Barclays’ coronavirus lending meltdown continues into a second week, leaving cash-strapped businesses in despair By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:17 BST, 11 May 2020 | Updated: 08:36 BST, 12 May 2020 Barclays’ coronavirus lending meltdown has continued into its second week, leaving cash-strapped customers in despair. A week after the launch of … Read more
MARKET REPORT: Online grocery sales boom will bring long-term gains for Ocado, say analysts, after its shares rise 50% this year By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:16 BST, 11 May 2020 | Updated: 08:36 BST, 12 May 2020 The recent boom in online grocery sales will bring long-term gains for Ocado, Berenberg … Read more
Around 1,100 workers at P&O Ferries to be made redundant under plan to make business ‘viable and sustainable’ By Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 22:15 BST, 11 May 2020 | Updated: 08:35 BST, 12 May 2020 Around 1,100 workers at P&O Ferries are to be made redundant as part of a plan to … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: Debt-aholics like Liberty Global need to be weaned off a system destabilising the global economy By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 22:15 BST, 11 May 2020 | Updated: 08:35 BST, 12 May 2020 John Malone’s Liberty Global is nothing if not brave. Unveiling a £31 billion merger between Virgin Media and … Read more
Bentley Motors has today opened the doors to its UK staff as it kickstarts its assembly line that churns out thousands of luxury cars every year. Some 1,700 workers returned to the British firm’s headquarters in Crewe on Monday. They were greeted by an entirely different looking factory and a set of 250 new ‘comprehensive’ … Read more
Fortune favoured smaller companies at last in April, as funds and investment trusts holding them bounced back after a torrid time. Their rebound came after smaller companies were battered by the coronavirus stock market storms in February and March, falling harder and faster than shares in larger firms. Smaller companies are known to shine in … Read more
As some large retailers begin reopening stores ahead of a moderate relaxation of lockdown rules, it’s fair to say things are looking a bit brighter for businesses. But small retailers and independent stores lack the big budgets, sizeable staff and space that giant chains have and many are wondering how they can prepare to reopen … Read more
Q. Do I need to wash all the shopping I have delivered? A.‘The Government advises that the risk of coronavirus cross-contamination to food and packaging is very low,’ says Dr Andrew Preston, a reader in microbial pathogenesis at the University of Bath. ‘In addition, manufacturers are required to have systems in place to keep products clean. … Read more
Plants such as sunflowers and thyme could help save Britain’s dwindling bumblebee population, a new study suggests. Scientists have found that planting rows of pollinator-friendly plants – known as flowering strips – increases bee reproduction and population numbers. While these plants harbour the harmful parasite Crithidia bombi, associated with reduced bee foraging and mortality, reproduction benefits … Read more
Nearly EVERYONE who recovers from coronavirus develops antibodies to it: 95% of patients had the immune cells within 3 weeks, Chinese study finds Chinese researchers studied blood from 285 coronavirus patients Within the first week after diagnosis, 40% developed short-term antibodies, and 95% had them within two weeks All of the patients developed longer term antibodies … Read more