Businesses in the hospitality sector have said Rishi Sunak’s support package “must go further” to avoid wide-scale job losses, after the chancellor today unveiled a new furlough scheme for businesses facing local lockdowns. Sunak today said the government will pay two thirds of employees’ salaries to businesses forced to shutter under fresh lockdown measures. Read …
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Critics have hit out at the UK government as it mulls hospitality closures, based on research collected at only 98 pubs. Meanwhile, the UK’s contact-tracing app has sent just one Covid outbreak alert from a venue. Boris Johnson’s government has come under fire as it has emerged that London’s Covid strategy is informed by limited …
Set to be one of the most expensive and drawn-out custody battles in Hollywood history, warring exes Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are pulling out all the stops in the hearing to decide access rights for five of their six children. Brad, 56, is calling a massive 21 witnesses to support his case for a …
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They’re calling it “broken plan”. With more of us now working from home, possibly for the long term, households want personal space for office, study and leisure — so Londoners are carving up their old open-plan homes into personal hubs. “Dividing and zoning space is the new norm,” says Merlin Wright, design director at British …
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The writer is national chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses The worst UK recession since records began. Up to 1m job losses forecast by the end of the year. Speculation about negative interest rates. The macro analysis of the UK’s economic predicament is stark and deserving of attention. There is always a danger, however, …
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Introduction When faced with threatened or filed litigation by current or former employees, many companies never consider alternatives to expensive protracted litigation. Instead, companies insist that they will never settle and will litigate for as long as necessary. The rationale behind this “no settlement” policy is supposedly to deter additional employee litigation. The reality is, …
PUBLISHED: 10:30 26 September 2020 Sophie Stainthorpe There are many financial factors which would be taken into account if someone was made redundant during a divorce, and it’s advisable to seek independent legal advice in this situation Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto Elena Abrazhevich Redundancy can have significant implications in divorce proceedings. Partner and family law expert …
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Introduction When faced with threatened or filed litigation by current or former employees, many companies never consider alternatives to expensive protracted litigation. Instead, companies insist that they will never settle and will litigate for as long as necessary. The rationale behind this “no settlement” policy is supposedly to deter additional employee litigation. The reality is, …
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