winter […]
Search ‘US Election 2020’ to view all our coverage In the run-up to Tuesday’s US Presidential election our student reporting team aims to explore, explain, enlighten and even entertain you on the race for the White House. CELEBRITIES have been coming out en-masse to endorse ‘their man’ Joe […]
Nic Eatch explores how Covid-19, remote working, fashion trends, pricing and other factors have affected sales figures of formal attire. He talks to senior business leaders, James Evans and Adam Bartlett from the world of tech, and discovers the German meaning of “Feierabend”. HOW does a socially-sterilised and office barred […]