£400billion added to value of UK listed firms in past 10 weeks as market bounces back from coronavirus lows By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 28 May 2020 | Updated: 22:12 BST, 28 May 2020 More than £400billion has been added to the value of UK shares in the past ten … Read more
One in four companies say they will be not be able to pay a fifth or more of full-time workers’ salaries between August and October and would have to lay off employees, a poll has found. Research by the Institute of Directors revealed today shows that firms are worried about being able to keep staff … Read more
Small firms still waiting for vital loans with £18.5bn already lent through government’s emergency schemes By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 27 May 2020 | Updated: 22:09 BST, 27 May 2020 Small businesses desperate for cash are still missing out on emergency loans, despite banks having lent £18.5billion. Lenders have been … Read more
British officials sparked anger and confusion today with a sudden decision to block private companies from carrying out Covid-19 finger-prick antibody tests for the public. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has told firms offering to test blood samples people take themselves from finger-pricks to ‘temporarily stop providing this service’. Until then, people … Read more
Chancellor Rishi Sunak ‘will stop firms furloughing more staff from August’ as Government looks to flexible working to get Britain ‘back up and running’ Chancellor Rishi Sunak expected to announces changes to job retention scheme Firms could be banned from furloughing anymore workers at end of July Companies also expected to pay NI contributions and … Read more
Matt Hancock announces the UK is to ‘stockpile’ protective gowns, masks and gloves as domestic firms sign deals to provide two BILLION items of PPE for the Government and the NHS Health Secretary said that authoritieds no longer struggling with demand Will now build up stocks against future outbreaks Domestic deals to produce two billion items … Read more
Telecoms firms pledge to improve customer service and offer fairer deals after signing up to new guidelines By Amelia Murray For The Daily Mail Published: 22:54 BST, 4 June 2019 | Updated: 09:21 BST, 5 June 2019 The UK’s biggest telecoms firms have promised to improve customer service and offer fairer deals after signing up … Read more
Titans that came up trumps in a crisis: Travel firms to trust for your post-lockdown holiday Trailfinders tops the list for service and strong finances, writes Neil Simpson Kuoni is singled out by researchers at Which? for a fair-play refund policy Smaller firms such as Inn Travel and Leger Holidays have also won praise By … Read more
Travel firms are already looking to exploit a ‘Dublin dodge’ loophole in Britain’s new quarantine rules that allows those arriving from Ireland to avoid having to isolate at home. Home Secretary Priti Patel announced plans for a tough new quarantine regime requiring almost all arrivals into the UK to immediately self-isolate for 14 days as … Read more
An organisation advising the EU and UN about health has been accused of trying to influence politicians on behalf of giant food companies. The International Life Sciences Institute, based in Washington DC, is influenced by, and working to help, the companies which fund it, scientists said in a study. The institute, funded by Coca Cola … Read more