Our Covid-hit young deserve a new social contract from older generations November 10, 2020 Covid-19 demands immediate action. It also demands a major reconsideration of policies to create a new social contract between the generations. We are all aware that the elderly have a higher risk of death from coronavirus than other age groups. We are also aware that protecting them by locking down the economy has had a [...]
Averting a dental disaster: Don’t let the pandemic take our smiles November 10, 2020 The first lockdown had a crippling effect on dentists, with two thirds of the practices I work with experiencing financial difficulty, and many even considering shutting down altogether. There was almost no clear guidance while dentists were closed — for practitioners or for patients — and confusion abounded. And thanks to gaps in the financial [...]
DEBATE: Will Black Friday save the retail industry? November 10, 2020 Will Black Friday save the retail industry? Kam Phullar, lead strategist at Feed Agency, says YES. Occuring during England’s second lockdown, this Black Friday will be an online-only affair. But if brands get it right, 2020 could be the biggest online Black Friday yet, and a step towards saving the retail industry in the long [...]
Ukrainian businessman allegedly asked to invent dirt on Hunter Biden November 10, 2020 Ukrainian businessman Hares Youssef has alleged he was promised a US visa in return for information that would damage Joe Biden’s presidential campaign. Speaking on the Stories of our Times podcast, Youssef alleged he was asked to lie about Hunter Biden’s business dealings to damage the reputation of Joe Biden. In return he was promised [...]
Wall Street closes just shy of record on renewed hopes of Covid-19 vaccine November 9, 2020 Wall Street surged ahead today as news of the first successful late stage Covid-19 vaccine trials bolstered hopes of the global economy emerging from a year of pandemic-driven crisis, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones opening on record highs. News that Pfizer’s experimental vaccine was found to be more than 90 per cent effective [...]
Trump sacks defence secretary Mark Esper November 9, 2020 Donald Trump has sacked US defence secretary Mark Esper and replaced him with National Counterterrorism Centre director Christopher Miller. The US President took to Twitter to announce: “Mark Esper has been terminated. I would like to thank him for his service”. In a separate tweet Trump added: “I am pleased to announce that Christopher C. [...]
Rishi Sunak announces post-Brexit outline for City of London November 9, 2020 Rishi Sunak has outlined the City of London’s future after Brexit, which will aim to provide stability for EU financial services firms operating in the UK while also trying to open up the sector to more international markets. Sunak said the Treasury today was unliterally publishing “a set of equivalence decisions for EU and EEA [...]
Boris Johnson urges caution over Pfizer Covid vaccine breakthrough November 9, 2020 Boris Johnson has urged the nation to not start celebrating the news of a potential effective Covid vaccine and that the “distant bugle of the scientific cavalry” was still “some way off”. Johnson said at a press conference this afternoon that the UK would wait until Pfizer and BioNTech release the safety data around the vaccine [...]
Editorial: London’s thriving future depends on giving today’s youngsters a chance November 9, 2020 This miserable year has hit all of us in different ways. The elderly have, of course, suffered most from a virus that seems to have it in for them. But the young generations are those that have been hit hardest economically. That’s not a wild surprise – many work in hospitality, retail, and other sectors [...]
Blockchain and the future of digital and crypto currencies November 9, 2020 With the advances in online banking, contactless payments, and the recent concerns related to using physical currency in the days of COVID-19, fewer and fewer people carry cash. And with China leading the way to launch a central bank for digital currencies, this trend is not just set to continue, but to accelerate. Many in [...]
