ALEX BRUMMER: Chancellor Rishi Sunak will have to make the most of limited fiscal capacity if a jobs catastrophe is to be averted There are 9m employees on furlough The formal data we have so far on the Covid-19 shows a peak to trough fall of a whopping 25 per …
Read More »Tesco investors reject chief’s £6.4m pay deal
Tesco shareholders inflict one of the biggest-ever FTSE 100 pay revolts on the supermarket group By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 22:09, 26 June 2020 | Updated: 22:33, 26 June 2020 Tesco shareholders inflicted one of the biggest-ever FTSE 100 pay revolts on the supermarket group yesterday. More …
Read More »The Queen has many ‘secret rooms’ in Buckingham Palace including an indoor pool, cinema and a doctor’s office
THROUGHOUT her 68 year reign the Queen has addressed the nation from her home at Buckingham Palace, offering us a glimpse inside her lavish abode. And while we’ve seen the makings of her State Rooms and sprawling gardens, there are a number “secret rooms” that are off limits -including an …
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THE Consumer Crew are here to solve your problems. Mel Hunter will take on readers’ consumer issues, Jane Hamilton will give you the best advice for buying your dream home, and Judge Rinder will tackle your legal woes. Jane Hamilton, property expert Property expert Jane Hamilton shares her tips on …
Read More »Asylum seekers at Glasgow hotel where knifeman stabbed six demonstrated over ‘poor conditions’
A knifeman complained he was ‘very hungry’ and protested about the hot food served during the Covid-19 pandemic just days before stabbing six people including a police office at a hotel in Glasgow today. Asylum seekers living in the Park Inn Hotel on West George Street had demonstrated against ‘poor …
Read More »Industry chiefs must learn from Intu’s calamity
Perhaps that explains why management struggled to face up to the severity of the crisis. An emergency rights issue came too late and secondary sites were sold off in dribs and drabs, when there should have been a giant “for sale” sign over every asset it owned Sure, the covenant …
Read More »eBay Files U.S. Trademark For Speedpak Name
eBay has filed a trademark registration application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for the name/phrase SPEEDPAK to be used in commerce. A trademark filing does not mean the company has received the trademark, but it’s the first step in the process to protect the name or phase …
Read More »Plans for new 20-storey residential block in Portsmouth come under fire for lack of affordable homes
How the new blocks in Slindon Street, Portsmouth could look. Picture: Slindon Street Portsmouth Ltd Outline plans have been submitted to demolish the disused depot of the former Post Office in Slindon Street in Landport to make way for two residential blocks including 210 flats. The development will include a …
Read More »Google’s strangest street views, and other creepy wonders – the week in art | Art and design
Exhibition of the week Jon Rafman: Nine Eyes of Google Street ViewImages appropriated from Google Street View give an eerily intimate and creepily intrusive vision of life on Earth.• Sprüth Magers online until 25 July. Also showing Annie Leibovitz Photographs of a still, silent quarantine experience that are being sold …
Read More »A Quick Update on the Business Performance of BAE Systems Plc, Petrofac Ltd and Royal Mail Plc
Summary Royal Mail Plc has formulated a three-step plan to overcome the impact of the pandemic To protect the financial health of the company in the long-run, Petrofac has decided to reduce cost 90% of the employees of BAE Systems have resumed their services either from home or are working …
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