Government ‘is funding EIGHT vaccine passport schemes with over £450,000’

Government ‘is funding EIGHT vaccine passport schemes with over £450,000’ despite ministers claiming they have ‘no plans’ to use them InnovateUK documents show £450,000 in grants for ‘vaccination passports’ Money given to eight firms for research into secure digital vaccine certificates The government sources have denied plans to set up a passport scheme 478,000 people … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Second round of funding to prop up Wetherspoons

Pub group Wetherspoons has gone cap-in-hand to investors for the second time since the pandemic began as it attempts to keep its head above water. It is hoping to raise between £92.1million and £93.7million to see it through the rest of the year, by selling up to 8.4m shares. This would mean offloading them for … Read more

Demand for business loans during the pandemic lifts Funding Circle

Demand for business loans during the pandemic lifts profits at peer-to-peer lender Funding Circle By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 18 January 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 18 January 2021 Peer-to-peer lender Funding Circle said its total income in the final six months of 2020 was up 26 per cent Demand … Read more

Graphcore attracts $220m in its largest ever funding round

AI chipmaker Graphcore attracts funding to the tune of £165m as global investors back Bristol-based unicorn Bristol-based Graphcore was begun in 2016 by Simon Knowles and Nigel Toon Its latest funding round was led by the Ontario Teachers’ Pensions Plan Board Back in July, the business released its latest-generation AI chip, the GC2000  By Harry … Read more

Fishermen receive ‘major funding package’ to help them take advantage of Brexit pledges Michael Gove

Fishermen will receive ‘a major funding package’ to help them take advantage of Brexit, Michael Gove pledges Cabinet Office minister insisted new trade agreement was ‘best possible deal’  Fishing leaders have accused Boris Johnson of betrayal for the compromise   Mr Gove said it gives the UK ‘control over who comes into our territorial waters’  By Daily … Read more

Boris Johnson vows to axe funding for overseas fossil fuel projects ‘as soon as possible’

Boris Johnson vows to axe funding for overseas fossil fuel projects ‘as soon as possible’ ahead of UN climate summit PM wants to stop promoting new crude oil, natural gas and thermal coal scheme Boris Johnson described the move as ‘ambition on a truly grand scale’  It is a significant change as the government has … Read more

Ben Wallace: £24bn funding boost is enough to fill MOD blackhole

Ben Wallace today admitted he does not know how the Government will fund a £24 billion budget boost for the Ministry of Defence amid fears UK foreign aid spending will be raided. Boris Johnson has announced the armed forces will receive an extra £16.5 billion over the next four years on top of a previous … Read more

Care homes need urgent funding so staff can lay on family visits this Christmas, report warns 

Care homes desperately need more funding to enable family visits this Christmas, a major report concluded yesterday. Ninety-four per cent of care home managers are trying to arrange visits but the cost of making it happen is an enormous barrier, the National Care Forum (NCF) found. It said an urgent injection of Government funding is … Read more

Chris Hemsworth and Toni Collette obtain a $21.58 MILLION funding deal to film projects in Australia

From Hollywood to Homebush! Chris Hemsworth and Toni Collette obtain a $21.58 MILLION funding deal to film their high-profile Netflix projects in Australia By Jabeen Waheed For Daily Mail Australia Published: 22:26 GMT, 14 November 2020 | Updated: 23:06 GMT, 14 November 2020 Several high-profile Hollywood actors have chosen to film their projects in Australia … Read more

Drone projects to deliver Covid-19 supplies receive share of £33 million in UK government funding

Drone projects to deliver Covid-19 supplies including PPE and testing kits across the country receive share of £33 million in UK government funding One winner will deliver PPE and Covid tests to rural Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Today 20 companies have been announced which will share £7.35 million Four of these are specifically tailored to … Read more