Ministers have yet to secure a single hotel room for use in a new enforced quarantine plan that is due to come into force in just a week’s time, it was revealed today. A new scheme forcing all UK arrivals to self-isolate at Government-designated accommodation for a fortnight is due to come into effect next … Read more
Chris Yates was sounding bullish. Boastful, even. The chief executive of the medical diagnostic firm Abingdon Health was telling his audience that after a ‘roller-coaster 12 months’, it had been ‘a real positive for us to be able to mitigate the effects of the pandemic’. His workforce, he revealed proudly, had quadrupled to 200 but … Read more
Should I have known better? Yes. But after several tries at cancelling my EE account, I went for the nuclear option. I logged into my bank account and stopped my £32 monthly direct debit. My dongle – a small device that provides wifi connection and allows me to file stories from remote locations – had … Read more
NASA awards Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and its 301-foot tall New Glenn rocket contract for future space missions starting in 2025 NASA has named Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket a potential mission provider The Jeff Bezos-owned firm will have the opportunity to take contracts This includes sending satellites into orbit or launching supplies to the … Read more
I received a brand new mobile phone from Sky Mobile on 28 October which was stolen from my home in a burglary the next morning. I phoned Sky within two hours of the burglary to report the phone stolen and the agent who I spoke to immediately blocked it, making it an expensive paperweight. My … Read more
Publisher cancels Julie Burchill’s book contract after ‘Islamophobic’ Twitter row when she accused Muslim journalist of ‘worshipping a paedophile’ Julie Burchill, 61, accused journalist Ash Sarkar of ‘worshipping a paedophile’ Burchill was accused of Islamophobia and has lost her book contract over row Row started after Burchill leapt to defence of Rod Liddle after Sarkar’s … Read more
Dr Emma Stanton has been appointed as a vice president at Oxford Nanopore after leaving director role with NHS Test and Trace A director of the Government’s Test and Trace programme has quit her job and joined a private testing firm recently handed a £113million government contract. Emma Stanton was Director for Supplies and Innovation as … Read more
Ventilators breathe life into maker’s first profits: Goldman Sachs owned Penlon handed a £136m Government contract By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 9 December 2020 | Updated: 22:26 GMT, 9 December 2020 A ventilator maker owned by banking giant Goldman Sachs has turned its first profit in more than a decade … Read more
Matt Hancock’s neighbour won a contract to supply tens of millions of Covid tests to the NHS after sending him a personal WhatsApp message – despite his company having no previous experience of making medical supplies. Alex Bourne got to know the Health Secretary while landlord of the Cock Inn in Thurlow, West Suffolk, a few … Read more
Tony Hetherington is Financial Mail on Sunday’s ace investigator, fighting readers corners, revealing the truth that lies behind closed doors and winning victories for those who have been left out-of-pocket. Find out how to contact him below. Mrs E.J. writes: I am sending you a copy of a letter I received from Domestic Cover Limited, … Read more