100 Bishopsgate set to be UK’s most expensive office April 4, 2021 The now-completed 100 Bishopsgate is primed to hit the market later this year for a cool £1.8bn. That figure would make it the most expensive office building ever sold in the UK. The Telegraph reported the news this morning. The 30-plus-storey building is currently owned by Brookfield, a Canada-based asset management firm. Jefferies and law [...]
Vaccine passports to be used as event trials begin April 4, 2021 The FA Cup final will be one of a host of trial events that could mean nightclubs, sports stadia and theatres are open in time for the summer. Covid-19 vaccination certificates will be used at some of the events, including the Wembley showpiece, as crowds return. Read more: Covid passports slammed by host of MPs [...]
France, Brussels have agreed on Air France-KLM refinancing – minister April 4, 2021 The French government has reached the outline of a deal with the European Commission on a state-backed refinancing package to help strengthen Air France-KLM’s balance sheet, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Sunday. Le Maire, speaking on LCI TV, declined to comment on the amount involved. The airline group, which last year received 10.4 [...]
Kill the Bill protestors rally across London April 3, 2021 Protesters rallied across central London today against a policing bill that could see officers handed sweeping powers to curb the right to protest. Demonstrators flocked to Trafalgar Square, Hyde Park and Westminster this afternoon following marches in Finsbury Park last night, in what has been dubbed a National Week of Action against the new proposals. [...]
Millennials to receive ‘jab and go’ Covid vaccine from July April 3, 2021 Millennials could receive a single-dose vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson from July in a bid to speed up the UK’s immunisation programme, according to reports. Ministers hope the one-shot vaccine, produced by J&J subsidiary Janssen, can be used to roll out “jab and go” plans for young adults, the Daily Telegraph reported. The Janssen [...]
UK reports seven blood clot deaths after Astrazeneca vaccine April 3, 2021 Seven people in the UK have died from blood clots after taking Astrazeneca’s Covid vaccine, Britain’s medicines regulator has confirmed. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said it received reports of 30 unusual blood clotting events among patients who have received the Astrazeneca jab, of which seven have died. It is still unclear [...]
More than half of London businesses expect long-term Brexit disruption April 3, 2021 The majority of UK firms experienced some form of trade disruption following Brexit, and many expect there to be long-term disruption as a result of the new EU trading arrangements. Three-quarters (75%) of businesses have experienced some Brexit trade disruption and almost half (49%) say they expect some sort of disruption to continue in the [...]
Jabbed Americans given all clear to travel abroad April 2, 2021 US medical authorities have given fully vaccinated Americans the go ahead to begin travelling again, both domestically and internationally. It changes long-standing guidance that all Americans should avoid non-essential travel. The U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said Americans who had had both doses of a Covid-19 vaccination, or a single dose in some [...]
Dollar on track for third weekly gain after strong U.S. payrolls data April 2, 2021 By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar rose on Friday in thin trading, on pace for its third weekly gain, after data showed the world’s largest economy created more jobs than expected in March, suggesting it is on a steady path to recovery from the global pandemic. Financial markets are closed in Australia, [...]
Russia’s Sputnik news agency halts operations in Britain April 2, 2021 Russian news agency Sputnik will halt operations in Britain and move its English language service to Moscow and Washington, the media group that launched it in 2014 said on Friday, at a time when Russian-British relations have hit a low point. Rossiya Segodnya said the move was part of a plan to reorganize its international [...]