Editorial

Britain Initiates Trade Negotiations With Australia And New Zealand
June 20, 2020 12:00 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe United Kingdom is embarking upon trade talks with Australia and New Zealand this week to arrive at a deal that could give a boost of £1 billion to the country’s exports. The trade talks which will take place via videoconferencing ar.....

While Consumer Sentiments Slightly Improve, They Continue To Remain Cautious
June 20, 2020 07:12 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe consumer confidence has moved up, showing a slight recovery in June, even though it is much lower than its level at the beginning of the year. This is revealed by the latest results of the GfK Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) survey, the.....

5G’s Corona Connection - Conspiracy and Reality
June 19, 2020 04:01 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThere has been a conspiracy theory doing the rounds across the globe that the novel Coronavirus is caused by 5G technology. This theory is making headlines in the mainstream media and has been trending on social media platforms since January this y.....

Coronavirus impact: UK inflation rate dives in May, Bank of England’s push comes forth
June 18, 2020 11:28 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaInflation rate in the UK has fallen to a four-year low level of 0.5 percent in May this year, measured by the consumer price inflation (CPI), as recorded by the Office of National Statistics (ONS), UK. It was 0.8 percent during the earlier month of.....

New COVID-19 Rules In Place For Recreation Activities, As The Economy Opens Up
June 18, 2020 08:01 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaCompanies providing recreation services such as cinemas, theatres, museums and amusement parks are working out details of reopening up, starting July 4, once lockdown restrictions are eased out across the United Kingdom. From buying tickets to the .....

British Manufacturing Seeks Business Rate Holiday to Accelerate Recovery
June 17, 2020 08:37 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe manufacturing sector has approached the government with a demand to allow business rate holiday to the sector on the same lines as that has been extended to other sectors like shops, bars, hotels, and other commercial establishments. The sector.....

Dismal Employment Data for May All Set to Perturb the Government More
June 16, 2020 10:50 PM AEST| By Kunal SawhneyThe latest monthly data on employment from ONS (Office of National Statistics), UK suggests that the total number of workers on the UK payrolls fell by more than 0.6 million in May 2020, as compared to March this year, which is a cause for concern .....

Britain’s Economic Output Expected To Fall Sharply This Year
June 15, 2020 10:30 PM AEST| By Kunal SawhneyAccording to forecast released by EY Item Club, a British economic forecasting body, the United Kingdom’s economy is expected to shrink by up to 8 percent in the year 2020, due to the widespread impact of coronavirus pandemic. The Club has do.....

MPs Call For Support To Self-Employed Escaping CJRS And SEIS Schemes
June 15, 2020 10:10 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaA number of Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom have called upon Chancellor Rishi Sunak regarding the plight of a million self-employed and freelancers who are currently not covered under the CJRS (Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme) and SEIS.....

UK Decides Not to Impose A Custom Restriction on EU Goods Entering Its Borders for A Year
June 14, 2020 11:30 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe coronavirus pandemic it seems has impacted the Brexit process. After the United Kingdom finally parted ways with the European Union on 31st January 2020, custom restrictions on border entry and exit points were set to go online by July of this .....

Stock Market Jitters of Second Wave and Economic Disruption
June 14, 2020 11:10 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaAs countries began resuming economic activity and easing lockdowns, the global stock markets sensed some recovery in recent times after hitting lows in the mid of March. However, the investors are once again feeling the pressure and fear as a sudde.....

Companies are resuming operations slowly, after the corona-led lockdown
June 14, 2020 07:26 AM AEST| By Hina ChowdharyA recent survey from the UK Government’s Office of National Statistics (ONS) revealed that businesses in Britain are gradually opening up after the lockdown, which was imposed in May this year to fight the corona pandemic. The findings indic.....

Boris Johnson and EU Chief to Hold ‘High Level’ Virtual Summit to End Post-Brexit Deadlock
June 14, 2020 03:24 AM AEST| By Kunal SawhneyUK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will reportedly hold a ‘high-level’ virtual summit with EU Chief Ursula von der Leyen in a bid to break the deadlock in post-Brexit trade negotiations. Chief spokesman of the Commission tweeted o.....

Survival Struggle of British Breweries Amid Condition of Social Distancing
June 14, 2020 03:18 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe Covid-19 outbreak has spread across the world, making a severe impact on the lives and economy around the globe. All the business sector has suffered due to the spread and lockdown measures used to contain it. Especially, the hospitality sector,...

Failing Refunds in the British Hospitality Industry During the Pandemic Crisis
June 13, 2020 11:19 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe coronavirus pandemic has brought about a devastating impact on the fortunes of many industries in the world. One of the most affected is the hospitality industry, which has been witnessing a drop in revenue levels at unprecedented levels. In th.....

UK GDP Growth Shrinks by Record Low Level in April
June 13, 2020 11:10 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe production data of the Government shows that the UK economy has shrunk by its lowest levels ever, during the first whole month of the lockdown, April 2020. Latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) UK on June 12, 2020.....

UK Businesses Insist To Relax Air Travel Quarantine Rules For Global Trade To Take Off
June 13, 2020 08:22 AM AEST| By Hina ChowdharyThe current British government’s proposal to quarantine all incoming air travellers into the country has been drawing flack from several sections of the British Industries, government, and civil society. The proposal which is being pushed by .....

Ventilator Challenge UK Destined to Die!
June 13, 2020 08:09 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaTowards the last week of March when the graph of Covid-19 patients was rising exponentially in the UK as well as worldwide, with complications in breathing due to severe infection of Coronavirus there was an increase in demand of ventilators. "A dro...

The Pandemic Economic Crisis In UK The Worst Among All Developed Countries: OECD
June 12, 2020 11:16 PM AEST| By Kunal SawhneyThe Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has recently stated that the British Economy is going to be the worst hit due to the pandemic in the developed world. Depicting a worst-case scenario of fall in GDP of 14 per cent for.....

Surprising Rebound In The British Property Market Despite The Widespread Pandemic Gloom
June 12, 2020 05:27 AM AEST| By Kunal SawhneyThe property market in the United Kingdom has sprung a surprise as far as to demand for houses is concerned. Despite the overall gloomy demand conditions in the rest of the industries, the property demand in the country has in the past one month ri.....
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