Ending furlough scheme in June is ‘tantamount to economic suicide’, say business leaders By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 30 April 2020 | Updated: 22:26 BST, 30 April 2020 Ending the Government’s near-£50billion wage subsidy scheme in June is ‘tantamount to economic suicide’ as firms will be forced to make mass … Read more
Google tells its employees they won’t return to company office until at least June 1st, and will use a staggered approach when it finally does bring workers back CEO Sundar Pichai wrote an all-staff email announcing the company offices would remain closed at least until June 1st He said that when the tech giant does … Read more
Justice Secretary Robert Buckland has criticised Wetherspoons chairman Tim Martin over his announcement to work on a plan to reopen his pubs in June. Mr Buckland said it would be a ‘huge mistake’ for individual businesses to ‘go off at a tangent’ as this would undermine the nation’s collective efforts to beat Covid-19. Mr Martin … Read more
Boris Johnson is set to signal lockdown will stay until June today as he fronts his first Downing Street briefing since falling ill – with Nicola Sturgeon jumping the gun by saying it is not yet ‘safe’ to ease curbs. Having chaired Cabinet this morning, the Prime Minister is expected to dash hopes of an imminent … Read more
Wetherspoon’s plans to start re-opening its pubs and hotels ‘in or around June’, it was revealed today. Chairman Tim Martin was forced to close all 900 pubs and furlough 40,000 workers before Britain went on lockdown. He was among the last on the High Street to shut up shop, with drinkers downing their final pints … Read more
Scientists hail game-changing immunity test: Government orders 50MILLION antibody testing kits that work in 20 minutes and could be ready by June as Boris Johnson returns to work on Monday Scientist breakthrough means Britons could take test to see if they have immunity from coronavirus by June The Government has ordered the production of 50million … Read more
In medieval times, King Edward III was so inspired by tales of King Arthur and the chivalry of the Knights of the Round Table that he set up his own group of honourable knights, called the Order of the Garter. Nearly 700 years later, the Order is the oldest and most senior Order of Chivalry … Read more
Schools will stay firmly shuttered ‘until June at the earliest’, according to education chiefs, as millions of children head online for virtual classes after their two-week Easter break. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has refused to set a date for when children could be allowed back into the classroom. But now education chiefs have revealed schools … Read more
Disney has released a new trailer and poster for Artemis Fowl, which confirms the film will head straight to the Disney Plus streaming service on June 12. The film, directed by Kenneth Branagh, was originally scheduled to have a theatrical release on August 9, 2019, before it was pushed to May 29, 2020. The studio … Read more
Facebook cancels all events for 50 attendees or more until June 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic and employees will work from home through the summer Facebook is cancelling major in-person events due to coronavirus The company says they will go online-only through July 2021 It will also allow employees to work from home until … Read more