Last year’s runner up a Seinesational bet to make amends at Goodwood July 28, 2020 STAMINA will be well and truly put to the test in the 2m4½f Unibet You’re On Goodwood Handicap (1.45pm). The only race of the week with a standing start, racegoers normally enjoy seeing the big field race the opposite way up the home straight before doing a big loop and coming back towards them. There [...]
Sky Arts to become free to air channel in bid to boost culture sector July 28, 2020 Sky Arts will become free to air for all viewers in September, as the broadcaster attempts to boost the sector in a “vital time for culture” during the pandemic. Britain’s only TV channel dedicated solely to arts and culture is currently only available to paying customers. However, it will become free to air for all [...]
Government has been ‘too slow’ to help the arts during pandemic, say MPs July 23, 2020 The government has been “too slow” to respond to the “existential threat” faced by theatre, live music and other cultural outlets during the coronavirus pandemic, a committee of MPs has said. A wide-ranging report released today by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Committee found that MPs have “consistently failed to recognise [...]
MPs criticise government for slow coronavirus misinformation response July 21, 2020 MPs have lashed out at the government over its failure to respond to concerns regarding online harms during the coronavirus pandemic, calling for legislation to be introduced as a matter of urgency. Members of the Digital, Cultural, Media and Sport select committee published a report today in which they pushed the government to name the [...]
Stamp duty holiday: Chancellor confirms immediate property tax changes July 8, 2020 The chancellor has confirmed an immediate stamp duty holiday in a bid to reinvigorate the housing market after the coronavirus lockdown. Speaking in the House of Commons this afternoon, Rishi Sunak said the threshold for paying stamp duty will be raised from £125,000 to £500,000. The chancellor said the stamp duty holiday, which will run [...]
Stamp duty holiday ‘could be implemented immediately’ July 8, 2020 The chancellor is expected to announce this afternoon that a stamp duty holiday will come into force immediately, rather than delaying the change until autumn. Rishi Sunak is expected to raise the threshold for paying stamp duty from £125,000 to £500,000 as he outlines measures to help the UK economy recover from the coronavirus crisis. [...]
Stamp duty holiday: What does it mean for the UK housing market? July 7, 2020 In a “mini-budget” spring statement tomorrow chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to announce a range of measures to boost the economy which has been ravaged by the coronavirus crisis. As part of the package the chancellor is reportedly planning to cut stamp duty for properties worth up to £500,000 in a bid to reinvigorate the [...]
BBC announces 450 job cuts and axes Inside Out July 2, 2020 The BBC has announced it will slash 450 jobs from its BBC News England team and will axe its long-running Inside Out show as part of plans to shore up an extra £25m by 2022. The BBC today said it would cut roughly 15 per cent of its BBC England team, as the broadcaster seeks [...]
Intu ready to call in the administrators as funding talks fail June 26, 2020 Intu said it is set to call in administrators today after cliff-edge negotiations with lenders failed to secure its future. The retail landlord said “unfortunately, insufficient alignment and agreement has been achieved” with key creditors on a standstill on loan repayments, ahead of its debt waiver period expiring at midnight tonight. Intu was already suffering [...]
Boxpark chief: Rent crisis could be disastrous for London hospitality June 24, 2020 On a normal, pre-lockdown night just a short walk from Liverpool Street, Boxpark Shoreditch would usually be buzzing with small retailers and rooftop bars packed full. As anybody who has walked through the area recently will know, though, an eerie silence has fallen on that particular corner of Shoreditch – just as it has at [...]