MARKET REPORT: Lockdowns take the fizz out of Fevertree shares after pub and restaurant closures see sales fall flat By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 18 March 2021 | Updated: 22:12 GMT, 18 March 2021 Shares in Fevertree plunged after the closure of bars during the pandemic took the fizz from … Read more
H&M bounces back as lockdowns ease: Sales rise as world’s second-biggest clothing retailer reopens hundreds more stores By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:57 GMT, 15 March 2021 | Updated: 21:57 GMT, 15 March 2021 SALES at H&M rose in the first half of March as coronavirus restrictions started to unwind across Europe. … Read more
While the coronavirus pandemic rose to new heights in the U.S., the ‘silent epidemic’ of opioid overdose deaths worsened amid lockdowns, new research suggests. Opioid deaths increased by nearly a quarter in Cook County, Illinois – the county where Chicago is located – during an 11-week stay-at-home order from late March to May, 2020, researchers … Read more
How Britain’s ‘accidental savers’ have squirreled away £170bn after a year of lockdowns By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:03 GMT, 1 March 2021 | Updated: 22:03 GMT, 1 March 2021 Households squirreled away another £18.5billion in January – taking the war chest built up by ‘accidental savers’ to £170billion. Workers who have … Read more
Are you one of lockdown’s accidental savers? Here’s where to put your windfall By Rachel Rickard Straus, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:52 GMT, 27 February 2021 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 27 February 2021 Boost: The pandemic has created an army of six million ‘accidental savers’ The pandemic has created an army of six million ‘accidental … Read more
Britain has endured some of the toughest lockdown restrictions in the world — but has still suffered the fourth highest death toll of the pandemic, data showed today. Oxford University researchers ranked the UK’s curbs on daily life the sixth harshest out of 180 countries, after taking into account school and office closures, bans on … Read more
Britain has endured some of the toughest lockdown restrictions in the world — but has still suffered the fourth highest death toll of the pandemic, data showed today. Oxford University researchers ranked the UK’s curbs on daily life the sixth harshest out of 180 countries, after taking into account school and office closures, bans on … Read more
Minister Helen Whately today hinted postcode lockdowns will be imposed by the Government to stop the spread of dangerous coronavirus variants when national curbs are eased. The measures are said to be under consideration in Whitehall as Boris Johnson prepares to unveil his lockdown exit strategy on Monday next week. Ms Whately appeared to confirm … Read more
Minister Helen Whately today hinted postcode lockdowns will be imposed by the Government to stop the spread of dangerous coronavirus variants when national curbs are eased. The measures are said to be under consideration in Whitehall as Boris Johnson prepares to unveil his lockdown exit strategy on Monday next week. Ms Whately appeared to confirm … Read more
Travel and hospitality bosses today warn the UK faces a second summer write off as uncertainty over when restrictions will end squashes demand for holidays and social venues. Millions of Britons have already booked trips ahead of the Prime Minister’s announcement of the country’s plan for easing restrictions on February 22 and Matt Hancock has … Read more