Homebase chief executive Damian McGloughlin is having a busy weekend. Yesterday, he quietly reopened 20 shops after the business mothballed all 158 stores four weeks ago at the peak of the coronavirus crisis. And he will spend today mulling over how many more will follow – and how soon. McGloughlin kept the relaunch under wraps … Read more
Social distancing rules ‘will ruin’ pubs, warns boss of Britain’s oldest brewer Pubs may have to seat people two metres apart if distancing lasts all year They may also have to install Perspex screens at the bar By Harriet Dennys For Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 22:21 BST, 25 April 2020 | Updated: 22:21 BST, … Read more
Give us a plan to get ALL firms back to work, says boss of Taylor Wimpey Pete Redfern is pushing the Government to outline a plan to end lockdown Taylor Wimpey plans to reopen the majority of its building sites from May 4 in England and Wales By Jamie Nimmo For The Financial Mail On … Read more
Gatwick boss says passengers should be given compulsory virus tests 48 hours before they board planes as part of new travel measures once lockdown is lifted Stewart Wingate said passengers should be required to carry ‘health passports’ Proposals to get Britain’s skies moving again are being discussed in government Heathrow’s boss has also called for … Read more
NHS hospital boss slams private company for outrageous profiteering after being offered £2 protective gowns for £16.50 each – 825 PER CENT the normal price Nick Hulme looked to alternative sources to increase his NHS trust’s PPE stock The East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust has enough PPE for now Ipswich MP Tom … Read more
The boss of Heathrow is urging ministers to introduce mass screening at airports, the Daily Mail can reveal. In a major intervention, chief executive John Holland-Kaye is writing to Health Secretary Matt Hancock to demand stringent regulations to combat coronavirus. The airport’s bosses want an internationally agreed standard of measures, which could include temperature checks, … Read more
The boss of Heathrow is urging ministers to introduce mass screening at airports, the Daily Mail can reveal. In a major intervention, chief executive John Holland-Kaye is writing to Health Secretary Matt Hancock to demand stringent regulations to combat coronavirus. The airport’s bosses want an internationally agreed standard of measures, which could include temperature checks, … Read more
President Donald Trump on Wednesday raged about the coverage of CDC Director Robert Redfield’s interview with The Washington Post, where the medical expert warned about the dangers of a second wave of the coronavirus. Trump brought Redfield to the White House podium to repudiate the interview only for the CDC director to confirm the newspaper correctly … Read more
The homepage of the DVLA Licence Apply website features a rather amateurish logo depicting two hands clutching a steering wheel. It then lists its services, which include providing a provisional licence for £91.60 and replacing a lost, stolen or damaged one for £77.60, each next to an inviting blue button that says ‘Apply Now’. Given … Read more
Coronavirus could be ‘wiped out’ if 80 to 90 per cent of Britons wear DIY masks, an Oxford University expert has claimed today. The homemade masks, which have become the focus of intense debate during the pandemic, would only have to be 80 to 90 per cent effective and would mean we could ‘all get … Read more