As global efforts to tackle the pandemic intensify, so the spotlight has finally shifted to focus on the potential of small pharma players. According to Ivan Sedgwick, a director at corporate finance firm LGB & Co, the poor share price performance of major healthcare names has demoralised investors, forcing them in their quest for value … Read more
Black and Asian Britons are two-and-a-half times more likely to die from coronavirus than white people, an analysis of NHS records has suggested. An Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) report compared the number of hospital deaths in the NHS during the COVID-19 crisis against ethnicity. It did not reveal if people of BAME backgrounds were … Read more
Lloyds Banking Group saw its first quarter profits practically wiped out as the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic mounts. The bank. which is Britain’s biggest lender, saw its first quarter profits plummet by 95 per cent, from £1.6billion to £74million. The lender has been forced to set aside a whopping £1.43billion to cover the … Read more
Choose ten lockdown friends and family: Government considers relaxing strict ‘stay at home’ rules to allow small groups to meet for meals, share childcare and let couples who do not live together see each other Small lists of people drawn from just one or two households could be created But those involved won’t be allowed … Read more
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have announced they will no longer respond to enquiries from journalists at four British newspaper groups because they are adopting a ‘zero engagement’ policy – but insist it is not a move aimed at ‘avoiding criticism’. In a letter released to the Guardian on Sunday night, Los Angeles-based Prince … Read more