AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoRetail & Jobs: Burger Boi is expanding inside Morrisons, with a second site opening in Wood Green and four more planned before year-end, adding more restaurant and delivery roles to the supermarket workforce. Hospitality Restructuring: Whitbread’s Premier Inn-led overhaul will close multiple Brewers Fayre/Beefeater/Bar+Block/Table Table/Cookhouse+Pub sites in September, including The Highwayman Cookhouse + Pub in St Neots, with job impacts tied to the shift into hotel-based dining. Union & Redundancies: Diageo faces growing pressure over redundancy plans at Highlands and Islands whisky distilleries, with GMB Scotland alleging “sham” consultations and warning of potential job losses. Pay & Conditions: Unite confirms a wage rise for around 400 Brake Brothers workers in Motherwell, with pay increases up to 4.85% and backdated payments. Skills & Youth Employment: Dudley Council is investing £4.7m to tackle NEETs by expanding Halesowen College capacity and improving tracking of young people’s destinations. Workforce & Infrastructure: ABP, Brett and Tarmac are teaming up to support Sizewell C logistics via the Port of Ipswich, aiming for at least 60% of materials by rail/sea and backing local jobs. Security at Work: Forecourt Eye and Facewatch are offering free crime-reporting tech to help tackle rising fuel theft and abuse against UK forecourt staff. Energy Jobs Pipeline: Iberdrola/ScottishPower plans to repower Whitelee wind farm in Scotland, with a €1.8bn investment expected to support hundreds of jobs.
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