A new documentary has given a rare glimpse inside one of the world’s most glamorous and elite tax havens. New BBC2 series Inside Monaco: Playground Of The Rich, which premiered last night, saw Prince Albert of Monaco waive strict privacy rules to reveal the luxurious life of the tiny country’s super wealthy. The programme reveals how visitors … Read more
France says it has coronavirus ‘under control’ as the country cautiously lifts its lockdown France has reported 29,068 coronavirus deaths since the outbreak began But the number of daily deaths has dropped dramatically in recent weeks Cases also dropped to 1,000 per day, down from around 80,000 in early March Here’s how to help people … Read more
London is creeping back to work, but the scars will last a while. All giant cities will be damaged, for they are centres for the entertainment and hospitality industries as well as transport hubs. So New York and Paris will be damaged too. But there are troubling reasons to suspect that the London economy may … Read more
The contrast between stock markets and what is going on in the real economy of output, trade and jobs could not be more stark. Equity indexes, as the late Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Samuelson observed, are not the best of economic indicators. He famously quipped ‘the stock market has predicted nine of the past … Read more
Will you be able to bag a deal on a new car once lockdown lifts? Discounts will be cut as pent-up demand outstrips limited supply due to factory closures Factory closures means there will be a lack of supply to UK car dealerships Experts have warned that once existing supplies dry up, dealers will cut … Read more
Conference organisers have been hit hard by coronavirus lockdowns, but one answer is to hold events online or even better in virtual reality. VR Education specialises in this type of technology and for the AIM-listed business, this period of enforced homeworking might prove to be a company maker. A month ago, for example, it ran … Read more
Europe took its first tentative steps towards a return to normality on Monday as some countries re-opened businesses. And several other nations have announced they are preparing to ease their lockdown restrictions in the coming days. Spain and Italy – the two European countries worst-hit by the coronavirus outbreak – have re-started some industries while Germany … Read more