Test and trace: 10 per cent of Nissan workers told to self isolate July 15, 2021 Hundreds of staff at Nissan’s Sunderland car plant have been told to self isolate by the NHS Test and Trace app, as Covid-19 case numbers have spiked in the area. Roughly 700 workers have been “pinged” by the app, causing disruption to the plant’s production. Sunderland reported 955 Covid cases per 100,000 people last week, [...]
Hong Kong bust first crypto-crime ring which funnelled $155m in dirty cash July 15, 2021 Hong Kong officials have undergone their first crypto laundering bust today, catching a syndicate funnelling some $155m in illegal funds. Four men have been arrested and bailed, while a separate stash of cash has been frozen. “It is the first time in Hong Kong that a money-laundering ring involved in using cryptocurrency to wash dirty [...]
Plans for Coventry electric ‘gigafactory’ put forward July 15, 2021 Coventry City Council together with Coventry Airport Ltd. have submitted blueprints for a 5.7 square feet ‘gigafactory’ that could transform the UK’s electric car industry. The “mission critical” plant would make the batteries vital for the future of car manufacturing. The project’s proposals were put forward in February and will be decided if the project [...]
Soho House hits $2.8bn valuation after New York IPO July 15, 2021 The parent company of the Soho House member’s club raised $420m (£304m) in an initial public offering priced at the lower end of a marketed range. Membership Collective Group, which owns 28 clubs around the world, announced in a statment this morning that it had sold 30m shares for $14 each – the bottom margin [...]
Over half a million people pinged by NHS app in new record high July 15, 2021 More than half a million people were pinged by the NHS Test and Trace app in a week, the highest figures ever. A total of 520,194 notifications were sent to users of the app in the week to 7 July, informing them that they had been in close contact with someone who had tested positive [...]
Boris Johnson: State will lead the way in making UK investment destination July 15, 2021 Boris Johnson has today said that the government will lead the way in turning the whole of the UK into an attractive investment direction as part of its “levelling up” plan. Speaking today in Coventry, the Prime Minister said that it was the state’s responsibility to create the conditions for business confidence to encourage private [...]
The Croods: A New Age review – familiar animated fun July 15, 2021 Eight years is a long time to wait for a family film. Yes, genre icons such as Toy Story can endure generations, but it’s likely that most of the children who were taken along to The Croods in 2013 will now be in their teens and less inclined to follow the adventures of an animated [...]
FTSE 100 sees slight fall as energy giants face downturn July 15, 2021 London’s FTSE 100 fell slightly this morning as the energy sector and domestically focused companies both faced losses. The capital’s premier index fell by 0.02 per cent, owing to losses in energy stocks, notably BP and Royal Dutch Shell. Just Eat and JD Sports also saw losses as Covid-19 cases soar across the country. The [...]
Crypto: 95 per cent of ASA’s scam alerts are related to Bitcoin July 15, 2021 Close to 95 per cent of all scam alerts sent by the Advertising Standards Authority to social media platforms have been related to bitcoin scams, the watchdog said today. Last year, the ASA created an ad alert system to pick up false adverts. Since then, the scheme has alerted 145 platforms to date. Crypto scams [...]
Job vacancies rise above pre-pandemic levels after lockdown measures eased July 15, 2021 UK job vacancies rose to above pre-pandemic levels for the first time in 15 months, as average wages showed signs of growth. New data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed 862,000 job vacancies in April to June this year. The figure is almost 10 per cent higher than January to March before the [...]
