Waterstones ends unpaid work placements after investigation
Waterstones stops using unpaid jobseekers, as government rebuts claim that scheme is contrary to Human Rights ActThe high street book store Waterstones has pulled out of a government scheme that employed unpaid jobseekers in its stores after a Guardian...
Audiences flock to ‘difficult’ contemporary classical music
The Southbank, Barbican, ENO and BBC4 are catering for the new-found appetite for sonic adventureWhen Swiss conductor Baldur Brönnimann was a student 25 years ago, "if you had more than 30 people at a concert it was a failure because it was popul...
Pearson reveals profit upgrade and predicts 10% boost in full-year earnings
Financial Times publisher says it earned £2bn in digital revenues last year and £600m from emerging marketsPearson, the owner of the Financial Times and book publisher Penguin, announced a profit upgrade and now expects full-year earnings to be up 10...
Ebooks help Dixons to look on the bright side
Electricals firm confident it can repay £160m bond as IT support service demand improves profit marginsThe electricals company Dixons has reported better than expected Christmas trading and said it was now confident it could repay a make-or-break £16...
Bloomsbury publishing had a bumper Christmas
Sales of ebooks up 38% thanks to bestsellers such as Heston at HomeBloomsbury Publishing has reported a bumper Christmas with sales of ebooks up 38%.Bloomsbury said it had a "strong" fourth quarter to 31 December with ebook sales up 38% year-on-year, a...
Selfridges to open in-store library
Department store to launch 15,000-book pop-up library in Oxford Street, London, as part of Words Words Words eventSelfridges is putting the shh … into shopping – by opening its own 15,000-book library.At a time when many libraries are under th...
McDonald’s to give away books with kids’ meals
Fast-food giant will give away Mudpuddle Farm books for younger readers with purchase of foodFrom the red carpet to the golden arches: an unlikely champion in the battle to get children reading has emerged in the shape of McDonald's, which is set to gi...
McDonald’s 9m kids’ books giveaway
Fast-food giant will give away Mudpuddle Farm books for younger readers with purchase of foodFrom the red carpet to the golden arches: an unlikely champion in the battle to get children reading has emerged in the shape of McDonald's, which is set to gi...
McDonald’s 9m kids’ books giveaway
Fast-food giant will give away Mudpuddle Farm books for younger readers with purchase of foodFrom the red carpet to the golden arches: an unlikely champion in the battle to get children reading has emerged in the shape of McDonald's, which is set to gi...
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