Rishi Sunak is urged to extend the furlough scheme for the travel sector in letter signed by 77 MPs and peers who warn industry is facing a ‘cliff edge’ and jobs bloodbath in the autumn 77 MPs and peers warned industry is facing a ‘cliff edge’ at end of September They said case for extending … Read more
UK service sector sees fastest growth in 24 years as consumers start to spend again By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 3 June 2021 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 3 June 2021 Activity in Britain’s service sector shot up at its fastest rate for 24 years in May, as pandemic restrictions loosened … Read more
BUSINESS LIVE: Service sector on a bumper hiring spree; Record new customers flock to AJ Bell; Aviva reports highest insurance sales in a decade Hiring in consumer-facing service sector jobs rise at fastest pace since 2015 AJ Bell pre-tax half year profits up nearly 40% as customer numbers rise By This Is Money Published: 07:39 BST, … Read more
Government loses bid to delay High Court challenge from hospitality sector over letting non-essential shops open before pubs and restaurants can serve food and drink indoors A judge today threw out the appeal and sided with two prolific businessmen Hugh Osmond and Sacha Lord say indoor hospitality should reopen sooner Mrs Justice Eady approved their request … Read more
Glastonbury’s £900k bailout: Festival will receive huge grant as part of initiative to keep arts sector afloat By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 00:04 BST, 2 April 2021 | Updated: 00:05 BST, 2 April 2021 Glastonbury will receive a grant of nearly £1million as part of a major cash injection to keep the arts sector afloat, it … Read more
30,000 pub closures loom: Bosses from across the hospitality industry plead with ministers to unlock early to save the sector from disaster Industry body UK Hospitality says 42 pubs shutting their doors every day in 2021 This rate is up from 30 pubs a day closing last year according to their latest data Figures led … Read more
Boris Johnson has championed ‘the might of the private sector’ as crucial to the delivery of Britain’s successful vaccine programme following attacks on AstraZeneca by EU leaders. Brussels has accused the Anglo-Swedish firm of not supplying the bloc with enough doses and threatened to seize shipments bound for the UK. Emergency weekend talks between Brussels … Read more
Netflix’s children film Bigfoot Family is accused of ‘spreading misinformation and peddling lies’ about the oil sector as furious viewers launch ‘tell the truth’ campaign in Canada The film, described as a ‘family comedy’, follows Bigfoot who fights against an Alaska oil company who is planning to bomb a valley so they can remove the … Read more
Confidence among UK services sector firms at highest level in 15 years as bosses eye end of lockdowns By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:11 GMT, 3 March 2021 | Updated: 22:11 GMT, 3 March 2021 Confidence among firms in Britain’s services sector has risen to its highest level for nearly 15 years … Read more
Rishi Sunak today delivered a fresh hint that taxes will be increased in the future to pay for the coronavirus crisis after it emerged public sector debt surged by more than £300billion since the start of April last year. Office for National Statistics data released this morning showed that some £316.4billion has been added to … Read more