Sunak’s Budget brings relief to many – with a few misgivings
By HAL WILLIAMS
THE BRITISH chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced the 2021 Budget, with pledges to help recovery from the Covid pandemic.
The support package for...
SDG8: From Luddites to the Mumbai exodus: workers labouring without love
JASON AGNEW reports on SDG8 — decent work and economic growth — in his ongoing series for BV
SDG8: DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
On March...
Covid mink stole the future of the despised fur industry
by Hal Williams
THE EUROPEAN fur industry is reeling — to the dismay of fashion victims and the relief of animal rights supporters.
Denmark's mass culling...
PPE glove manufacturer to shut half its plants as Covid hits
By Hal Williams
IN A BLEAK Covid irony, the world's largest manufacturer of personal protection latex gloves will shut 28 of its factories — because...
Mixed but generally positive responses to Sunak’s revised support package
By HAL WILLIAMS
THE UK government’s new package of measures to support businesses through to March 2021 has met with differing responses from the business...
Four-car pile-up for Trump Administration: auto makers sue over China tariffs
THE TRUMP Administration is being sued by car makers Ford, Mercedes-Benz, Tesla and Volvo over government tariffs on imported Chinese components.
Lawsuits naming US trade...
Clock is ticking, and TikTok’s future hangs in the balance
By HEATHER LEAH SMITH
TIKTOK must shore-up a deal to offload its US operations before a divest-or-depart deadline set by US President Donald Trump.
The name...
Thames Estuary plan for green development and jobs in south-east UK
THE UK government is backing the Thames Estuary as Britain’s biggest growth opportunity.
With the claimed potential to create 1.5m jobs and add value of...
Selfless gesture: world’s super rich calling for higher taxation
SOME of the richest people on the planet want higher taxes on themselves and their peers to aid economic recovery from the Covid-19 crisis.
A...
Green Alliance says £14bn needed each year to meet climate challenge
THE GREEN Alliance think-tank says Britain will need an extra £14bn each year to meet its climate commitments.
It says £9bn that has been spent...
