The Round-Up: Business news highlights

This week, we’ve seen Mary Portas come to the rescue of UK High Streets, while David Cameron’s accused of isolating the UK from the rest of Europe. Unemployment is at a high but there’s good news with Morrison’s claim to be creating 7000 jobs with 25 new stores.

Unemployment hits a 17 year high in the UK

‘The Office for National Statistics now sets the jobless rate at 8.3%, up from 7.9% in the last quarter. That’s 2.64 million people out of work’…read more

Mary Portas unveils High Street review

‘Britain’s shopping districts are in crisis, she says. ‘Many are sickly, others are on the critical list and some are now dead.’…read more

David Cameron’s UK veto – what will the impact be on the UK?

‘The frustration and irritation shown by some of the EU members at the UK veto, is nothing more than an opportunity for political point scoring and setting the UK up to take some of the blame for anything that goes wrong in the Eurozone from this point forward’…read more

Morrison stores to create 7000 new jobs with 25 new stores

‘Supermarket giant Morrisons is to create more than 7,000 jobs next year as it continues its store expansion programme as well as developing its manufacturing and logistics arms’…read more

Video of the Week:

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