Rishi Sunak to raise income tax, corporation tax and place levy on online deliveries after Covid

Rishi Sunak could launch a tax raid on online businesses – including a green tax on deliveries – as part of plans to replenish the country’s coffers in the wake of the Covid pandemic. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is reportedly looking to ‘level up the playing field’ between online and high street businesses as part … Read more

Home deliveries put convenience stores at risk because so many are too lazy to walk down the street

With its jumbled, tightly packed shelves and seemingly inexhaustible range of products, Kwik Stop Express is the sort of shop that had become an essential part of daily life in British towns and cities. Owner Shahzid Razaq spent 20 years building up the business, rising at five in the morning seven days a week and … Read more

Home deliveries put convenience stores at risk because so many are too lazy to walk down the street

With its jumbled, tightly packed shelves and seemingly inexhaustible range of products, Kwik Stop Express is the sort of shop that had become an essential part of daily life in British towns and cities. Owner Shahzid Razaq spent 20 years building up the business, rising at five in the morning seven days a week and … Read more

AstraZeneca warns EU countries it will cut deliveries of Covid-19 vaccine by 60% in first quarter

AstraZeneca has warned EU countries it will cut deliveries of its Covid-19 vaccine by 60 per cent to 31 million doses in the first quarter due to production problems.  The decrease deals another blow to Europe’s Covid-19 vaccination drive after Pfizer Inc and partner BioNTech SE slowed supplies of their vaccine to the bloc this … Read more

AstraZeneca warns EU countries it will cut deliveries of Covid-19 vaccine by 60% in first quarter

AstraZeneca has warned EU countries it will cut deliveries of its Covid-19 vaccine by 60 per cent to 31 million doses in the first quarter due to production problems.  The decrease deals another blow to Europe’s Covid-19 vaccination drive after Pfizer Inc and partner BioNTech SE slowed supplies of their vaccine to the bloc this … Read more

Pfizer shrinks deliveries of Covid vaccine doses to Europe

Covid vaccine manufacturer Pfizer is shrinking and delaying its deliveries to Europe while it expands its factory in Belgium. The company makes one of just two vaccines that are being given to the public in the UK and confirmed that Britain would be affected in late January and February. Concerns about vaccine deliveries in the … Read more

Pfizer shrinks deliveries of Covid vaccine doses to Europe

Covid vaccine manufacturer Pfizer is shrinking and delaying its deliveries to Europe while it expands its factory in Belgium. The company makes one of just two vaccines that are being given to the public in the UK and confirmed that Britain would be affected in late January and February. Concerns about vaccine deliveries in the … Read more

Tesla’s 2020 deliveries beat estimates but fall short of Elon Musk’s target of half a million cars

Tesla Inc. on Saturday reported better-than-expected 2020 vehicle deliveries, driven by a steady rise in electric vehicle adoption, but narrowly missed its ambitious full-year goal during a punishing year for the global auto industry. The company delivered 499,550 vehicles during 2020, above Wall Street estimates of 481,261 vehicles, according to Refinitiv data – but 450 … Read more

UK weather: Supermarkets CANCEL online food deliveries amid heavy snow and ice

Supermarkets have been forced to cancel online food deliveries after heavy snow and ice brought travel chaos to areas of Britain amid concerns temperatures could plunge to -10C overnight. Drivers were urged to stay off the roads with treacherous conditions predicted by the AA if thawing snow turns to ice overnight, with Britons in some … Read more

UK weather: Supermarkets CANCEL online food deliveries amid heavy snow and ice

Supermarkets have been forced to cancel online food deliveries after heavy snow and ice brought travel chaos to areas of Britain amid concerns temperatures could plunge to -10C overnight. Drivers were urged to stay off the roads with treacherous conditions predicted by the AA if thawing snow turns to ice overnight, with Britons in some … Read more