Pubs in tier two and three still in lockdown ‘in all but name’ November 26, 2020 The chief executive of Greene King has slammed the government’s new Covid tier system as “lockdown in all but name”. Nick Mackenzie said that as a result of the changes to restrictions, 99 per cent of the country’s pubs will be placed in tiers two and three, putting hundreds of thousands of jobs at risk. [...]
Easyjet sees domestic bookings jump as lockdown restrictions eased November 26, 2020 Easyjet today said that bookings for domestic flights had seen a “significant rise” this week following the news that coronavirus restrictions in the UK would be eased over Christmas. Flights between London and Bristol to Belfast, as well as from London to Edinburgh, were the most popular, the airline said. In addition, searches for flights [...]
Eurostar: Protect ‘key to our future connectivity’, says Labour peer November 26, 2020 Labour life peer Lord Berkeley has joined calls for the government to provide emergency funding for the Eurostar after a crippling collapse in passenger numbers due to the coronavirus pandemic. Writing in City A.M., Lord Berkeley, a well-known figure in the transport industry, said that the cross-Channel rail link was “the key to our future [...]
Johnny Depp blocked from appealing Sun libel case and must pay paper £630,000 November 26, 2020 Johnny Depp has been blocked from appealing against a High Court ruling which deemed that he had assaulted his ex-wife Amber Heard. The Hollywood A-lister will also be forced to pay the Sun nearly £630,000 in legal costs for his failed libel action against the paper. The film star brought the case against the paper [...]
Car production falls again as nightmare year stretches on November 26, 2020 Car production fell once again in October as the sector’s nightmare year showed no sign of ending. Just 110,179 cars were built last month, down almost a fifth on the same month last year, according to new figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. For the year as a whole, production has dropped [...]
Wall Street edges back from record highs on grim jobless claims November 25, 2020 Wall Street edged back from record highs this evening after a surprise increase in jobless claims dimmed hopes of a swift economic recovery. The S&P 500 slipped back 0.2 per cent to 3,629.65 points, while the Dow Jones fell 0.6 per cent to 29,872.47 points. However, the tech heavy Nasdaq continued to rise, climbing 0.5 [...]
Pubs beg for emergency support for ‘scapegoated’ sector November 25, 2020 Over fifty of the country’s pubs and brewers have written to Boris Johnson to beg for emergency support amid the “darkest of moments” for the sector. They warned that unless the government changed its guidance, or provided extra funding, “the focal point of countless communities in every region of the UK could be lost forever”. [...]
RMT joins calls for emergency Eurostar funding as passenger numbers collapse November 25, 2020 Rail union the RMT has called on the government to provide emergency funding for the Eurostar, saying that a failure to do so threatens the future of the rail link. As a result of the coronavirus pandemic,the Eurostar is currently battling a 95 per cent decline in passenger numbers. If the service were to fail [...]
Crossrail funding remains up in the air despite government commitment November 25, 2020 Questions remain over the immediate future of the Crossrail link despite the government committing to the £19bn project’s completion in today’s National Infrastructure Strategy (NIS). “The government is continuing to address capacity issues in the capital, by financing the completion of Crossrail”, the paper read. But negotiations over the funding package for the rail link [...]
Sunak pledges £100bn in capital spending to fund ‘once in a generation’ infrastructure investment November 25, 2020 Capital spending will increase to £100bn next year, Chancellor Rishi Sunak pledged today, as the government looks to make a “once in a generation investment” in its infrastructure. The plans, which were announced as part of today’s Spending Review, will see new money for housebuilding, a “levelling-up” fund for local projects, and a new national [...]
