Brit workers: The Xmas skive starts today
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Work? Stuff that A poll of 2,500 Brit workers has confirmed what most of us already knew: the Xmas holiday starts tonight at 5pm as a third of the UK's workforce will "mentally switch off" in advance of next week's pre-Yule skive.â¦
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A record number of stores will open on Boxing Day as shop owners hope for a positive end to the December slump.
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Check-out staff at the UK's most successful supermarket are being asked to look out for 12,000 potential Christmas workers.
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Retailers look set to see a pick-up in Christmas trade in the coming days, despite grim predictions earlier in the season.
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Online retailers say they are ready to deliver goods to Christmas shoppers who waited until the last minute.
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Millions of people are heading off by road, rail and air today for a great British Bank Holiday getaway - ' despite a gloomy weather forecast.
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Drivers on a London subway line will stage one-day strikes on Dec. 24 and Jan. 5, their union said Tuesday, disrupting travel over the busy Christmas period.
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Retailers have hailed a &quot;fantastic&quot; last-minute Christmas shopping rush amid predictions of the day&#39;s sales have topped the Â£1 billion mark.
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About 800 workers at the Swift &amp; Co. meat packing plant will lose their jobs four days before Christmas. The layoffs will take effect Dec. 20, 11 days before a contract expires
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How to avoid a post-holiday meltdown and keep momentum going for customers and employees.
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The FTSE 100 extended recent falls on Monday, with retailers at the fore-front of the sell-off. With the key Christmas spending period upon us, the sector was hit by continued consumer spending fears.
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Boxing Day figures reveal poor sales, but bargain hunters are expected to turn out in force for post-Christmas shopping
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Stores report long queues as shoppers hunt post-Christmas bargains
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Three out of four British businesses have banned Christmas decorations from the workplace out of fear for offending people of other faiths, according to a report.
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Behind the scenes at Best Buy, a reporter catches a glimpse of the chaos that employees must navigate in the days leading up to Christmas.
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Retailers hailed a âfantasticâ last-minute Christmas shopping rush tonight amid predictions of the dayâs sales topping the Â£1 billion mark.
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An unprecedented number of stores will open on Boxing Day for the start of the sales. About 40% of large retailers will be trading tomorrow - many hoping