Covid 19

When Will A Covid-19 Vaccine Be Available In Britain?
August 26, 2020 11:20 PM AEST| By Kunal SawhneySummary Covid-19 vaccine from the Oxford University would be registered and delivered most probably by the year 2021 Oxford vaccine data would be shared with regulators by the end of 2020 After the announcement of slower than expected progress.....

Online Shopping Boom: Tesco To Create 16,000 Permanent Jobs
August 25, 2020 11:52 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe fear of contagion and social distancing norms has led shoppers to go online during the coronavirus pandemic. This phenomenon is expected to remain for long-term in the buyer’s psyche not only till the pandemic decimates but maybe also bey.....

Companies Spend Millions Of PoundsTo Make Offices Safe For Employees
August 24, 2020 11:22 PM AEST| By Kunal SawhneySummary Safety equipment and modification to office spaces could cost companies millions of pounds to make office spaces safe enough to encourage employees to come back. Being able to work remotely is making many employees reluctant to join bac.....

STA Travel Becomes Another Victim of Corona Crisis; An Insight on TUI AG and Carnival PLC
August 22, 2020 11:00 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary The tourism economy has been heavily hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, and measures introduced to contain its spread STA Travel, offering package tours for backpackers and adventurous young people, has become the latest company to announce .....

Are Salary Advance Schemes Really Helpful?
August 20, 2020 05:58 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaFCA highlights that it could lead the consumers into cycles of debt. Summary Amid the scenario of many people undergoing financial distress during the coronavirus-led economic crisis, the ESAS has gained increased popularity. D...

Non-Adherence To Social Distancing Norms Could Lead To A Potential Second Wave Of The Coronavirus Infections
August 19, 2020 05:12 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Increased instances of summer socialising witnessed at JD Wetherspoon in recent few weeks raised the concerns that non-adherence to social distancing guidelines could lead to a rise in Covid-19 infections. A recent study by researchers .....

Post-Lockdown One in Three British Firms Struggling with Sustainability
August 14, 2020 11:10 PM AEST| By Kunal SawhneySummary Slow pick of business activity is attributed to the continuing social distancing measures and fear of people to come out of their houses and visit shops, supermarkets, and other business establishments. Some sectors like transport, hot.....

Covid-19 Impact: Job Redundancies Continue to Rise in High Street Retail
August 11, 2020 11:46 PM AEST| By Kunal SawhneySummary Except for the north-west of England, retail employment had declined across most of the regions during 2015-18 The online spending done by the consumers have nearly tripled in ten years from just 4.9 per cent in 2008 to 17.9 per cent in.....

Coronavirus impact: Ofgem reduces energy price cap limit
August 09, 2020 02:18 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaIn its half yearly reviews, the energy regulator, Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) has reduced the energy price cap to record lows as the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic has severely impacted the wholesale energy market prices. Th.....

Coronavirus crisis: Government’s decision on drug stockpiling and handling of covid-19 testing contracts in focus
August 06, 2020 03:22 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary To prepare for Brexit and coronavirus-led crisis, the UK government asked pharma companies to stockpile drugs. The government’s urge is in response to the pharmaceutical industry’s warning of June 2020, which said that the o.....

Covid-19 Impact: Streaming Services Gain Foothold in Entertainment for Britons
August 05, 2020 11:00 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Britons, in general, spent nearly half of their day in watching content online and television during the lockdown The online content providers and OTT platforms have strongly emerged as a parallel industry due to the outbreak of the Cov.....

Covid-19 impact on The Nationwide Housing Price Index in Britain
August 01, 2020 10:15 AM AEST| By Kunal SawhneyDuring the month of June 2020, the growth in annual house price came to a screeching halt as the novel coronavirus continues to dampen the state of the economy. According to a recent report on Housing Price Index (HPI) released by the Nationw.....

Coronavirus: GSK partners with Sanofi to supply 60 million dosages of potential vaccine to UK
August 01, 2020 04:59 AM AEST| By Hina ChowdharyThe global pharmaceutical industry has been under the pump since the onslaught of the coronavirus pandemic. Lockdown, social distancing, and health safety are all passive measures to curb the spread of the contagious virus. The world is in dire need...

UK Government to Legalise Video-witnessed Wills During Coronavirus Pandemic
August 01, 2020 04:47 AM AEST| By Kunal SawhneySummary The UK government plans to bring certain changes to the existing law to allow remote or virtual witnessing of wills The decision to allow virtual witness of will till January 2022 will remove the hurdles that some citizens have faced wh.....

Covid-19 Impact: Loss for Metropolitan Properties Could Be Gain for Suburban Ones
August 01, 2020 04:15 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary The convenience of working from home has now changed businesses outlook on hiring high-end properties in metropolitans and moving to suburbs. While this change in outlook towards metropolitan properties is driving down their rentals, it.....

Coronavirus Impact: Care Homes Severely Hit During the Unprecedented Crisis
July 29, 2020 11:45 PM AEST| By Kunal SawhneySummary Notwithstanding the hard work and commitment of a section of society, things have been difficult for adult social care According to a recent report by the British Parliament, nearly 25 thousand of coronavirus infected patients were forc.....

UK’s Quarantine Free List: Five More Countries Added
July 29, 2020 10:40 PM AEST| By Kunal SawhneySummary This makes the total number of quarantine-free regions to 80, Britons returning back home from any of these do not have to undergo a compulsive self-isolation for 14 days Spain was removed from the country’s quarantine-free travel.....

Coronavirus relief scheme: Film and Television Industry Gets Funding of £500 Million to Start Production
July 29, 2020 10:30 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary The UK government launches a £500 million emergency fund for the film and TV production industry. The film and TV production industry will get a boost with this insurance fund as it struggles to come out of the Coronavirus crisis.....

COVID Diary: Strategies that helped these 100 Companies create History
July 29, 2020 06:02 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaIndex E-commerce Business Technology Sector Healthcare Sector Retail Sector Financial Sector Gold Mining Companies Miscellaneous Businesses “We will not be going back to the “old normal”. The pandemic has alread...

Companies Should Devise A Plan To Counter Second Wave Of Infections: Alert From The PM
July 28, 2020 11:20 PM AEST| By Hina ChowdharySummary Boris Johnson warns UK businesses of a risk of another wave of Covid-19 infections in the coming autumn season Government would try not to impose another nation-wide lockdown The corona-related infections and deaths continue to fall st.....
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