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Retailers, hotels and restaurants in London’s West End braced for £2bn slump in sales over Christmas season By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 31 October 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 31 October 2020 Retailers, hotels and restaurants in London’s West End are braced for a £2billion slump in sales over the … Read more
Arlene Phillips & Co make a song and dance for arts as they call for more funding to help creative sector out of coronavirus slump Arlene Phillips, 77, yesterday called for more funding for the performing arts The former Strictly Come Dancing judge joined artists outside Parliament Government announced £1.57bn fund but freelancers said they may … Read more
‘I didn’t have good choices’: Nicole Kidman hints that a career slump made her jump into producing – and starring in – HBO series Big Little Lies By Louise Starkey For Daily Mail Australia Published: 23:53 BST, 21 October 2020 | Updated: 23:53 BST, 21 October 2020 She’s the Oscar-winning actress known for starring in … Read more
Britons have rejected Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s call to work from home as it was revealed that almost two thirds of employees are still heading into the office. The Office for National Statistics said 59 per cent of UK adults travelled to their workplace at some stage in the week to September 27, down from … Read more
Shell to axe 9,000 jobs: Oil giant struggles with slump in demand for fuel and shift to green energy By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:52 BST, 30 September 2020 | Updated: 22:04 BST, 30 September 2020 Shell is axing up to 9,000 jobs as it grapples with a slump in demand for … Read more
At least 10,000 people have unexpectedly died in their own home since mid-June, official statistics show. Seven-hundred ‘excess deaths’ in private homes have been registered each week in England and Wales alone since the pandemic began to die down. But only an average of 21 each week are down to the coronavirus, according to data … Read more
McLaren still on track for stock market listing: Supercar maker says it needs to bounce back from the virus slump By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:57 BST, 23 September 2020 | Updated: 22:06 BST, 23 September 2020 Supercar maker McLaren is mulling plans to float on the stock market in 2022 if … Read more
Former high-flying railway station and airport cafe and food operator SSP has unveiled a £1.3billion hit to revenues and confirmed ‘considerable’ job losses as lockdown and a slump in travel wiped out sales. The Upper Crust owner, which also runs travel sites for chains such as M&S Simply Food, Starbucks and Burger King, said nearly … Read more
BUSINESS LIVE: Inflation dives to 0.2%; Housebuilder Redrow reveals earnings slump; Zara owner returns to profit By This Is Money Published: 08:06 BST, 16 September 2020 | Updated: 08:06 BST, 16 September 2020 Inflation plunged last month as the government’s Eat Out scheme and tumbling air fares suppressed prices. The CPI measure dropped from 1 … Read more
The devastating impact of the lockdown on the nation’s health is laid bare tonight. Shocking figures reveal that admissions for seven deadly non-coronavirus conditions between March and June fell by more than 173,000 on the previous year. The NHS Digital data for England shows there were nearly 6,000 fewer admissions for heart attacks in March … Read more