Only around a third of the masks England held in its emergency stockpile were immediately usable during the pandemic. banjongseal324SS/ Shutterstock The latest report published as part of the COVID-19 inquiry has found the UK was not adequately prepared for a pandemic. The report, which looked at the procurement andContinue Reading
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An eight-minute hop from Heathrow to central London and a quarter of an hour from Manchester Airport to Leeds. That is the pitch Virgin Atlantic and Joby Aviation put to the business travel market on Wednesday, as the two companies signed a binding, multi-year agreement at the Farnborough International AirshowContinue Reading
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Donald Trump enlisted a whole team of people, including lawyers, to get Folarin Balogun’s red card overturned during the World Cup, it has been revealed. FIFA’s decision to suspend the USA striker’s one-game ban sparked uproar throughout the football world and was arguably the tournament’s most controversial moment. Balogun wasContinue Reading
The reforms designed to clean up Britain’s £8 billion research and development tax credit scheme have worked rather too well. More than six in ten businesses carrying out R&D have cut their investment as a direct result, according to new data from the advisory firm RCK Partners, with hiring frozenContinue Reading
UK inflation fell to its lowest level in more than a year last month, but small business owners should read the number for what it is: a snapshot of a June that has already been overtaken by events. Figures published by the Office for National Statistics on Wednesday showed inflationContinue Reading
