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Steel industry on the brink of collapse: 32,000 jobs under threat as demand plummets by 50% By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 25 March 2020 | Updated: 21:55 GMT, 25 March 2020 The steel industry is racing to secure support from the Government as plunging demand leaves it on the brink … Read more
The global coronavirus pandemic is already having a major impact on the Australian entertainment industry. Television shows have been forced to suspend filming, audiences are being banned from studios and even sport has been affected. With production shutdowns and lay-offs growing by the day, the television schedule is going to look very different this year. … Read more
Good news FINALLY arrives for the travel industry: Flight bookings to the UK for January 2021 up 229% and to Spain they’re up 171% Even Italy is showing an upward trend for January of next year Analysts say travellers are showing signs of confidence for end of the year, too Travellers from Asia are more … Read more
‘It’s really important that there is some sort of guaranteed income support’: Actress Bonnie Sveen on Home And Away set closure and coronavirus panic in the entertainment industry By Candice Jackson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:02 GMT, 24 March 2020 | Updated: 02:15 GMT, 24 March 2020 Former Home And Away actress Bonnie Sveen … Read more
Hi-de-hell… Butlin’s iconic Redcoats face the axe as leisure industry reels with tens of thousands of workers facing the axe Holiday park operator Butlin’s is known for its Redcoats entertainment workers Butlin’s would have to lay off 10,000 workers if it does not get enough state aid The leisure industry is reeling due to sales … Read more
Coronavirus has already had a devastating impact on British workers in just one week, including more than a dozen hotel staff who were sacked and made homeless after being sacked with no warning. Official advice to avoid pubs, clubs and theatres was issued on Monday before escalating into demands for Britons to avoid all non-essential … Read more
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday the spread of coronavirus ‘is worse than 9/11’ for the airline industry. United, Delta and Virgin have already drastically slashed their flight schedule, taking other cost-cutting measures, and storing their large aircraft which will be out of use. The airlines have requested a bailout package from the government, ranging between … Read more
The UK’s TV, film and entertainment industry is at breaking point amid the coronavirus pandemic, with production on major shows and movies shut down. Live shows such as ITV’s Loose Women and The Jeremy Vine Show have been shooting without a studio audience, while filming across the UK has been halted for major programmes such … Read more
For the millions of people whose travel plans have been thrown into disarray by coronavirus, pleas from Virgin Atlantic for a multi-billion-pound taxpayer bailout will be greeted with deep distrust. Galling as it is, however, the Government should stand ready to rescue the industry in order to get through the immediate crisis and to help … Read more
‘Everyone’s complicit’: Radio 1 star Annie Mac blasts the music industry over ‘misogyny’ in grime culture following the rape conviction of Solo 45 Annie Mac said the entire music industry was complicit in grime’s misogyny The Radio 1 DJ was commenting following the conviction of grime star Solo 45 Andy Anokye, 33, was convicted of … Read more