Government announces 16 sectors where double-vaccinated key staff WON’T have to isolate if pinged

‘Critical workers’ will be exempt from pingdemic: Government announces 16 sectors from transport to police and food suppliers where key staff WON’T have to isolate – but ignores business pleas that app is crippling recovery By Katie Weston For Mailonline Published: 16:12 EDT, 22 July 2021 | Updated: 16:18 EDT, 22 July 2021 The Government … Read more

Covid passports could be used to help ‘tough to open’ sectors, Boris Johnson suggests 

Covid passports could be used to help ‘tough to open’ sectors like theatres, sports stadiums and nightclubs, Boris Johnson suggests Boris Johnson has said Covid passports could help ‘tough to open’ sectors Prime Minister hinted a review will focus on sectors unable to open last summer Johnson said at No 10 briefing and Covid passports would … Read more

Investment trusts have outperformed funds in most major sectors over ten and twenty years

Investment trusts have beaten funds on returns in most major sectors over ten and 20 years – but can you still find a bargain as discounts narrow? New research from Interactive Investor has found investment trust sectors have outperformed most of their open-ended counterparts over ten and 20 years UK Equity Income trusts have outperformed … Read more

Jobs hope: 15 fast growing sectors which want to hire YOU now

The pandemic has turned the working lives of millions of people in Britain upside-down, with job losses and redundancies rife and livelihoods and income streams wiped out in a matter of months. Last week, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey warned that unemployment figures are likely to be worse than documented, with around 2.2million people … Read more

Kings of long-term investing? Sectors and regions where investment trusts have outperformed funds

Fund managers in many sectors have earned their considerable salaries for those who kept faith with them since the turn of the millennium, data from an investment industry body suggests. Despite the growing popularity of cheap passive or tracker funds, managed investment vehicles have outperformed benchmarks in many sectors and regions as global markets have … Read more

Pound falls as service and retail sectors are thrown into disarray

The pound dropped today after the latest survey figures on the economy revealed the devastation wreaked on the country’s service and retail sectors by coronavirus disruption. The service sector – which incorporates businesses like hotels, restaurants, bars, nightclubs, pubs and hairdressers – suffered the biggest drop in activity since records began in July 1996, the IHS … Read more