Lengthy bans for directors who fiddled Covid scheme
AN AVERAGE of 35 directors are being banned by the UK Insolvency Service each month for abusing the Covid Support Scheme.
That’s almost treble the...
Bernie Sanders: To the Rescue of Middle Class America
To understand Vermont senator Bernie Sanders, ask his brother. He may be found, not in downtown New York but pottering in his garden behind...
Scott Eckert: Robots to the Rescue
Daniel H Wilson, the writer of humorous fiction like How to Survive a Robot Uprising and Robopocalypse says, tongue-in-cheek: “Someday mankind must face and...
Tariff tussle resumes as US vows to impose new taxes on...
THE TRADE war between the US and China is back, with fresh tariffs threatened by America and tit-for-tat retaliations likely to follow.
The issue, which...
£9tn Indo-Pacific partnership ‘boost to UK tech’
ASIA Pacific investors are said to be set to inject millions of pounds into the UK tech industry.
Investment opportunities worth £100bn are being presented...
ICC response to G20 Hamburg Summit
Following the release of the G20 Hamburg Summit communiqué, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has issued the following statement.
ICC G20 Advisory Group Chairman,...
Covid-19 loan schemes ‘a debt, not a grant’ cautions UK Finance
UK BUSINESSES are pessimistic about their growth potential once the COVID-19 crisis passes.
A survey of 1,200 firms has found that the pandemic has negatively...
Switcheroo ‘supercars’ draw heat in Brazilian swoop on chop-shop
By Hal Williams
YOU only get one chance to make a first impression, they say, and nothing makes a statement like pulling up to your...
Apple shares fall as China bans iPhone use
By HAL WILLIAMS
ISAAC Newton would doubtless see the gravity of the situation: Apple's stock market valuation has fallen by more than six percent.
That’s quite...
Rise and rise of the budget supermarket
Aldi looks to replicate its monumental success across Europe by opening hundreds of new stores across America, while its almost identical rival Lidl is...





































