Covid 19: Kilkeel seafood factory closes due to outbreak July 7, 2021 Kilkeel Seafoods in County Down has temporarily shut down as a result of a Coronavirus outbreak. The factory closed last Thursday following 42 confirmed positive cases. The tests were taken as a preventive measure as a small number of staff began to test positive last week. The factory employs 250 people. Management stressed it had [...]
How to help beat post-lockdown stress, by The Nue Co. founder Jules Miller July 6, 2021 In many ways, the past 18 months have come to redefine what it means to feel stressed. A recent survey that we conducted across people in the US and UK found 89 per cent have experienced more stress as a result of the pandemic, with over 93 per cent reporting being affected by stress either [...]
Fiena is London’s first female-only ‘adventure’ members’ club July 6, 2021 As we approach the beginning of the end of Covid restrictions, it seems clear that the way we work and socialise will be drastically different going forward. Despite most firms being desperate to see a full return to office life, it seems likely that we’ll settle into a more flexible routine. But even those who [...]
Study reveals Brits more concerned about their family’s health than their own July 5, 2021 67 per cent of Brits are more concerned about their family’s health than their own, according to a new study. A survey of over 2,000 UK adults by medical ID charity MedicAlert showed a breakdown in priorities for selfless Brits, who were more likely to put their children’s (23 per cent), parents (22 per cent), [...]
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Exclusive: Pandemic prompts close to 4m Londoners consider moving in quest for a better life June 9, 2021 The pandemic and subsequent UK lockdowns have had a transformative impact on UK employees, with more than a third aged 18-34 moving house so as to secure a better quality of life. The corresponding figure for those aged 55+ is just 9 per cent, while the UK average is one-in-five, according to research from Close [...]
Time off work for mental health surges during UK coronavirus lockdowns June 9, 2021 The number of fit to work notes issued by doctors for mental health reasons spiked during both UK lockdowns in 2020, according to a new analysis of NHS data. In the midst of the first lockdown in May 2020, 42 per cent of fit notes issued by doctors were for mental health reasons, up from [...]
UK approves Pfizer Covid jab for use in 12 to 15-year-olds June 4, 2021 Britain’s medicines regulator today said it had extended approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine so it can be used on 12 to 15-year-olds. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) had carried out a “rigorous review” of the jab in teenagers. “We have carefully reviewed clinical trial data in children aged 12 to 15 [...]
Three-quarters of adults in UK have now received first Covid jab June 2, 2021 More than three-quarters of adults in the UK have now received their first Covid-19 vaccine dose. The milestone was reached by midnight yesterday, according to Health Secretary Matt Hancock. It comes the day after zero deaths within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus were reported for the first time since 30 July last year. [...]