Joanna Partridge

London

Business Reporter at The Guardian

Business reporter, The Guardian. Ex-ITV News & Reuters. Ex-Berlinerin. Linguist: 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 [email protected]

Articles

Dr Martens promises not to raise prices this year despite US tariffs

2 days ago | theguardian.com | Joanna Partridge

Dr Martens has vowed not to increase prices this year and will continue sourcing from Vietnam and Laos, despite the threat of cripplingly high tariffs on the south-east Asian countries, where the bulk of its shoes are made.
UK-US trade deal could come into effect in ‘a couple of weeks’, Starmer says

3 days ago | msn.com | Joanna Partridge |Sammy Gecsoyler |Jasper Jolly

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Lower-income consumers missing out on pay rises fuels fall in sales at B&M

3 days ago | msn.com | Joanna Partridge

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White House signals UK will be spared 50% steel and aluminium tariffs

3 days ago | msn.com | Joanna Partridge |Jasper Jolly |Sammy Gecsoyler

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B&M sales and profits fall as lower-income consumers miss out on pay rises

3 days ago | theguardian.com | Joanna Partridge

Lower-income consumers missing out on wage rises have been blamed by one of Britain’s biggest discount retailers for a slide in its sales and profits. B&M, which issued a profit warning in February, said consumers had been more cautious about their spending over the past year.
Can trade in soil carbon credits help farmers – and the climate?

1 week ago | msn.com | Joanna Partridge

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Can trade in soil carbon credits help farmers - and the climate?

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Joanna Partridge

On a blustery spring day, Thomas Gent is walking through a field of winter wheat on his family’s farm, which straddles the Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire border. Some of the green shoots reach his knees, while the ground between the plants is covered with clover. Sinking a spade into the soil, Gent grins as he points to the freshly dug clod of earth on the blade. “Look at the root structure,” he says. “It rained 20mm last night.
UK employees work from home more than most global rivals, study finds

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Joanna Partridge

UK workers continue to work from home more than nearly any of their global counterparts more than five years after the pandemic first disrupted traditional office life, a study has found.
East End fishmongers take on the City to save ancient markets

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Joanna Partridge

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‘We trusted them’: East End fishmongers take on the City to save ancient markets

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Joanna Partridge

It is a mismatched contest: a handful of east London fishmongers taking on the phenomenally wealthy City of London Corporation. But the market traders and a food poverty charity have teamed up to battle City of London Corporation over its plans to close the capital’s ancient fish and meat markets for good.