British Airways is expected to announce it will suspend around 36,000 staff as it battles to survive the coronavirus crisis. The airline has reached a broad deal with the Unite union that will include the suspension of 80 per cent of BA’s cabin crew, ground staff, engineers and those working at head office. Crucially however, no staff … Read more
Banks bow to pressure and axe billions of pounds of dividends to save money for coronavirus fight Britain’s biggest banks are to stop paying dividends during the coronavirus crisis Barclays, Lloyds and NatWest said yesterday shareholders would not get payouts Move comes after string of firms axed dividends to save money to fight the virus Coronavirus … Read more
EastEnders has announced that filming has been suspended amid the coronavirus pandemic. A spokesperson for the soap confirmed that along with production being suspended, the soap will also cut it’s weekly number of episodes to just two a week, in a bid to spread out their film episodes. Production on the UK’s biggest soaps has … Read more
Kames Capital, Janus Henderson and Aviva Investors have suspended trading on their respective open-ended property funds due to valuation uncertainty as markets continue to be rocked by the coronavirus panic. The groups join M&G which suspended its £2.3billion Property Portfolio at the end of last year due to liquidity concerns, however the most recent closures … Read more
EastEnders SUSPEND filming and cut their weekly episodes to just TWO… as soaps are plunged into crisis amid coronavirus outbreak By Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 10:08 GMT, 18 March 2020 | Updated: 10:08 GMT, 18 March 2020 EastEnders has announced that filming has been suspended amid the coronavirus pandemic. A spokesperson for the soap … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more