Boris Johnson to pump billions into climate change plan and confirms diesel vehicle ban from 2030 November 17, 2020 Boris Johnson has tonight unveiled his 10 point plan for the UK's "green industrial revolution", which he said would create 250,000 new jobs.
Deutsche Boerse buys Institutional Shareholder Services in $1.8bn deal November 17, 2020 LSE rival Deutsche Boerse has announced it will buy a majority stake in Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) in a deal that values the proxy adviser at $2.3 billion
Liz Truss: Joe Biden and Democrats are committed to UK-US trade deal November 17, 2020 President-elect Joe Biden and the Democrats are committed to negotiating a UK-US trade deal, according to international trade secretary Liz Truss. Truss said today that talks would continue with the incoming administration, despite widespread speculation that a cross-Atlantic deal may be scrapped by Biden. A source from the former Vice President’s transition team told The [...]
Jeremy Corbyn set to be readmitted to Labour by ruling body November 17, 2020 Jeremy Corbyn is reportedly set to be readmitted to the Labour party after being suspended for his comments on antisemitism. The Guardian is reporting that the former Labour leader will be readmitted, after a committee of the party’s ruling NEC voted in favour of bringing him back. The former Labour leader was suspended weeks ago [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Might just be a walk in the Park November 17, 2020 AFTER riding a total of 20 winners in Hong Kong, Jerry Chau has had his valuable 10-pound claiming allowance cut to seven, but that doesn’t change the fact the 20-year-old is still the go-to apprentice in the territory. He is booked to ride in seven of the nine races on Wednesday, with his standout ride [...]
City of London businesses have received average of £8 each from new Covid grants November 17, 2020 Businesses in the City of London have received an average of just £8.09 from the government’s latest £1.3bn Covid grant programme. Figures released by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Beis) showed that businesses in the local authority received the smallest proportion of the grant money released in November, with its 24,020 businesses [...]
Moreira’s Warm can keep Purton cold November 17, 2020 IT’S SAFE to assume the last household you would want to visit in Hong Kong at present is Zac Purton’s apartment. The reigning champ is suffering a nightmare, with just three wins from his last 40 rides, and only one winner at the last three race meetings. Remembering that Purton’s mounts are mostly at the [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Fownes’ contender to put a smile on your face November 17, 2020 TRAINER Caspar Fownes arrives at his favourite track Happy Valley on Wednesday with his stable in the form of their lives. The cheerful Australian can’t stop training winners at present with half-a-dozen saluting the judge in the past fortnight and 23 successes to his name since the season begun in September, he already finds himself [...]
Editorial: London cannot be kept under lock and key a moment longer than planned November 17, 2020 Over the past fortnight, since new national lockdown restrictions came into force, there has been something of a suspicion abroad in London and the south-east that our part of the country has been collateral damage as a result of increasing cases and deaths elsewhere in the country. To our untrained eye, new data released Tuesday [...]
Hospitality boss warns 660,000 jobs lost before second lockdown pushed sector into ‘intensive care’ November 17, 2020 Around 660,000 hospitality jobs were lost this year before the second coronavirus lockdown was implemented, the industry trade body told MPs today The pandemic had already wiped out 20 per cent of jobs in the sector, which was previously the third biggest employer in the country, by the end of September, UK Hospitality boss Kate [...]
