Coronavirus lockdown puts Brighthouse on brink of collapse with 2,400 jobs at risk

Rent-to-own firm Brighthouse is on the brink of collapse with more than 2,400 jobs at risk amid coronavirus crisis Thousands of jobs at risk as Brighthouse struggles under coronavirus lockdown  Firm, which has 240 stores across Britain, could hire administrator by Monday It would join Flybe and Laura Ashley as companies buckling under pressure   Coronavirus … Read more

MARKET REPORT: £4bn of dividends are axed or delayed by virus fears 

During a rocky period on the stock market, investors would usually take solace in a guaranteed stream of dividend payments.  But the coronavirus pandemic has required companies to take desperate – and at times unprecedented – measures to protect their finances.  A staggering £4.2billion of dividends have been axed or deferred so far this month, … Read more

Great British Bake Off filming is delayed ‘until it is safe to proceed’ amid COVID-19 lockdown

Great British Bake Off filming is DELAYED ‘until it is safe to proceed’ amid COVID-19 lockdown… after Matt Lucas was announced as new host Channel 4 spokesperson confirmed the delay, just weeks before the 11th series was due to start filming Matt Lucas was due to take over as host for the new series, after … Read more

Two COVID-29 patients taken off ventilators days after experimental treatment

Two coronavirus patients in New York City were treated with a new drug ‘fast-tracked’ for HIV and breast cancer – and they went from being on ventilators in the ICU to regular hospital in a matter of days.   Based on the results of a small initial trial, biotech firm CytoDyn believes their drug, leronlimab, has … Read more

Donald Trump say he will make 100,000 ventilators in 100 days

President Donald Trump said Friday he is using wartime federal authority to force production of up to 100,000 ventilators – less than a day after saying governors were making over-blown estimates of the medical need.  Trump made the comment on the ventilator shopping spree just hours after announcing he was invoking the Defense Production Act … Read more

The crackdown may get tougher

The crackdown may get tougher: As UK’s coronavirus death toll jumps by 181 in a single day, even stricter social distancing measures may be put in place, warn Government advisers London hospitals recorded the highest number of new deaths at 54 Advice says the public should leave their house only to shop for groceries, medical … Read more

PUNT OF THE WEEK: Self-storage group Lok’n’Store 

PUNT OF THE WEEK: Lok’n’Store is one of the UK’s biggest self-storage groups with more than 30 sites By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 27 March 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 27 March 2020 WHAT IS IT? Lok’n’Store is one of the UK’s biggest self-storage groups with more than 30 sites, most … Read more

Little Women: LA star Terra Jole and husband Joe Gnoffo welcome daughter Magnolia August

Little Women: LA star Terra Jole and husband Joe Gnoffo welcomed their third child, daughter Magnolia August, into the world on March 11. ‘We can’t stop thanking our lucky stars for our newest addition. Penny and Gray are the best big sister and big brother a new sibling could ever ask for,’ gushed Jole and … Read more

Coronavirus unit’s cleaning contract given to firm underpaying staff at NHS hospital

Cleaning contract for emergency coronavirus field hospital at London’s ExCel Centre is handed to private firm accused of not paying staff Outsourced cleaning firm ISS have received the contract at the coronovirus unit The firm has been accused of not paying staff at University Hospital Lewisham  Union GMB said the private firm took over the … Read more