AIM-listed companies raise £500million in less than a month to cope with coronavirus crisis The coronavirus crisis has brought more money to AIM as companies turn to investors for support. From the market low on 18 March to the start of the Easter weekend on 9 April, junior market-listed firms announced over £500million of funding. … Read more
One of the things I find fascinating about my job is how people can surprise you. Most of the time, human beings follow fairly predictable patterns of behaviour. We like to think we are unique but, actually, most of us have similar motivations, fears, worries, preoccupations and needs. Sometimes, however, people act out of character. … Read more
We are all in this together. How many times have we heard that over the past few weeks? Yet while millions of people in the private sector endure pay cuts and face an uncertain future, MPs are actually being paid more money to help them cope with the coronavirus crisis. Not just the 3.1 per … Read more
Over-60s cope best with life in lockdown — with stress relating to catching coronavirus currently highest amongst adults aged 30 to 59, study suggests Researchers from UCL have surveyed 60,000 about their lockdown experiences By Ian Randall For Mailonline Published: 12:03 BST, 9 April 2020 | Updated: 12:25 BST, 9 April 2020 Over-60s are coping best with … Read more
Over-60s cope best with life in lockdown with stress relating to catching COVID-19 currently highest amongst adults aged 30 to 59, study suggests By Ian Randall For Mailonline Published: 12:03 BST, 9 April 2020 | Updated: 12:13 BST, 9 April 2020 Over-60s are coping best with life in lockdown, with stress relating to catching COVID-19 … Read more
Working in an NHS hospital, you get used to gruelling 13-hour shifts that leave you wrung out from exhaustion. Yet somehow, even when things are difficult, my colleagues and I have always coped. Until now. A doctor on the frontline of Britain’s coronavirus response has shared their day-to-day experience as the number of cases in … Read more
A psychologist has shared four simple tricks to ease stress and uncertainty amid the uncharted territory of the coronavirus pandemic, helping you to relax and stay positive through undeniably daunting days. Sydney practitioner Lorraine Corne specialises in treating anxiety and depression, mental health conditions which are already being exacerbated by the intensifying COVID-19 crisis as … Read more
#Fattenthecurve trends as self-isolation brings over-indulgence – with Nigella Lawson revealing she’s eating a 250g bar of chocolate daily while holed up at home Nigella Lawson, 60, shared that she’s indulging in chocolate while self-isolating TV cook said she was eating 250g – a sharing-sized bar of choc – every evening Many agreed they were … Read more
Britain’s coronavirus death toll has risen to 104 after fatalities jumped to 33 in a day as a large mortuary extension was built in Westminster to prepare for an influx of bodies. Westminster Public Mortuary by the Houses of Parliament can currently store 102 corpses and is likely to see its capacity almost doubled. The … Read more
Amazon to hire an extra 100,000 US workers to cope with ‘unprecedented’ demand during coronavirus lockdown By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 00:24 GMT, 18 March 2020 | Updated: 01:08 GMT, 18 March 2020 Amazon is hiring an army of 100,000 workers in the US to cope with ‘unprecedented’ demand during the coronavirus … Read more