TPR lays CDC code of practice before parliament

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has laid its new code of practice for the authorisation and supervision of collective defined contribution (CDC) schemes before parliament. This should allow the code to complete its legislative passage through parliament in time for trustees to apply for authorisation to operate a CDC scheme from …

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Ofcom wants new spectrum licences for drones

UK comms regulator Ofcom is proposing a new license for commercial drone operators following trials that include drone delivered post by the Royal Mail. Ofcom currently allows drones to use airwaves designated for model aircraft or wi-fi without a licence, but this won’t cut the mustard for commercial drones doing …

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High demand at Worcestershire Royal Hospital and Alexandra Hospital A&Es

Patients are being warned that emergency departments in Worcestershire are ‘exceptionally busy’. Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has taken to social media to advise people of the situation affecting the A&E departments at Worcestershire Royal Hospital and Alexandra Hospital in Redditch. READ MORE: Covid face mask rules update at Worcestershire Royal Hospital …

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Stock market stalwarts face reinvention test

Very old companies tend to fall into one of two categories. Some provide solutions to everyday problems or needs. Coats (COA), which has been manufacturing industrial thread since 1755, is a good example of this. Whatever the century, people have always required clothes, and clothes have always required thread. The second …

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