Tax rises are likely to be ordered by Chancellor Rishi Sunak when the economy gets back to “near normal”, an economic watchdog predicted today. Carl Emmerson, deputy director of the respected Institute for Fiscal Studies, spoke out in the wake of Boris Johnson’s speech which pledged to fast-track construction schemes …
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Kate Middleton has remained the biggest royal influencer throughout lockdown, after overtaking Meghan Markle earlier this year. When the Duchess of Sussex, 38, first joined The Firm in 2017, the ‘Meghan Effect’ saw shoppers go wild for anything she wore – but her fashion influence dramatically declined since she has …
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Royal Mail is all set to cut 2000 management jobs amid its struggle to battle the coronavirus pandemic. The British postal services company, established back in 1516, is now looking to sack one-fifth of the company’s management employees aiming to save £130m in costs. The coronavirus pandemic has taken a …
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The death toll from the coronavirus in Latin America is expected to skyrocket to 388,300 by October, with Brazil and Mexico seen accounting for two-thirds of fatalities as other nations in the region contain their outbreaks, according to University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). …
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You have to sympathise at least a little with John Menzies (MNZS), which belatedly accepted that distributing newspapers and magazines was a dying industry and moved into the burgeoning field of air travel, handling luggage instead of printed paper. Alas, as we all know covid-19 has emptied the airports of …
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Sure, have some rainy day savings. And definitely don’t invest in anything so risky you won’t sleep at night. And please try and avoid those too-good-to-be-true products that promise wonderful returns but are really just scandals in the making. But, that aside, stop putting all your money in cash. Seriously. …
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The US has recorded a one-day total of 34,700 new COVID-19 cases, the highest in two months. Scores of migrants arriving in Somalia are telling United Nations workers every day that they are unaware of COVID-19. Meanwhile, South Africa’s mining industry has recorded 1,796 infections and six deaths. This story …
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DALLAS/LONDON (Reuters Breakingviews) – Corona Capital is a daily column updated throughout the day by Breakingviews columnists around the world with short, sharp pandemic-related insights. A Chuck E. Cheese restaurant is pictured in Oceanside, California, U.S., January 18, 2017. LATEST – CEC Entertainment – Pret A Manger MAY I BE …
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Britain today announced 154 more Covid-19 deaths and just 653 coronavirus cases, in the lowest daily jump for more than three months as the outbreak continues to fizzle out. Department of Health figures show the overall number of victims has now topped 43,000 — but other grim data taking into account …
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NHS staff are being denied holiday in autumn because health bosses fear a second wave of Covid-19 will overwhelm Britain’s hospitals once again, it emerged today. MailOnline can reveal at least one trust in England is blocking workers from taking annual leave in October, in case the coronavirus crisis spirals …
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