Facebook and Amazon are losing the antitrust argument but are gambling on America’s broken politics to save them July 19, 2021 In recent weeks, Amazon and then Facebook launched legal challenges against Lina Khan, the new Chair of America’s antitrust regulator, the Federal Trade Commission. Both argued that Khan should step aside in any future investigation into competitive practices and any possible pursuit of a Big Tech breakup. Rather than offering much criticism of the content of [...]
Belu CEO, Natalie Campbell, on how the ethical bottled water company navigated the pandemic July 19, 2021 Natalie Campbell faced an instant crisis when lockdown began just days after she became CEO of Belu. She tells Lysanne Currie how the ethical bottled water company navigated the pandemic, and is now ready to thrive once more. This article first appeared in ICAS’ CA magazine. Natalie Campbell was just 15 when she decided she [...]
Work from home advice has finally been dropped and we need our staff back in offices for our economy to recover July 19, 2021 Today is truly a significant moment for businesses and households across the nation, as social and economic COVID-19 restrictions in England are finally eased. It’s been a long journey, but for the City, after many months of quiet we can now breathe a collective sigh of relief, as workers and visitors start to return to [...]
Boris Johnson urges caution on freedom day as he continues self-isolation July 18, 2021 Boris Johnson has urged caution as England today is freed from social distancing restrictions for the first time in 16 months. The Prime Minister also outlined once again his five-point plan for how the country will live with Covid-19, which includes reducing the time between vaccines, keeping the Test and Trace regime in place and [...]
UK retail lobby: Self-isolation policy will lead to ‘critical impact’ due to ‘pingdemic’ July 18, 2021 The UK’s retail sector lobby has warned that England’s current self-isolation policy will lead to serious disruption to businesses, with millions of people set to be told to self-isolate in the coming weeks. British Retail Consortium chief executive Helen Dickinson said “something’s got to give” or “we will see some more critical impacts over the [...]
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak at odds over potential health and social care tax July 18, 2021 Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak are reportedly at loggerheads over the imposition of a new £10bn-a-year tax to cut NHS waiting lists and fix the country’s social care crisis. Johnson and health secretary Sajid Javid are said to be strongly in favour of the new levy, while the chancellor is opposed. The Prime Minister said [...]
Government to make call on vaccinating teenagers ‘within days’ July 18, 2021 The government is preparing to make a verdict on whether to offer the Covid vaccine to teenagers within days, according to housing secretary Robert Jenrick. Jenrick said today that the government was “very sympathetic” to allowing 12 to 17-year-olds get the jab in England and that a decision will soon be announced. Every adult in [...]
London needs to overhaul its transport system to meet Sadiq Khan’s net zero ambitions July 18, 2021 We have less than a decade to become a zero-carbon city if we’re to meet the Mayor of London’s ambitions. Sadiq Khan has committed to using his second term as Mayor to tackle the climate emergency by setting a target for London to be carbon-neutral by 2030. City Hall is not alone. Twenty-eight of London’s [...]
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak do quick U-turn and will now self-isolate July 18, 2021 Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have been forced to make a U-turn and will now self-isolate after being pinged by the NHS Test and Trace app last night. The pair U-turned just two-and-a-half hours after first saying they were taking a part in a pilot that meant they would not self-isolate, after being in contact [...]
Jenrick warns of coming ‘frustration and disruption’ as hundreds of thousands to be ‘pinged’ by app July 18, 2021 Robert Jenrick has today warned that the next month will be blighted by “frustration and disruption” as hundreds of thousands of people are set to be pinged by the Test and Trace app. The housing secretary also said the government stood by the decision to only exempt double-jabbed people from self-isolating from 16 August as [...]
