UK confirms rollout of booster Covid vaccine jabs later this year April 19, 2021 The UK has confirmed it will roll out booster Covid-19 vaccine jabs later this year to counter new variants as 10m people have now received two doses of the vaccine. Health secretary Matt Hancock told MPs today that the UK had procured enough vaccine doses to provide booster shots to everyone in the country and [...]
UK puts India on travel ‘red list’ after surge in Covid cases April 19, 2021 The UK has this afternoon added India to its “red list” of countries due to a recent surge in coronavirus cases. From Friday, India will be placed on the list, meaning travellers will be subject to the strongest level of restrictions, said health secretary Matt Hancock today. “We’ve made the difficult but vital decision to [...]
Deutsche Bank board member investigated over alleged insider trading April 19, 2021 Germany’s financial regulator has reportedly filed a criminal complaint against a Deutsche Bank board member over alleged insider trading of Wirecard shares. BaFin has filed a complaint against Alexander Schutz over suspicions he used insider information in 2019 and 2020 when trading Wirecard shares, the Financial Times reported. Munich prosecutors told the newspaper they had [...]
Former BT boss Gavin Patterson approached over Super League top job April 19, 2021 The former chief executive of BT is said to have been approached about heading up a controversial new football competition dubbed the European Super League (ESL). Organisers made an informal overture to Gavin Patterson, who left the telecoms giant in 2019, over becoming the inaugural boss of the venture, Sky News reported. His name is [...]
Donald Tusk: Stop Russian aggression by cancelling Nord Stream 2 April 19, 2021 The former President of the European Council has called for the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to be cancelled in response to a build-up of Russian forces on the Ukrainian border. Writing on Twitter, Donald Tusk said: “If you really want to stop Russian aggression against Ukraine, you have to stop Nord Stream 2. [...]
Esken in ‘advanced talks’ with Isle of Man firm over Stobart Air sale April 19, 2021 Esken – formerly Stobart Group – has today confirmed that it is in “advanced talks” with Isle of Man-based Ettyl over the sale of Stobart Air. The firm has been looking to offload the regional carrier in recent months, having only bought back the airline from bankruptcy last April. Alongside a sale of the airline, [...]
Government to pay out £120m to LCF bondholders in new compensation scheme April 19, 2021 The Government has announced plans to compensate bondholders who lost out on millions following the collapse of London Capital & Finance. A new compensation scheme will pay 80 per cent of bondholders’ initial investment up to a maximum of £68,000, the Treasury said today. Where bondholders have received interest payments from the collapsed firm or [...]
Zoom looks to future-proof with $100m productivity app fund April 19, 2021 Zoom today unveiled plans to launch a $100m (£72m) venture fund to invest in productivity apps, marking the video calling platform’s efforts to maintain momentum following the pandemic. The company said its Zoom Apps Fund will help to generate growth for its portfolio of apps as it looks to integrate other technology into its own [...]
Homeworkers less likely to be promoted or get bonus than office counterparts April 19, 2021 People who mainly worked from home prior to the pandemic were far less likely to have received a promotion or a bonus compared with their office-based counterparts. A new study by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) shows that true gulf of the divide in professional opportunities for those who work from home as opposed to [...]
Australia opens travel bubble with New Zealand April 19, 2021 Thousands of passengers have descended on Australian airports today as the country reopened quarantine-free travel with New Zealand for the first time in more than a year. The new travel bubble means travellers no longer need to self-isolate for two weeks when moving between the countries. While most Australian states had allowed quarantine-free visits from [...]
