Ed Warner: Ratcliffe’s Manchester United deal is Christmas gift that keeps on giving January 11, 2024 Our columnist on the British billionaire's big bet on his boyhhod football club.
London markets jump on industrials rally January 12, 2022 London markets jumped today driven higher by a strong rally among industrial stocks. The capital’s premier FTSE 100 index closed 0.81 per cent higher at 7,551.72 points, while the domestically-focused FTSE 250 index, which is more aligned to the health of the UK economy, squeezed out 0.08 per cent of gains to reach 23,047.16 points. [...]
Covid-19: UK records 119,789 cases in a single day as numbers surge December 23, 2021 The UK has reported almost 120,000 daily Covid-19 cases and 147 new deaths as numbers continue to surge amid the rapid spread of Omicron.
Over 30s able to book Covid booster jab from next week December 12, 2021 People aged 30 and over in England will be invited to book a Covid booster jab from Monday. It follows scientists’ warnings that the country should prepare for a wave of infections from the new coronavirus variant Omicron in the new year. According to NHS England, some 3.5m out of the 7.5m people aged 30 [...]
Square Mile braces for Plan B as businesses say work from home guidance will ‘destroy’ trade December 8, 2021 Businesses in the City of London have said they are preparing for the worst ahead of a reported announcement on a work-from-home message. Multiple media outlets have reported that the Prime Minister is to usher in vaccine passports for large venues and instruct office employees to work from home once more. There will be a press [...]
Hong Kong flight ban strands executives and risks curbing economic growth January 9, 2022 Hong Kong’s flight ban has left exeutives stranded outside of the global finance hub, which Fitch Ratings has said could curb its economic growth prospects. The two-week circuit breaker comes after the city recorded its first Covid-19 cases at the end of December, after three months without community transmission. “We believe the tightening of restrictions [...]
Scientific advisers urge government to add Covid protections now to avoid a ‘lockdown Christmas’ October 23, 2021 Two top scientific advisers have warned the UK is heading for another winter lockdown if the government does not reintroduce some Covid protection measures as soon as possible. Vaccines are “wonderful” but “not quite enough”, according to Professor Reicher, a member of the Scientific Pandemic Insights Group on Behaviours (SPI-B), which works with SAGE. “I [...]
New record of 830,000 Covid booster jabs administered in a day December 19, 2021 The number of jabs being delivered to patients in England has hit a new record with 906,656 people receiving vaccines yesterday.
The time looks right to take on Hendo’s House January 27, 2022 TRIALS Day at Cheltenham is a final chance for Festival hopefuls to have a spin around Prestbury Park and lay down a marker for March. The easiest race to solve could be the Cleeve Hurdle, where Champ is rightly odds-on to follow up his Long Walk win from before Christmas and confirm himself as a [...]
British brands to miss out on Chinese shopping occasion Singles Day November 11, 2021 British brands are set to lose out on the Chinese shopping occasion Singles Day today as consumers opt for local brands instead. More than a third of Chinese shoppers said they would buy fewer products from British brands this year compared to last year. Consultancy AlixPartners, who organised the survey of over 2,000 Chinese consumers, [...]