Leading firms were urged yesterday to forgo millions of pounds in Government bonuses for putting furloughed staff back to work. Business leaders and MPs said that the public funds should be claimed only by companies in dire straits. Taylor Wimpey, Barratt Homes and Redrow said they will not be claiming payouts under the £9billion Job … Read more
A mother-of-two has revealed how she’s made £7,000 a month in lockdown by printing companies logos on face masks. Dani Turner, 31, from Yateley in Hampshire, was working two or three days a week before the Covid-19 pandemic, taking home around a £1,000 a month as a freelance graphic designer. But when the pandemic hit … Read more
Space technology and the rapidly growing 5G network could provide a helping hand to the logistics sector – but the UK Space Agency and ESA need your ideas. After the coronavirus pandemic put most the UK in lockdown, with many having to remain indoors, the ‘vitally important’ logistics sector was put in the spotlight. Now, … Read more
Meghan Markle is bizarrely listed as a DOCTOR on Companies House website after she and Prince Harry file applications to close down their Sussex Royal foundation Meghan was titled Dr The Duchess of Sussex, in what is thought to be a mistake Reference was removed from Companies House site and is being ‘looked into’ It … Read more
Companies will get a £1,000 cash bonus for every young person they hire as Rishi Sunak prepares to unveil a £111million boost for the traineeship scheme in ‘mini-budget’ Employers will be given a £1,000 cash bonus for every 16-24-year-old hired The cash is to be capped at 10 employees – or £10,000 First time firms … Read more
Left in the lurch: Kate Solomons’s small business has dried up in the crisis Small business owners have been forced to raid personal savings to prop up their cash-starved companies – 100 days after lockdown began. Back in March, Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled a package worth more than £300 billion to support British businesses and … Read more
A new bill passed by the Michigan House of Representatives would make it illegal for companies to force workers to be implanted with microchips. The legislation, called the Microchip Protection Act, or House Bill 5672, would still allow employees to volunteer for microchip implants but making implants mandatory would be against the law. The practice … Read more
Verizon has joined the growing list of US companies boycotting Facebook over its failure to crack down on hate speech, after one of its ads was reportedly posted next to a video ‘drawing on hateful and antisemitic rhetoric’ on the platform. The telecomms firm announced Thursday it will pull ads from Facebook until the social … Read more
Tucker Carlson has taken aim at liberal bias at big tech companies after Twitter flagged one his posts as ‘potentially sensitive’ and YouTube warned viewers one his videos may be ‘inappropriate or offensive to some audiences’. In a withering monologue on his Fox News program Friday night, the outspoken conservative raged: ‘The left’s goal is … Read more
The Queen tells of her ‘pride’ at British businesses’ ‘heartwarming’ response to Covid crisis after thousands of small to large firms stepped up to support the NHS and hard-hit communities Her Majesty says it gave her ‘great pride’ to see what business groups are doing Sends ‘warmest best wishes and support to business communities’ worldwide … Read more