Chair Tim Martin says pub chain could miss expectations, in latest sign UK hospitality sector buckling under higher bills Business live – latest updates The boss of JD Wetherspoon has said the pub chain could miss profit expectations because of rising costs, in the latest sign the UK hospitality industry is buckling under the pressure of higher energy, food, labour and tax bills. The company’s chair, Tim Martin, told investors on Wednesday: “As many hospitality operators, including Wetherspoon,
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Lawmakers to convene for special session to redraw state supreme court districts at building with racist history When Mississippi lawmakers met in 1861 and voted to secede from the union in an effort to continue enslaving people, they did so in what is now known as the Old Capitol Museum. From 1839 to 1903, lawmakers met at a building that witnessed some of the state’s most racist history. And now, on 20 May, when members of Mississippi’s house convene for a special session to redraw state supre
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Guardian - World · Oct 8
With most major European cities well-served by trains and buses, bringing US transit up to par would cost $4.6tn The only train station in Houston , the US ’s fourth-largest city and one of the fastest-growing conurbations in the country, is a diminished, morose sight. Intercity trains arrive at this squat, shed-like Amtrak building, which cringes in the shadows of roaring highways, just three times a week. That such a meager train station could ostensibly serve a metropolitan area of about 7 mi
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Owner of Japan nightclub says ‘This is a response to a year of insults directed at us – as a country – by the United States’ A Mexico City nightclub has gone viral for charging Americans a nearly $300 cover charge, while citizens from any other country pay just $20 for access, and Mexicans and other Latin Americans pay only $14. The Instagram announcement from the nightclub Japan in the Roma Norte neighborhood has been liked over 26,000 times and received more than 200 comments, mostly supportin
NPR News · Oct 8
Millions of people with Medicare will soon be eligible to get discounted GLP-1 drugs for weight loss. Here's how it will work. (Image credit: Universal Images Group)
