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US senators urge MPs to rethink Huawei 5G decision March 4, 2020 A group of senior US senators has written to MPs urging them to rethink the UK’s decision to allow Huawei to help build its 5G networks. Twenty senators, including both Democrats and Republicans, expressed “significant” concern with the decision, citing “significant security, privacy and economic threats”. In January the government gave Huawei the green light [...]
Exclusive: Cummings blocks former MP Masterton’s appointment as Scottish adviser to government March 4, 2020 Boris Johnson’s chief adviser Dominic Cummings has blocked the appointment of former MP Paul Masterton as a Scotland-based special adviser. Masterton was the MP for East Renfrewshire for two years, but lost his seat in December after it swung back to SNP’s Kirsten Oswald. He was tipped as making a return to the government as [...]
Property fund outflows slow as investors seek safe havens March 4, 2020 Property funds had their best performance since September 2018 as net outflows decreased to just £18m last month, down from £80m in January. In the final week of February, when global markets slumped as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, investors bought a net £24.6m of real estate funds according to Calastone’s Fund Flows Index. [...]
Lloyd’s of London has emergency coronavirus plan in case building locked down March 4, 2020 Lloyd’s of London has “emergency trading protocols” to ensure business continuity if access to its building is restricted due to the coronavirus epidemic. The 330 year-old insurance market will encourage electronic placing, it said in a market notice dated yesterday. Lloyd’s is one of the last bastions of face-to-face trading in the City, with insurance [...]
Coronavirus: Retailers battle supply chain issues as consumers stockpile March 4, 2020 UK retailers are battling against supply chain issues as consumers rush to stockpile due to the outbreak of coronavirus. More than a third of UK households are worried about product shortages due to coronavirus, and one in 10 shoppers have started to stockpile. Almost a quarter of retailers also said that supply chain disruption is [...]
Watchdog bans face mask ads over coronavirus ‘scaremongering’ March 4, 2020 The advertising watchdog has launched a crackdown against two face mask manufacturers for using “scaremongering” to promote their products amid the coronavirus outbreak. Novads OU advertised its Oxybreath Pro mask on the Scottish Sun website, while Easy Shopping 4 Home used Amazon to promote its disposable face mask. The Oxybreath advert, which was littered with [...]
London Book Fair cancelled over fears of coronavirus contagion March 4, 2020 London Book Fair 2020’s organisers have cancelled the event today “following the escalation of Covid-19 coronavirus in Europe”. Reed Exhibitions, which is a division of FTSE 100 publishing and events business Relx, said the event scheduled for 10-12 March at the London Olympia would now not take place. “The effects, actual and projected, of coronavirus [...]
Chinese passenger car sales fall 80 per cent in February March 4, 2020 Sales of passenger cars in China fell 80 per cent in February due to the coronavirus impact, according to the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA). The industry body did not give an exact sales figure, but earlier this month had reported that for the first 16 days of February only 4,909 units were sold, down [...]
Hostelworld shares fall as it warns of £3.5m coronavirus blow March 4, 2020 Hostelworld warned the coronavirus outbreak has hurt 2020 bookings today as the virus ravages the travel sector, after slashing its 2019 dividend to invest in expansion. The Covid-19 outbreak prompted Hostelworld to warn it will take a €3m (£2.6m) to €4m (£3.5m) hit to earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) in the first [...]