Here are the business news stories making the headlines across the UK this morning.

Anxious wait for Body Shop staff

The Body Shop's UK business has entered administration, potentially putting up to 2,000 jobs at risk.

The retailer's shops will remain open as usual while efforts are made to try to save the UK firm.

Restructuring firm FRP, which has been appointed as the administrator, said it would now consider all options to find a way forward for the business.

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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos sells shares worth over $4bn

Multi-billionaire Jeff Bezos has sold more of his shares in Amazon, bringing the total value of sales in recent days to more than $4bn (£3.2bn).

The technology giant, which Mr Bezos founded in 1994, said he has sold 24 million Amazon shares this month.

Mr Bezos, who is the firm's executive chair, last sold Amazon shares in 2021.

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1,300 attacks on shop staff per day

Violence and abuse against shop workers rose to 1,300 incidents a day last year, according to a leading trade body.

Incidents against staff were up by 50% in the year to September 2023, up from 870 incidents a day the year before.

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) criticised the "woefully inadequate" action taken by the government to address the "crisis".

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Tetley 'monitoring tea supplies on daily basis'

One of the UK's best known tea makers has revealed it is monitoring tea supplies on a daily basis as imports reach a "critical period".

Tetley Tea, the country's second biggest tea brand, said supplies were "much tighter" than it would like amid disruption in the Red Sea.

It comes after Sainsbury's supermarket issued warnings about the availability of black tea.

However, Tetley said it hoped to continue to meet normal demand.

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Yodel saved from collapse by rival

Parcel delivery firm Yodel has been saved from collapse in a last-minute rescue deal led by one of its rivals.

The business has been taken on by YDLGP, a newly-formed company backed by investment bank Solano Partners and the team behind logistics firm Shift.

Yodel makes about 190 million deliveries a year and it is thought the deal will safeguard thousands of jobs.

Its chief executive Mike Hancox said the move will "ensure continuity" for employees and customers too.

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