Britain’s manufacturers growing at fastest pace for 30 years

Britain’s manufacturers growing at fastest pace for 30 years as economy bounces back from pandemic By Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 22:25 BST, 1 June 2021 | Updated: 22:25 BST, 1 June 2021 Britain’s manufacturers are growing at the fastest pace for 30 years as the economy bounces back from the pandemic.  Research … Read more

Horoscopes: It’s pointless to force the pace this week, Taurus 

Horoscopes: It’s pointless to force the pace this week, Taurus By Sally Brompton for The Mail on Sunday Published: 00:03 BST, 2 May 2021 | Updated: 00:03 BST, 2 May 2021 Taurus 21 April-21 May It’s pointless to force the pace this week as Saturn won’t allow it. Devote your time to finishing what you’ve … Read more

T-Rex roamed the Earth at a ‘leisurely’ pace, study finds

The fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex (T. Rex) enjoyed a ‘leisurely’ stroll at just 2.8 miles per hour (4.6km per hour), a new study reveals.  Scientists in the Netherlands developed a new method to estimate the preferred walking speed of T. Rex, based on analysis of a preserved specimen called Trix.   They say their new speed estimate is a … Read more

UK’s Covid vaccine drive set to drastically pick up pace from 15 March

Britain’s coronavirus vaccine drive should drastically pick up pace from March 15 because supplies will ‘increase substantially’, NHS bosses have revealed. The programme, which is crucial to Britain’s hopes of seeing lockdown eased over the next few months, slowed down in February due to manufacturing issues. Ministers promised March would be a ‘bumper’ month for … Read more

No10 urged to pick up the pace of its Covid vaccine drive

No10 has been urged to pick up the pace of its Covid vaccination drive because the number of doses dished out each day has dipped to below 400,000 for the first time since January.    Department of Health statistics show 371,052 jabs were administered each day, on average, last week. For comparison, it almost reached 450,000 … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Britain falls off pace in Covid vaccine rollout

The UK gave out 312,770 Covid-19 vaccines on Tuesday, official figures show, which marks the third consecutive day that the UK has missed the 400,000-a-day target needed to reach 15 million people by mid-February.    The Department of Health figures showed that 312,770 vaccines were administered across the UK on January 26 – of which 311,060 … Read more

Nationwide: House prices rise at fastest pace for six years

House prices rose at the fastest pace for nearly six years last month, as the rush to beat the stamp duty holiday deadline continued to drive up the market. The average price of a home increased by 6.5 per cent to £229,721 in the year to November, according to Nationwide, adding almost £14,000 to the … Read more

Pension dashboard progressing at ‘snail’s pace’ delayed until 2023

The introduction of a new pension dashboard scheme enabling retirement savers to view details of all their pots from current and previous employers in one place is being delayed until 2023.  The dashboard was originally supposed to be launched in 2019 with the aim of helping millions of people rediscover lost pension pots in an … Read more

SMALL CAP SHARE IDEAS: Trident Resources is setting a cracking pace

SMALL CAP SHARE IDEAS: Trident Resources is setting a cracking pace in its bid to create a diversified UK mining royalty company By Alastair Ford, Proactive Investors, For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 14:18 BST, 15 July 2020 | Updated: 14:18 BST, 15 July 2020 What a few weeks it’s been for Trident Resources. The company listed on … Read more

Marine species are edging closer to Earth’s poles at an average pace of 3.7 miles per year

Marine species are edging closer to Earth’s poles at an average pace of 3.7 miles per year as climate change causes global ocean temperatures to rise Experts reviewed 258 studies into shifting habitat ranges with climate change They used this to make a database, BioShifts, that covers some 12,000 species Marine species are moving poleward six times faster … Read more