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Read More »‘I thought buying things would make me feel better. It didn’t’: The rise of emotional spending | Business
In the past fortnight, I have bought the following items online: a hideous cat tree that takes up most of my living room, a lavender pillow spray, two scarves, a pair of gloves, two candles, a sheet mask, a pair of fleece-lined jogging bottoms (so comfy!), a card-holder and an …
Read More »Highlands and Islands to become the world’s first net zero aviation region under airport group’s five year plan
HIAL is already conducting a number of decarbonisation projects at Kirkwall Airport. Recovery from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and a move to decarbonisation have been revealed as the key priorities for Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) over the next five years. However, managing director Inglis Lyon has …
Read More »Industry Size & Share, Business Strategies, Growth Analysis, Regional Demand By 2025
Intra-City Express Service Market 2020: Industry Size & Share, Business Strategies, Growth Analysis, Regional Demand By 2025 Executive summary: The highly detailed report on Intra-City Express Service market evaluates the present and past business scenario to deduce the growth rate of the industry in the upcoming years. It covers all …
Read More »Banking regulator says pandemic uncertainty means now is not the time to consider higher dividends, share buybacks
Bank buildings at Toronto’s financial district on Sept. 3, 2020. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail Canada’s banking regulator will not yet consider lifting restrictions on banks’ dividends and share buybacks introduced at the start of the pandemic, even though the largest lenders continue to amass growing stockpiles of surplus capital. …
Read More »Call to test employees who cannot work from home
The employers testing workers include firms in the food, manufacturing, energy and retail sectors. Public sector workers including those in job centres and transport networks are also set to be part of the testing programme with 27,000 tested. Business lobbyists welcomed the use of rapid testing for staff who must …
Read More »Urgent scam warning issued by Royal Bank of Scotland following latest coronavirus lockdown
Scam alert. The Royal Bank of Scotland has issued an urgent scam alert following the new lockdown. The lockdown at the beginning of March saw an increase in scams of 400 per cent according to Action Fraud and Royal Bank is hoping that by alerting customers in advance and further …
Read More »‘The gravitational pull of North East Lincolnshire has to be stopped’ – scientist’s warning to two-tier Lincolnshire
Residents living in the new Tier 4 areas of Lincolnshire must resist going into North East Lincolnshire to prevent the spread of coronavirus, a councillor warned. By moving across the border between villages including Holton-le-Clay, Tetney and North Thoresby into Grimsby and Cleethorpes, the virus will have a free passport …
Read More »Huge increase in UK dog theft blamed on COVID-19 restrictions
Dog theft in the UK has gone up by a whopping 250 per cent in 2020, a rise being attributed to coronavirus restrictions. With so many people after a puppy or canine companion over lockdown, police said organised crime is behind many of the thefts. There’s a rapidly growing market …
Read More »Covid-struck Christmas delivers test of strength for UK logistics as Brexit looms
Boss Lyndon Davies says: “We were bringing in Batman vs Joker’s Scalextric sets to arrive in the UK in late November for sale in January. It went up and down the streets of Dover and then it went to Rotterdam, finally arriving last week.” According to Fraser Robinson, a former …
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