Flagship scheme to forge closer links between Britain and China’s stock markets dubbed a ‘flop’ after UK firms shun the initiative By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 14 November 2020 | Updated: 23:25 GMT, 14 November 2020 A flagship scheme to forge closer links between Britain and China’s stock markets has … Read more
Government vows ‘every single person in the UK’ will have to be offered a Covid-19 jab FREE on the NHS before private firms can sell them Healthcare providers will be able to source vaccines from jab manufacturers But such orders will be put at the ‘back of the queue’, government sources say Move set to … Read more
Government vows ‘every single person in the UK’ will have to be offered a Covid-19 jab FREE on the NHS before private firms can sell them Healthcare providers will be able to source vaccines from jab manufacturers But such orders will be put at the ‘back of the queue’, government sources say Move set to … Read more
News of Pfizer’s successful vaccine has seen holiday bookings surge, with enquiries shooting up 75 per cent in a week as sun seekers hope for a brighter 2022. Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary forecast a return to 75-80% of pre-crisis short-haul flight capacity by next summer as the travel industry takes off again. Many companies reported … Read more
News of Pfizer’s successful vaccine has seen holiday bookings surge, with enquiries shooting up 75 per cent in a week as sun seekers hope for a brighter 2022. Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary forecast a return to 75-80% of pre-crisis short-haul flight capacity by next summer as the travel industry takes off again. Many companies reported … Read more
EU accuses Amazon of collecting data on firms which pay to sell on its site and using it to compete with them By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:12 GMT, 10 November 2020 | Updated: 22:12 GMT, 10 November 2020 Amazon is facing huge fines from European regulators after being charged with misusing … Read more
Rail firms plan to slash timetables in the new year to cut costs amid fears a FIFTH of commuters will abandon trains indefinitely More than a fifth of passengers are not expected to return to regular rail use Passenger numbers have been slashed since the start of the covid pandemic The Department for Transport has … Read more
Oceans and rivers are being treated like ‘open sewers’ with more than 3,000 raw sewage pollution incidents discovered in the past year, campaigners claim. The annual Water Quality Report by campaign group Surfers Against Sewage tracked sewage discharges into public bathing waters across the UK in 2019 and 2020. The charity says most of the … Read more
Is Rishi Sunak propping up firms that would have failed WITHOUT Covid? Number of businesses going bust FALLS almost 40 per cent year on year Chancellor has ploughed billions into securing the jobs of millions of workers He has also introduced schemes underwriting loans for thousands of firms Insolvency Service said firms going bust in … Read more
The hawks at the Bank of England predict economic output will shrink by 11 per cent this year, the worst annual collapse in growth for 300 years, beating the fall during the First World War. The Old Lady also warns another one million jobs will be lost, taking unemployment to around 2.6m over the next … Read more