When the coronavirus pandemic first took hold in the US, many predicted that stay-at-home orders would lead to a surge in births. However, just the opposite is true and, as it turns out, Americans have not been getting pregnant. In addition to the unsteady economy, couples are also likely experiencing fear and anxiety over the … Read more
The Apprentice winner Joseph Valente’s plumbing firm that he set up with Lord Sugar has gone bust owing almost £2million The plumber walked away victorious in 2015 when he won the popular TV show The Italian impressed Sugar with his plan of franchising his plumbing company Mr Valente given £250,000 to set up his firm … Read more
Royal Albert Hall will go bust by its 150th anniversary next year if it doesn’t receive urgent financial support after losing £12million during lockdown, chief executive warns Craig Hassall said lockdown has cast the cash-strapped Proms venue into crisis The dormant theatre has burned through £12million since it shuttered in March Management hit out at … Read more
A former owner of Flybe has criticised the Government for failing to bail out the regional airline in January – just months before issuing hundreds of millions of pounds to a rival that opposed the rescue deal. Flybe investors said the airline could have played a key role in Boris Johnson’s ‘levelling up’ strategy for … Read more
Government could have effectively gone BUST if the Bank of England had not bailed it out at the start of coronavirus crisis, says governor Andrew Bailey Andrew Bailey said government could have gone bust without Bank stepping in UK borrowing soared as the coronavirus crisis took its grip around the world Public debt is now … Read more
It’s the smell I remember. The stench permeated everything in the hotel: the lobby, the bedrooms and the bar. I was in California visiting a tomato farm, making a TV programme, Global Harvest, for the BBC about food production, and staying in this lovely, genteel old hotel – which reeked. On the last day I … Read more
Three quarters of pubs, restaurants and hotels could go bust unless the Government’s two-metre rule is scrapped, MPs warned last night. In a bleak assessment, a cross-party group of MPs said the majority of businesses in the catering and tourism sector would find it ‘impossible to operate financially’ if staff and customers were required to … Read more
One in 10 British charities may face going out of business in the next six months due to the coronavirus pandemic, warns think tank boss Sir Stephen Bubb, from Charity Futures, suggested there are ‘too many’ charities He also called for more mergers and improved relationships with government The comments come as Oxfam lays off … Read more
A zip wire company has gone bust after a top TV writer won his fight to stop hundreds of thrill-seekers ‘whizzing past’ the windows of his home. Doctor Who writer Russell T Davies, 57, led the campaign against plans to rig up a 360-metre long wire outside his waterside home. City Zip Company wanted to … Read more
Firms could go bust in days as only £8.7billion in emergency loans has been paid out The Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced two bailout schemes to boost lending But just 2.6 per cent of the money available has actually been loaned by banks Firms face bust as only £8.7bn of the £330bn promised has gone out … Read more