Which London shops are staying open during lockdown?

R etail bosses today hit out at the “arbitrary” distinctions being drawn up to decide which shops and venues can remain open through England’s four-week lockdown as the hit to “non-essential” shops was estimated at £8billion.   Tom Ironside, director of policy for the British Retail Consortium which represents more …

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Job losses: Major cuts since the start of the pandemic

At least 4,200 major job redundancies were announced on Thursday as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to ravage the country. Sainsbury’s said that it would axe 3,500 jobs, while US giant Caterpillar is set to cut 700 jobs in Northern Ireland, according to reports. Rolls-Royce also plans to cut 1,400 jobs …

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Readers’ Letters: Care duty and the ‘culpable’

We now have a Scottish Government report about Covid-19 positive tested patients being released into care homes which finds “no statistical evidence” in hospital discharges to care homes leading to Covid outbreaks. As well as the positive tested patients, more than 3,000 patients were transferred without testing and some were …

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Royal Mail launches additional Inflight delivery options

Following the roll-out of Inflight delivery options in July, Royal Mail has now launched additional options which it says offer greater convenience and flexibility for receiving customers. These include delivery on another day and Local Collect from Royal Mail Customer Service Points and post offices across the UK. Customers can …

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