Market sentiment driven by events on Russia vs NATO over Ukraine and today’s Fed meeting January 26, 2022 European markets had a slightly more resilient tone yesterday, reversing some of their early week losses, however we still remain below the closing levels of last week, so it might be a little early to sound the all clear so to speak. US markets also saw another rollercoaster session, opening sharply lower, as they looked [...]
Sales and productivity have jumped since move to four-day work week, says London tech firm January 25, 2022 A London-based tech company has seen a 30 per cent boost in sales since moving to a four-day work week, the agency told City A.M. Since the change to a four-day, 32 hour working week, implemented in October of last year, technology consultancy company THRYVE ahas also seen its productivity go up by 20 per [...]
Invisible enemy becomes visible: Face masks that contain coronavirus antibodies from ostriches make human Covid glow up January 25, 2022 Researchers at Kyoto Prefectural University in Japan have managed to create a face mask that glows in the dark if Covid-19 particles are detected in a person’s breath or spit. Researchers coated masks with a mixture of ostrich antibodies that react when they interact with the Covid-19 virus in humans. Filters are then removed from [...]
Unilever slashes 1,500 jobs worldwide as part of ambitious global restructure plan January 25, 2022 Unilever said this morning it is planning a group-wide overhaul which will result in around 1,500 job cuts globally. The Marmite-to-Dove soap maker is planning to axe around 15% of senior management roles and 5% of more junior management roles under a restructure to create five business divisions. It said the jobs will go across [...]
Night time and weekend appointments as dentists work round the clock to clear pandemic backlog of 350,000 checks January 25, 2022 Dentists are trying to tackle the backlog of care built up by the Covid-19 pandemic so NHS dental patients are to be offered care over weekends and into the night. More than 350,000 additional dentist appointments are to be made available to patients in England over the coming months, the NHS said. NHS dental services [...]
Data experts team up with Google, Microsoft and Mastercard for new UK post-Brexit govt council January 25, 2022 In order to boost cross-border data flow and trade post-Brexit, the government has set up a new council that comprises of a group of data experts from industry giants and academia. The International Data Transfer Expert Council will include representatives from the likes of Google, Mastercard and Microsoft when it meets for the first time [...]
Public sector borrowing nears £147bn, second highest since records began in 1993 January 25, 2022 The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said this morning public sector borrowing from the end of March to December was £146.8 billion – the second highest since records began in 1993. Government borrowing stood at £16.8 billion in December, down by £7.6 billion from the same month a year earlier, according to official figures. The [...]
National insurance hike completely unnecessary says Brexit veteran Lord Frost as Tory calls to drop £12bn tax increase swell January 25, 2022 Lord Frost has urged Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak not to raise taxes in April as cost-of-living is set to increase for most Brits. The Prime Minister’s former Brexit chief joined the growing number of senior Conservatives to call for the planned national insurance hike to be scrapped. The former Brexit Minister – who resigned [...]
Boris Johnson did have surprise birthday party during lockdown and yes, it was indoors, No 10 admits January 25, 2022 Downing Street has admitted the Prime Minister did have a birthday celebration inside No 10 during the first lockdown. Downing Street conceded that staff “gathered briefly” in the Cabinet Room following a meeting after it was alleged 30 people attended and shared cake despite social mixing indoors being banned. A Downing Street spokeswoman said: “A [...]
Angry Lord Agnew says Boris Johnson ‘failed spectacularly as fraud in government is rampant’ at £30bn a year January 25, 2022 The Tory minister who quit yesterday in what has been described as “one of the most dramatic moments ever seen” in the House of Lords has claimed that fraud is rampant in the Government. Lord Agnew of Oulton had been the minister for efficiency and transformation before announcing his resignation at the despatch box and [...]
