‘Over expansion’ of universities is leaving poorer students with ‘heavy debts for little economic benefit’ think tank warns as it calls for ‘radical reform’ of sector Dr Lee Jones and Dr Philip Cunliffe penned the report on universities’ struggles They recommend closing and merging some as well as making entry harder Universities are already facing … Read more
BUSINESS LIVE: Bank of England warns Britain facing record economic slump as it keeps rates on hold at 0.1%; ITV’s profits plummet 93% By Jane Denton For Thisismoney Published: 08:11 BST, 6 August 2020 | Updated: 08:25 BST, 6 August 2020 The Bank of England has warned that Britain is facing a record economic slump … Read more
The scale of the Covid-19 jobs bloodbath has been laid bare as a Mail audit found 135,000 jobs in Britain are facing the axe. Analysis of the threat of redundancies since the virus took hold has revealed 230,000 jobs are set to go both here and abroad at more than 100 of Britain’s biggest firms. … Read more
The scale of the Covid-19 jobs bloodbath has been laid bare as a Mail audit found 135,000 jobs in Britain are facing the axe. Analysis of the threat of redundancies since the virus took hold has revealed 230,000 jobs are set to go both here and abroad at more than 100 of Britain’s biggest firms. … Read more
Manufacturers lead the way as Britain’s economy enters a ‘recovery phase’, says CBI By Dan Atkinson For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 1 August 2020 | Updated: 23:05 BST, 1 August 2020 Britain’s economy has entered a ‘recovery phase’, with manufacturing leading the way, the latest figures from the Confederation of British Industry … Read more
Eurozone suffers biggest economic contraction as countries across bloc are hammered by coronsvirus pandemic By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:57 BST, 31 July 2020 | Updated: 22:17 BST, 31 July 2020 The eurozone suffered its biggest ever economic contraction over the spring as countries across the bloc were hammered by the Covid-19 … Read more
Plague and climate change triggered a severe economic downturn on the fringe of the Byzantine Empire 1,500 years ago, a study of ancient grape pips has revealed. Researchers from Israel examined thousands of grape pips and cereal grains, as well as ceramic sherds from waste heaps in the Negev left behind in the mid-6th Century. … Read more
A perfect storm of ‘cultural, health and economic factors’ including large BAME families living in small terraced houses and poor residents who have had to work through lockdown while taking public transport have made one Leicester borough the epicenter of the city’s coronavirus outbreaks its councillor has said. And he also pointed to busy mosques … Read more
Angela Merkel says Britain will have to ‘live with the consequences’ of Boris Johnson’s decision to loosen economic ties with the EU as German leader hardens her Brexit stance Angela Merkel has hardened her stance on a UK-EU Brexit trade deal Ex-UK PM Theresa May was keen on keeping close ties with the European Union … Read more
The International Monetary Fund has laid out the unprecedented economic devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic, sharply lowering its forecast for global growth this year. The IMF said on Wednesday that this ‘crisis like no other’ would send the global GDP plunging by 4.9 percent this year and wipe out an astonishing $12 trillion over two years. … Read more