The Shetland Islands have been picked as the location for the UK’s first commercial rocket launch in 2021 when Lockheed Martin will put a small satellite into orbit. The island of Unst has been picked as the location of a spaceport and Lockheed Martin is moving its £23.5 million grant to the island, Mail on … Read more
Air passengers from commercial hotspots like New York, Singapore and Dubai could be made exempt from quarantine in bid to boost economy Government is being urged to approve new ‘test-on-arrival’ scheme at airports Would see all passengers tested and, if negative, avoid 14 days of quarantine Hoped new scheme wold encourage business travel and boost … Read more
A British firm has unveiled concept images for what it claims will be the ‘largest commercial hybrid plane in the world’. The 70-seater ‘hybrid electric regional aircraft’ (HERA) has a ‘whisper-quiet’ operation to reduce noise pollution and airborne battery regeneration. It’s a hybrid passenger plane – meaning it’s powered partly by an environmentally-friendly electric engine and … Read more
£230billion commercial property crash: Treasury watchdog sounds the alarm as millions work from home By Matt Oliver and Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 17 July 2020 | Updated: 22:08 BST, 17 July 2020 Commercial property prices look set to plunge as white-collar workers shun the office, the Treasury watchdog has warned. … Read more
Does a torrent of trouble for commercial property firms make their beaten down shares worth a punt, or is there more difficulty ahead? By Alex Sebastian For This Is Money Published: 07:33 BST, 17 July 2020 | Updated: 08:22 BST, 17 July 2020 The aim of a value investor is to buy shares at their … Read more
Virgin Galactic has signed a new deal with NASA that will see the Richard Branson owned firm prepare future commercial astronauts for flights to the ISS. Under the agreement, Virgin Galactic will develop a new private orbital astronaut training program and look out for potential space tourist candidates. This is a new initiative for the … Read more
North Atlantic right whales ‘could be extinct within 20 years’ as krill they eat migrate away due to climate change and commercial fishing impacts their habitat A new study used drones to photograph right whales in the south and north Researchers found North Atlantic right whales were much smaller than whales in the southern hemisphere … Read more
Sports halls and hotel meeting rooms ‘could become makeshift courtrooms’ for family and commercial hearings in bid to get through backlog of 37,000 jury trials at traditional courts Lord Burnett told MPs that venues which are shut could be used for civil cases He hopes crown courts in England and Wales will reopen by end … Read more
Lab-grown fish is real: San Diego start-up gets $20million in funding to develop yellowtail derived from muscle tissue cells taken from real fish BlueNalu is a San Diego startup that makes lab grown seafood The company says its products are ethical and sustainable alternatives to commercial fishing, and are made from real fish muscle tissue … Read more
Twitter users rage against ‘cruel’ Apple commercial that begins with the sound of an iPhone alarm – saying it triggers ‘PTSD’ and there’s a ‘special spot in hell’ for whoever made it An TV ad for the iPhone 11 begins with the sound of an iPhone alarm The commercial debuted globally in September but has … Read more