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Consumer caution dampens Primark results as owner ABF reports profits hit

ABF group revenue was down 2% at $12.7 billion, and adjusted profit before tax was also down 10% from $1.2 billion the previous year to £818 million $1.09 billion.

Fortune

Around 150 jobs at risk as ABF warns bioethanol plant could close

The Vivergo fuels site in Saltend, near Hull, swung to a loss in recent months after it cut production levels in light of low bioethanol prices.

Evening Standard

Primark owner’s shares drop as sales fall amid Trump tariff fears

Company says consumer confidence could deteriorate further as countries face risk of recession

The Guardian - UK

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Primark says it is not raising prices despite tax and wage cost hikes

It came as parent firm Associated British Foods said it saw ‘weaker sales’ across the budget fashion chain’s UK and Ireland stores.

The Independent UK

U.S. citizen charged over illicit drugs found in lost luggage at Sydney airport

A U.S. national is facing life imprisonment after police allegedly found 17 kg of methamphetamine in her luggage upon arrival at Sydney Airport. Read more at Dynamite News.

Dynamite News

'Ridiculous' probe into science fan's plutonium import

Border Force has been slammed for its role in the prosecution of a collector who shipped a 'harmless' amount of radioactive material to his parents' unit.

AAP

Honda Rocked by Scandal: EVP Quits Over 'Inappropriate Behaviour' as CEO Punished With 20% Pay Cut

Honda's executive vice president has resigned over 'inappropriate behaviour' at a social event, prompting the CEO to take a 20% pay cut in response to the scandal.

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Japanese firm behind ubiquitous MSG is ramping up production of key material in semiconductor packaging

Ajinomoto, the Japanese firm behind MSG, is ramping up production of ABF, a key material used in semiconductor packaging.

TechRadar

Primark: Who is ex-boss Paul Marchant, and what has he done?

Paul Marchant has resigned as the boss of high street fashion giant Primark following an allegation from a woman.

Evening Standard

Primark Boss Resigns After Inappropriate Behaviour Allegation

Primark chief executive Paul Marchant has resigned following a company investigation into his behaviour toward a woman "in a social environment", the budget fashion chain's owner Associated British Foods (ABF) announced Monday.

International Business Times

Who is Paul Marchant? Primark boss steps down after allegations of inappropriate behaviour

Under his leadership, Primark launched the Supporting Women for Life initiative

Evening Standard

Primark boss steps down over inappropriate behaviour allegation

Paul Marchant “acknowledged his error of judgement”, said Primark owner Associated British Foods on Monday.

Euronews

Primark CEO resigns over behaviour towards woman

Primark boss Paul Marchant quits over ‘behaviour towards woman’

The Independent UK

Primark boss Paul Marchant quits over ‘behaviour towards woman’

Marchant had led the fast fashion chain since 2009

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Evening Standard

Primark boss Paul Marchant resigns over inappropriate behaviour

The retailer’s parent firm Associated British Foods said the chief executive admitted to an ‘error of judgment’.

The Guardian - UK

Primark boss admits ‘error of judgment’ and resigns after woman’s allegation

Paul Marchant accepts behaviour fell below standards expected at owner Associated British Foods

Evening Standard

Retail world stunned as Primark boss quits over inappropriate behaviour

Paul Marchant’s dramatic resignation follows independent investigation by external lawyers into “incident” involving female colleague

AAP

'Naive' science fan faces jail for plutonium import

A fast-food worker and collector is set to learn his fate after shipping nuclear material to his parent's suburban unit, sparking a major hazmat incident.

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The Guardian - UK

Primark sales in first post-lockdowns fall as shoppers face ‘economic worries’

Owner ABF says lower income consumers have cut back on spending amid ‘uncertainty and actual unemployment’

Evening Standard

Primark UK sales hit by sharp slow down in consumer spending

Trading in October and November particularly weak as consumers took fright around the time of the Budget

Evening Standard

Primark owner to shed light on high street Christmas trading

Associated British Foods (ABF) will also reveal whether the consumer group has been affected by recent weakness in sugar prices.

AAP

No water in immigration detention centre cell: watchdog

The federal detention watchdog has found the Australian Border Force is holding some immigration detainees in a cell without water or a toilet.

AAP

Police, Border Force know who's been naughty or nice

Drug traffickers continue to make the Federal Police and Border Force's naughty list, as they monitor packages and international passengers for illicit drugs.

AAP

Immigration detainee forcibly sedated while deported

The forcible injecting of an immigration detainee with an antipsychotic drug as he was being deported has been slammed by a federal government watchdog.

The Guardian - UK

‘You should be afraid’: poison pen letters reignite UK actors’ fund feud

Police notified after former trustees and current chief executive of Actors’ Benevolent Fund were sent notes

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