French Connection gets £15m funding lifeline from Hilco Capital

Troubled fashion retailer French Connection bags £15m funding lifeline from turnaround specialist Hilco Capital By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 24 July 2020 | Updated: 22:05 BST, 24 July 2020 Troubled fashion retailer French Connection has bagged a £15m funding lifeline from turnaround specialist Hilco Capital.  The chain alarmed shareholders when … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: Support the entrepreneurs and boost funding for R&D

ALEX BRUMMER: Support Britain’s entrepreneurs and boost funding for R&D to tackle the horrific cost of Covid By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 17 July 2020 | Updated: 22:08 BST, 17 July 2020 The cost of Covid-19 is horrifying: Government fund raising in the 2019-20 fiscal year of more than £500billion, … Read more

Funding Circle vows not to take taxpayer cash for furloughed employees

No furlough at Funding Circle: Online lender vows not to take taxpayer cash to cover wages By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:16 BST, 8 July 2020 | Updated: 22:16 BST, 8 July 2020 Furlough pledge: Funding Circle has vowed not to take any taxpayer cash to cover the wages of its employees Online lender … Read more

Covid-19 test kit delivery drones receive government funding boost

A firm is flying coronavirus antibody testing kits to remote Scottish islands by drone thanks to a £1.1 million funding agreement from the UK Space Agency.  Skysports started a two week trial of their autonomous delivery scheme in May with support from NHS Highland to serve islands off the west coast of Scotland. They found … Read more

Channel Ten records $227million loss funding new shows

Channel Ten records staggering $227million loss after the network’s ‘year of investment’ funding their ‘prime-time schedule’ which includes Dancing with the Stars, The Masked Singer and The Amazing Race By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 09:30 BST, 6 July 2020 | Updated: 09:30 BST, 6 July 2020 Channel Ten has reportedly recorded a … Read more

Viewers criticise Guy Sebastian for speaking at Scott Morrison’s arts funding announcement

Viewers were left shocked to see a familiar face standing alongside Scott Morrison when he announced a $250million arts package to help revive the entertainment industry on Thursday. The Voice coach Guy Sebastian made a surprise appearance at the conference, thanking the Prime Minister after he announced the news.   But the star’s attendance didn’t go down to well … Read more

Startup gets $20million funding to make lab-grown seafood as an alternative to commercial fishing

Lab-grown fish is real: San Diego start-up gets $20million in funding to develop yellowtail derived from muscle tissue cells taken from real fish BlueNalu is a San Diego startup that makes lab grown seafood The company says its products are ethical and sustainable alternatives to commercial fishing, and are made from real fish muscle tissue … Read more

Councils are accused of hoarding MILLIONS of pounds of funding

Councils are accused of hoarding MILLIONS of pounds of funding meant to help care homes cope with coronavirus crisis Councils accused of hoarding money meant to help care homes cope with virus Professor Martin Green said that councils were given £3.2billion for social care The chief executive of Care England said many homes have not … Read more

Beijing accuses Trump of ‘smearing China’ after he threatened to pull $400m of WHO funding

Beijing has today accused Donald Trump of smearing China and shirking American responsibilities to the World Health Organization, after the US president threatened to pull funding for the UN health body.   The American leader has been locked in a bitter war of words with Beijing, alleging it covered up the initial outbreak in central China late … Read more

Donald Trump threatens to permanently pull WHO funding in excoriating letter

Donald Trump late Monday threatened to permanently stop funding of the World Health Organization and reconsider membership of the United States in the body. The president shared a four page letter written to WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to Twitter, saying the organization needs to make ‘major substantive improvements within the next 30 days’ for US … Read more