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Government in negotiations for ‘Covid variant vaccine’ June 2, 2021 The Government has entered negotiations to secure a “variant vaccine” adapted to tackle the variant first identified in South Africa, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said this afternoon. In a speech delivered at the Jenner Institute in Oxford, Hancock said: “There is yet more to do, the work isn’t over yet – we’re still procuring all [...]
Prosus snaps up Stack Overflow in $1.8bn edtech deal June 2, 2021 Prosus has bought Stack Overflow, an online community for software developers, in a $1.8bn deal as it seeks to capitalise on the demand for online learning. Prosus is one of Europe’s most valuable tech companies and investors and is the largest shareholder in Chinese tech giant Tencent. It is its first acquisition in the edtech [...]
Expansion of Pfizer manufacturing capacity in Belgium approved by EMA body June 2, 2021 The Committee for Human Medicines, part of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), has recommended the approval of additional manufacturing and filling lines at Pfizer’s manufacturing site in Puurs, Belgium. According to the EMA, the move would result in a “significant and immediate impact on the supply” of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer. [...]
Sponsors and sports must do more to protect the mental health of athletes like Naomi Osaka June 2, 2021 Naomi Osaka’s withdrawal from the French Open on mental health grounds should come as a surprise to no one, given the conversation around the wellbeing of elite athletes. The four-times grand slam winner may be one of the more reserved tennis players on the women’s circuit, so to speak openly about her depression and anxiety [...]
Mayfair restaurant Le Gavroche shuts for lunch indefinitely, citing Brexit-driven staffing shortage June 2, 2021 Mayfair restaurant Le Gavroche will only open for dinner service until further notice, with the restaurant highlighting a “major” lack of well-trained hospitality staff due to a combination of Brexit and the pandemic. From 14 June, the two Michelin-starred restaurant owned by French celebrity chef Michel Roux will only open from 5pm onwards, meaning punters [...]
Exclusive: Europe’s first travel ETF to list in London this month June 2, 2021 Europe’s first travel and leisure ETF will launch in London later this month, as the industry starts to bounce back from the devastating impact of the pandemic. The Airlines, Hotels and Cruise Lines UCITS ETF will list on the London Stock Exchange in June and will be passported for sale across Europe, City A.M. can [...]
Morgan Stanley pushes further into the cloud via new Microsoft partnership June 2, 2021 Morgan Stanley and Microsoft today announced a cloud partnership to accelerate the bank’s IT improvements and explore the application of the cloud in financial services. The partnership will see cooperation between the Microsoft Azure and Morgan Stanley Technology teams, focussed on solving problems in financial services. This will include developing and co-designing new digital infrastructure [...]
Some 4.4 million Londoners have received at least one Covid jab June 2, 2021 Just more than 4.4 million people in London have received at least one dose of a vaccine against Covid-19, while 2.6 million Londoners have received both doses. The latest figures from London show than more than seven million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in the capital since the start of the vaccine [...]
Dream Horse review: A sentimental underdog story about a horse June 2, 2021 For nearly thirty years, British film has specialised in a certain type of underdog comedy. Stories about people from small, usually downtrodden towns reaching for their dreams and achieving the impossible (it also helps if it’s vaguely inspired by a true story). In the 90s films including The Full Monty and Brassed Off set a [...]
Arch-Brexiter Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin pushes for work visa for EU pint pullers June 2, 2021 Brexit-backing Wetherspoon pubs boss Tim Martin has added his name to the list of those wanting to relax work visa rules for EU migrants. Martin, who toured the country’s Wetherspoons pubs espousing the benefits of a hard Brexit, says that the UK should make it easier for lower-skilled EU workers to relocate here. His comments [...]
