The City View with business journalist James Ashton February 21, 2021 City A.M. Acting Editor Andy Silvester is joined by James Ashton, the Evening Standard’s former City & Executive Editor, to discuss the latter’s new book as well as the business landscape as we cautiously enter a post-Covid world. James talks about his book The Nine Types of Leader as well as London’s place in the [...]
Brexit: UK considers tit-for-tat retaliation against EU’s British shellfish ban February 21, 2021 The UK could restrict the import of mineral water and other products from EU countries in retaliation for Brussels’ Brexit ban on British shellfish exports. The EU confirmed three weeks ago that a temporary ban on a range of shellfish – including mussels, clams, scallops and cockles – would be made permanent as they are [...]
UK to unveil new visa scheme for fintech workers February 21, 2021 Rishi Sunak will reportedly unveil a new UK visa scheme to help London’s fintech firms attract more global talent in the wake of Brexit. The new visa fast track scheme will give priority access to professionals in the tech industry to live and work in the UK as a part of the country’s new post-Brexit [...]
Rishi Sunak set to raise UK corporation tax in 3 March Budget February 21, 2021 Rishi Sunak is reportedly set to raise UK corporation tax in his 3 March Budget in a bid to raise an extra £12bn in government revenue. Sunak will help pay off for a further extension of the government’s Covid-19 support programmes by raising the corporation tax rate from its current 19 per cent to 23 [...]
Sunday Sitdown: Time Out boss Julio Bruno on the ‘renaissance’ of cities February 21, 2021 While no one could have predicted the outbreak of coronavirus, few companies have been blighted by worse timing than Time Out. In the face of shrinking revenue from its core events listings business, the media group has spent recent years shifting its focus to a new offering of food and culture markets. But when the [...]
All UK adults to be offered Covid vaccine by 31 July February 21, 2021 The UK is now aiming to have all its adults offered a first Covid vaccine by 31 July, after already administering 17m jabs. All over 50s, social and health care workers and all those who are clinically vulnerable to Covid will be offered a jab by 15 April. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he now [...]
Delivery slot shortage gives welcome boost to High Street February 20, 2021 Overwhelmed supermarket delivery services have given bricks and mortar retailers a boost during the UK’s Covid-19 lockdowns. Key announcements by Boris Johnson have led to spikes in demand for services such as Ocado. And that, according to research by retail search platform NearSt, has seen Brits looking closer to home for essentials. Their platform, which [...]
Some 17 million people receive first Covid jab as deaths hit 120,000 February 20, 2021 A total 17,247,442 people in the UK have received a first coronavirus vaccine, as the number of Covid-19 deaths hit a grim 120,000. A further 445 people died within 28 days of a positive Covid-19 test, according to the latest government figures, taking the total number of people to 120,365. Another 10,406 people were confirmed [...]
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny loses appeal against jail term February 20, 2021 Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny lost his appeal against what he said was a politically motivated decision to jail him for nearly three years. Navalny, who is one of President Putin’s fiercest critics, said his faith in God and belief in the rightness of his cause was sustaining him. Navalny was jailed earlier this month for [...]
Two more killed in Myanmar as protests rumble on February 20, 2021 Two more people were killed in Myanmar’s second city Mandalay today when police fired to disperse protesting opponents of a military coup. “Twenty people were injured and two are dead,” said Ko Aung, a leader of the Parahita Darhi volunteer emergency service agency in the city. Opponents of the coup took to the streets in [...]
