Covid 19
Job Market Cheers With New Vacancies At The Highest Level Since Lockdown
September 26, 2020 03:02 PM BST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe jobs recovery tracker from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) for the week between 14 and 20 September 2020 showed highest number of new job postings since the beginning of March 2020. There were approximately 129,000 new job .....
Coronavirus Update: New Employment Plan Unveiled By Sunak To Replace The Furlough Scheme
September 25, 2020 06:23 PM BST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary The new jobs support scheme to replace the furlough scheme Shall start on 1 November 2020 and will last for a period of six months Scheme applicable to only viable jobs and open to all small and medium sized businesses Time period for.....
A Large Number Of Businesses Are At Their Breaking Point: FCA
September 25, 2020 01:31 PM BST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary The regulatory authority indicated that thousands of city firms were on the verge of a collapse due to the deteriorating state of the British economy, especially post lockdown. The authority stated the downsides of working from home arr.....
Covid-19 vaccine race: AstraZeneca yet to resume US trials, Novavax starts phase 3 study
September 25, 2020 05:43 AM BST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) is yet to give a go-ahead to AstraZeneca plc (LON: AZN) for restarting the clinical trial of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, AZD1222, in the US. It is to be recalled that the pharmaceutical maj.....
Supermarkets like Tesco and Morrison reassure customers of sufficient supplies amid lockdown fears
September 24, 2020 01:10 PM BST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary The United Kingdom is witnessing a surge in Covid-19 cases since August 2020 The recent spike has pushed UK to report highest single-day cases since 7 May 2020 News of the second wave of infections has provoked Britons to stockpile nec.....
COVID-19 vaccine Race: Johnson & Johnson Initiates Global Phase 3 Clinical Trial on 60k Volunteers
September 24, 2020 01:09 PM BST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe COVID-19 vaccine prospects have intensified with Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) disclosing the commencement of its Phase 3 clinical trial (ENSEMBLE) as a COVID-19 vaccine candidate. JNJ’s candidate is the fourth candidate which is under.....
Covid-19 Impact: Premier Foods, Devro And Cranswick Post A Steady Increase in Sales
September 18, 2020 02:20 PM BST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Since lockdown restricted people from moving out of their houses to buy meals, it was estimated that more meals would be consumed at home per week than usual Though the foodservice sector dwindled and routes to retail were obs.....
How has COVID-19 affected bitcoin price?
September 15, 2020 06:36 PM AEST| By Edita IvancevicCOVID-19 has brought many fiat currencies into trouble, resulting in disturbed financial markets. For this reason, investors find cryptocurrencies more attractive during unprecedent times, as cryptos do not behave as fiat currencies in the market. .....
Why are AstraZeneca and Pfizer Share Price Under Investors’ Radar?
September 15, 2020 08:28 AM BST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe COVID-19 storm that has created havoc in the world, is not showing any signs of abating with the world witnessing an ongoing increase in the number of new cases daily. According to the WHO (World Health Organization), globally, there have been .....
Huge Prospects For Air Carriers To Deliver COVID-19 Vaccines: IATA
September 11, 2020 09:10 PM BST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Since the drop in passenger traffic after the imposition of lockdown in several parts of the world many airlines have tries focusing on ferrying cargo, to keep their cash registers running Now IATA has envisaged that transportation of C.....
Why has AstraZeneca paused its Phase III COVID-19 vaccine study?
September 09, 2020 10:23 AM BST| By Edita IvancevicWhat was believed to be the most-promising coronavirus vaccine study from AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford has been paused indefinitely, due to the alleged unexplained illness that one of the participants had developed. Phase III vaccine t.....
A Sigh of Relief for Tesco and Associated British Foods as the Consumer Spending Increases
September 08, 2020 02:11 PM BST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe retail industry is the largest private sector employer in the UK, with one in 10 people working in the sector. Despite of the collapse of the British high street, online sales accounts for one-fifth of total retail sales across the nation. Supe.....
Moderna, J&J, Pfizer And Others To Pledge Against Government Approval Until Vaccines Are Safe And Effective
September 06, 2020 02:30 PM BST| By Team Kalkine MediaMany global pharmaceutical companies that are engaged in developing a vaccine for Covid-19 have announced that they would ensure the safety and effectiveness of their vaccine candidates before seeking the government’s approval. In a remarkabl.....
Swedish model during the coronavirus pandemic
September 04, 2020 03:10 PM BST| By Edita IvancevicThe pandemic in Europe took a much bigger toll than in Australia. Most countries in the European Union (including the UK) had taken precautions and put countries in quarantine before it was too late. Also Read: When Will A Covid-19 Vaccine Be Avai.....
BoE Raises Doubts On The UK PM’s Campaign To Get Workers Back To Office
September 03, 2020 02:11 PM BST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary The Bank of England (BoE) has raised doubts over the UK Prime Minister’s campaign to get the workers back to office. Alex Brazier, the apex bank’s ED, stated that the government’s campaign would be tainted due to the h.....
Covid-19 Update: The UK Manufacturing Sector
September 01, 2020 02:11 PM BST| By Kunal SawhneySummary The British manufacturing sector continues to suffer due to the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic The UK Markit/CIPS Manufacturing PMI index recovered in August 2020, but from a very low base of the earlier month CBI mont.....
Covid-19 Impact: Rolls-Royce records losses; Aviation Sector Woes Seem to Continue
August 29, 2020 05:10 PM BST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe rapid spread of the pandemic has pushed the global economy into a severe slowdown. UK’s GDP shrank by 20.4 per cent during April to June 2020 quarter, according to the Office of National Statistics (ONS). Due to coronavirus induced.....
Travel woes during the pandemic: UK to lose £22 billion as international travel dips
August 28, 2020 08:47 AM BST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe travel and tourism industry has been one of the hardest hit due to the coronavirus-led economic crisis. Despite lifting the restrictions on traveling, recent spike in infections, social distancing norms, and quarantine rules have left t.....
Covid-19 Impact: Pension Income in the UK
August 27, 2020 02:20 PM BST| By Hina ChowdharySummary Almost 5 per cent of eligible workers in the UK are being treated unfairly on pensions: the Resolution Foundation Britain’s PPF scheme for company pensions could get into trouble with rising number of firms filing for bankruptcies.....
Back to office: How prepared are the companies and staff?
August 27, 2020 02:20 PM BST| By Kunal SawhneySummary Due to the coronavirus pandemic, both the companies and employees are taking a calculated approach for restarting offices as pre-pandemic times, escalating the debate on WFH. The issues of productivity, public transport, social distanci.....