Employers may be able to draw up contracts requiring new staff to get a coronavirus jab, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland has suggested. The cabinet minister said it was unlikely bosses could legally require workers to receive a jab under existing agreements, but indicated it could be tested in court. Pimlico Plumbers and Barchester Healthcare, one
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The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on physical production spaces and how the needs of production real estate might be changed forever will be the subject of a panel discussion on Friday hosted by the Agency for the Performing Arts, the Broadcast Management Group and production services company GreenlightGo. “What Happens Next: The Future of
Nightclubs, bars and music venues face “extinction” unless urgent government action is taken, a cross-party group of MPs has warned. Some businesses have been unable to open at all since March of last year and others have already gone under. This time last year, Jeremy Joseph’s club Heaven in London was hosting the Pussycat Dolls
Rush Limbaugh, the pioneering conservative talk show host whose radio program drew millions of listeners and influenced Republican politicians including President Donald Trump, died today of lung cancer. He was 70. Limbaugh’s wife, Kathryn, made the announcement on his radio show today. He had announced his Stage 4 cancer diagnosis a year ago, one day
Ford has announced its entire passenger range in Europe will be all-electric by the end of the decade. The motor giant also said its commercial models will be 100% zero-emissions capable, all-electric or plug-in hybrid, by 2024. The move comes after Ford reported a return to profit in Europe in the fourth quarter of 2020.
California Governor Gavin Newsom was asked on Wednesday if he thinks the entire state might be out of the most restrictive purple tier of his Blueprint for a Safer Reopening by the first day of spring. “Yes,” said the governor, “based on trend lines.” Those trend lines include the numbers in the state’s largest county
VAT should be reduced on home energy efficiency projects and products using recycled materials to help boost a green recovery from the pandemic, MPs have said. The parliamentary Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has also called for tax incentives to make electric vehicles more affordable as part of efforts to “grow back better” after the outbreak.
The Simonetta Lein Show is hosted by celebrity tv host and top woman influencer Simonetta Lein. This Simonetta Lein Show, along with its premiere of Season Two, has launched a series of panel interview episodes, showcasing local to international entrepreneurs, business owners, and artists, looking to share their industry insights and experiences. This will be
Lena Waithe is looking for the next generation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) filmmakers. The actor, producer and Emmy-winning writer, Hillman Grad Productions is partnering with Indeed to launch the “Rising Voices” initiative which showcases the power of how jobs change our world. The initiative looks to uncover, invest in and share
Bitcoin has crossed the $50,000 (£36,000) barrier for the first time on the back of surging demand for the so-called crypto king among mainstream investors. The cryptocurrency, which has endured wild swings in its value during a chequered 12-year history, struck a record high above $50,100 on Tuesday, according to the CEX.IO exchange. The milestone
Late Monday evening Los Angeles County health officials announced some long-awaited good news. In a statement, they said the region had reached the required threshold of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 to allow students back into classrooms. The issue has been a contentious one throughout the pandemic with many parents wondering why private schools were allowed
Chancellor Rishi Sunak should ensure next month’s budget secures the economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis to date rather than try to start fixing the public finances, according to a report. Analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and Citi Research warns of a hit to lower-income households ahead, in particular, if the furlough
I was mulling a New York Post report that half the employees at The New York Times are afraid to say what they’re thinking when it hit me. It’s time for Free Speech Insurance. This is nothing like libel insurance, which protects a publisher, and maybe a writer, from defamation claims. Under a Free Speech
Jaguar Land Rover has committed to keep all three of its British plants open in the drive for all its models to be fully electric by the end of the decade. The major shift forms a key plank of the carmaker’s plan to become a net zero carbon business by 2039. The firm, owned by
UPDATED with closing price, more analyst comments. Disney stock, which ran up to an all-time record in advance of Thursday’s quarterly earnings report, slid 2% today even as many analysts expressed upbeat views on the media giant’s prospects. The company’s fiscal first quarter results exceeded analysts’ expectations despite a $2.6 billion hit to theme parks
In 2012, the Eurozone was facing an existential crisis, with the future of the euro itself in doubt. Investors were seeking an ever-greater premium to lend to countries like Spain and Italy and there was real concern in European capitals that at least one country might have to be ejected from the single currency zone.
Amid the closure of the state’s biggest Covid-19 vaccination site over a precipitous drop in supply, California state health officials announced on Friday that the state would soon allow another 4-6 million residents to qualify for vaccination. Per a “provider bulletin” sent by the state sent to medical professionals on Friday: “Beginning March 15, healthcare
Rolls-Royce Holdings, the FTSE-100 engineering group, will this week name a former Deloitte partner as its next finance chief as it tries to navigate through the headwinds of the COVID-19 crisis. Sky News has learnt that Panos Kakoullis, who spent 30 years at the accountancy giant, has been picked as the Derby-based industrial titan’s next
Los Angeles County is slowly easing out of the holiday coronavirus surge as Public Health officials continue reporting fewer than 5,000 new daily cases of Covid-19. On Saturday Public Health counted 3,254 new confirmed coronavirus cases in Los Angeles, continuing the county’s sub-5000 new daily cases streak. While more than 3,000 new cases and nearly
The shake-up of Britain’s big four audit firms is to continue in earnest when Deloitte unveils the sale of its restructuring arm to Teneo, a strategic consulting firm which advises many of the UK’s biggest companies. Sky News has learnt that Teneo, which is backed by the private equity firm CVC Capital Partners, is in