starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Naomi Harris, is based on the 1976 movie starring David Bowie and Candy Clark — which made a splash with its onscreen nudity and trippy take on a humanoid who arrives on Earth in a bid to save his planet from extinction.“It’s kind of about what’s happening today in its depiction of a planet that’s dying from a drought,” Clark, 74, told The Post about director Nicolas Roeg’s film, which was based on Walter Nevis’ 1963 sci-fi novel. “It’s definitely the highlight of my acting career.”“The Man Who Fell to Earth” began shooting in New Mexico in July 1975.
'Maybe this will shame bigger companies to follow suit': Builders merchant gives staff £750 to help with rising fuel costs
08.04.2022 - 19:45 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A top boss at a local construction firm has given every employee £750 to help combat the rising fuel costs - and hopes his kindness will shame other companies into giving their staff the same respect. Liam Lee, the managing director of Joseph Parr (Alco) which has offices in Oldham and Bradford, gave all of his 52 employees an extra boost in their pay check to help with rising costs of energy and fuel bills.
The decision was made across all branches of Joseph Parr, which is an independent building merchant group with local branches run by local people like Liam. "It's been a few months now where we’ve been thinking about the hiking fuel and energy bills," said Mr Lee. "Not just personally but in the business we've seen expenses rising and if we’re feeling it with a profit margin then the rest of the staff will be feeling it too.
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"We knew we needed to do something and hand a little bit back to the staff so we discussed different figures and how to do this and came up with £750, a substantial amount of money in one go to help in various different situations people run into. It’s not just that £750 and done though, it’s an on-going thing where we’ll keep looking at this and maybe look at giving another amount in the Autumn if things haven’t changed."
All staff were given the one-off payment, which might be offered again if the current cost of living crisis doesn't ease off before winter, at a cost of almost £40,000 to the business. The firm has paid the extras out of their own profit margins, to give back to the staff who've kept the business running throughout Covid.
Mr Lee added: "We don’t want our staff, the people who kept us profitable all through
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