€229m drop in April: Imports from Britain to Ireland continue downward slope June 15, 2021 Irish imports from Great Britain in April decreased 20 per cent from a year ago. Imports have continually fallen since Brexit, according to a Bloomberg report. Ireland’s statistics office today reported imports from Britain fell by €229m compared with April 2020. The greatest decreases were in the imports of “Food and live animals” and “Chemicals and related products”. Goods [...]
Prime minister calls harassment of BBC journalist Nick Watt ‘disgraceful’ June 15, 2021 Footage posted on social media showed anti-lockdown protesters verbally abusing and chasing Nick Watt, the political editor of BBC Newsnight, near Downing Street on Monday. On Twitter, the prime minister said: “Disgraceful to see the hounding of Nick Watt doing his job.” “The media must be able to report the facts without fear or favour – [...]
Whitehall shakeup: 22,000 roles may be moved out of London and external candidates for senior roles June 15, 2021 The government will today launch a reform programme that will see wide-scale reforms to the civil service, with jobs being moved out of Whitehall and senior jobs open to external candidates. The reforms include moving 22,000 civil servant roles outside of London by 2030, including 50 per cent of senior servant roles, and advertising all [...]
US Supreme Court gives LinkedIn fresh chance to stop data harvesters June 14, 2021 The US Supreme Court today granted LinkedIn another chance to prevent a rival recruitment data company from scraping personal data from its platform. LinkedIn previously tried to use the the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to prevent rival hiQ from harvesting customer data from their public-facing user profiles. The Act prohibits accessing a computer without [...]
Countries crack down on UK travellers amid Indian variant fears June 14, 2021 The Netherlands and Abu Dhabi have introduced coronavirus quarantine restrictions for UK travellers, as Italy and Ireland mull new restrictions. The Netherlands announced on Saturday that UK travellers will face mandatory quarantine measures from tomorrow. The Dutch Ministry of Health said “this is because of the worrying Delta variant of the coronavirus variant that is [...]
Dead centre of town: City looks to bring new life to cemetery cafe June 14, 2021 Fancy a thriller of a business opportunity? The City of London Cemetery and Crematorium is looking for a new proprietor to refurbish and operate its on-site café for visitors and mourners. With the current five-year lease coming to an end, the City of London Cooperation is accepting new proposals for the Gatehouse Cafe at the [...]
UK to offer all COP26 delegates vaccine ahead of conference June 11, 2021 Downing Street today announced the UK will offer vaccines to delegations attending the COP26 summit hosted in Glasgow later this year. In an effort to allow for the full participation of countries that will be most affected by climate change, accredited delegations who are unable to get vaccinations will be offered the jab. While it [...]
UK pledges to share 100m coronavirus vaccines globally June 10, 2021 Ahead of the G7 summit, prime minister Boris Johnson today announced the UK will donate 100m surplus coronavirus vaccines worldwide within the next year. 80m doses will be supplied to the Covax vaccine sharing scheme, while the remaining 20m doses will be shared bilaterally with countries in need. The donated doses will come from the [...]
Pandemic has changed work attitudes of some young people June 10, 2021 The Covid-19 pandemic may have changed how we work in more ways than remote working. New research shows 85 per cent of young professionals have permanently changed their attitude towards work due to the pandemic. Analysis carried out by professional social network platform Polywork shows virtual ways of working have opened up more work possibilities [...]
14,000 deaths prevented by Covid-19 vaccine, says Public Health England June 10, 2021 Public Health England (PHE) today published its weekly Covid-19 vaccine surveillance report, estimating that 42,000 hospitalisations and 14,000 deaths have been prevented by the vaccine in England. The true impact of the vaccination programme is likely to be even greater, as PHE’s estimations do not take into account the impact of vaccination on transmission. The rollout [...]