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BRC Issues Warning Over Potential Online Sales Tax
July 30, 2020 08:46 PM BST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Britons still are fearful when it comes to shopping from high street retail and public squares Government has been planning to impose different tax regime for the online retailers Tesco Plc has been doing well as compared to its German.....
Britain Seeks To Expand The Scope Of CBIL Scheme As EU Relaxes Its State Aid Rules
July 30, 2020 02:10 PM BST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary There were several small businesses who could not avail of the CBILS facility, due to the Brexit transition period regulation in force in the UK till 31 December 2020. Now that the EU has relaxed its laws, the government plans to expand .....
How the US and UK Markets’ Performed Lately; BAE Systems Surged by 5.89%
July 30, 2020 02:10 PM BST| By Team Kalkine MediaUS Markets: Broader indices in the United States traded in red - particularly, the S&P 500 index traded 24.64 points or 0.76 per cent lower at 3,233.80, Dow Jones Industrial Average Index contracted by 297.70 points or 1.12 per cent lower at 26,2...
UK Car Output Plunges by 48.2% Year on Year in June 2020
July 30, 2020 01:42 PM BST| By Kunal SawhneySummary Britain’s new car manufacturing declined by 48.2 per cent year on year in June The export production plummeted by 45 per cent year on year UK’s automotive sector has pinned high hopes on free trade agreements No indust.....
The Government May Extend “Help to Buy” Scheme to Boost Demand in The Housing Sector
July 29, 2020 08:41 PM BST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary The “help to buy” scheme was introduced by the government to provide a boost to the housing sector and is scheduled to end by the end of this year. The scheme was first rolled out in 2013 and is meant to help home buyers buy.....
Coronavirus Impact: Care Homes Severely Hit During the Unprecedented Crisis
July 29, 2020 02:45 PM BST| 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.....
Dignity Surged by 35.52% at Close of Trade
July 29, 2020 02:10 PM BST| By Team Kalkine MediaUS Markets: Broader indices in the United States traded in green - particularly, the S&P 500 index traded 37.76 points or 1.17 per cent higher at 3,256.20, Dow Jones Industrial Average Index expanded by 138.76 points or 0.53 per cent higher at 26...
UK Retailers Scale Back Discounts in July As Demand Picks Up
July 29, 2020 01:50 PM BST| By Hina ChowdharyThe month of July has been particularly eventful for the British retail sector. While the lockdown months saw a massive demand increase in the online food and beverage segment, the opening of the lockdown has seen the demand for consumer electronic.....
UK’s Quarantine Free List: Five More Countries Added
July 29, 2020 01:40 PM BST| 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 01:30 PM BST| 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...
Cash Economy to Online Transactions: India Takes Big Leap, Eyes Global Market
July 29, 2020 06:40 AM BST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Indian economy is undergoing a transformational phase, and younger generation is contributing the most. Young people are calling for institutional reforms to update the social and political systems for better opportunities in the future.....
Silver Catches up With Gold and How!
July 29, 2020 05:42 AM BST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Silver has been under an impeccable and unabated rally with spot prices reaching to a seven-year high of USD 26.201 per ounce on 28 July 2020. The rally in silver is not lagging behind gold, which in the status quo, has emerged as a sta.....
COVID-19 Pandemic: Mainland China Reports Highest Single Day Spike Since April
July 29, 2020 05:17 AM BST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Mainland China has been witnessing a resurgence in COVID-19 cases, and on 28 July 2020, the country saw its highest number of daily cases since mid of April. As per the country’s National Health Commission, there have been 84,060 .....
Restriction by UK government on travel plans to Spain may have a wider impact
July 28, 2020 10:58 PM BST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary On 27 July 2020, the UK advised Britishers against undertaking any non-essential travel to Spain including the Balearic and Canary Islands. With rise in Covid-19 infections in Spain, it was removed from the list of countries safe to tr.....
Companies Should Devise A Plan To Counter Second Wave Of Infections: Alert From The PM
July 28, 2020 02:20 PM BST| 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.....
Impact of Covid-19 on means of Commuting in the UK
July 28, 2020 02:10 PM BST| By Kunal SawhneySummary Transport, both public and private came to a standstill due to Covid-19 pandemic Alexander Dennis Limited is going for 650 job cuts in the UK due to decrease in UK demand for new buses There has been repeated call from ADL upon the UK .....
FTSE-100 Index Edged Higher by 0.40%; Pearson up 6.05%
July 28, 2020 02:10 PM BST| By Team Kalkine MediaUS Markets: Broader indices in the United States traded in red - particularly, the S&P 500 index traded 2.31 points or 0.07 per cent lower at 3,237.10, Dow Jones Industrial Average Index contracted by 92.21 points or 0.35 per cent lower at 26,492...
Londoners Spent the Least During the Lockdown
July 28, 2020 02:02 PM BST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Affluent sections of the British society have spent a lot less during the lockdown than the low- and medium-income groups London and South East England witnessed the least amount of household expenditures during the lockdown period than.....
How has ‘Learn From Home’ Impacted Universities
July 28, 2020 01:40 PM BST| By Team Kalkine MediaKids work hard throughout their school life to get into the college and university of their choice. It is a ‘dream come true’ situation for many and exciting time in everyone’s life. They get to go somewhere, meet new people, all .....