Lockdown-easing plans to allow just 30 guests at weddings from May 17 are ‘not viable’ for couples or venues – amid claims some brides and grooms could try and sell tickets to try and get around the rules. The government published its roadmap to a free UK yesterday which said June 21 would see unrestricted … Read more
A five-minute Covid test made in the UK could be the key to kick-starting the return of clubs, live sporting matches and concernts. Yorkshire firm Avacta have developed a new super-fast lateral flow test which is understood to be in its last testing stage at the Government’s top-secret Porton Down lab. The test’s developers say it … Read more
New plans have been drawn up to save the summer sporting season with the Government ‘pushing hard’ to get stadiums and venues Covid safe before June, it has been reported. Officials are said to be devising new plans to make sure Wimbledon and the Euros go ahead this year such as home tests for fans in … Read more
Travel and hospitality bosses today warn the UK faces a second summer write off as uncertainty over when restrictions will end squashes demand for holidays and hospitality venues. Millions of Britons have already booked holidays ahead of the Prime Minister’s announcement of the country’s plan for easing restrictions on February 22 and Matt Hancock has … Read more
Events giant Informa predicts business will pick up this summer as vaccinations counter coronavirus By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:56 GMT, 6 January 2021 | Updated: 21:56 GMT, 6 January 2021 The world’s biggest events organiser has predicted that exhibitions and conferences will return this summer as vaccinations counter coronavirus. Informa, which … Read more
TheCovid-19 pandemic has made 2020 a year like no other. But, at least where possible, the wheels of business keep turning. Test your knowledge of the names and events that shaped the past 12 months of the financial world in our City quiz. Test your knowledge of the names and events that shaped the past … Read more
Ali Larter issued a half-apology to her Heroes onscreen husband Leonard Roberts on Wednesday following accusations she had him written off their NBC series after only one season in 2007. ‘I am deeply saddened to hear about Leonard Roberts’ experience on Heroes and I am heartbroken reading his perception of our relationship, which absolutely doesn’t … Read more
Veteran journalist and broadcaster Andrew Neil has claimed Martin Bashir set off a ‘series of events’ that led to Princess Diana‘s death by using ‘subterfuge, fraud and forgery’ to obtain his controversial 1995 Panorama interview. The 71-year-old, who spent 25 years working for the BBC, said Bashir ‘fed [Diana’s] paranoia’ which led to her getting … Read more
Insurers in the firing line over cancelled events: Firms refuse cover – and blame virus By Lucy White and Ben Wilkinson for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 9 December 2020 | Updated: 22:25 GMT, 9 December 2020 Tensions are brewing between the Government and the insurance industry as the coronavirus crisis threatens the future … Read more
Boss of London exhibition centre turned into Nightingale hospital is urging firms to start booking events again By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 5 December 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 5 December 2020 The boss of the giant London exhibition centre that was turned into a Nightingale hospital is urging firms … Read more