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Day: 25 May 2020

PM gets tills ringing

Scots retailers demand dates as English shops set to reopen

Victoria Street
Shops in Scotland have no date for reopening (pic: Terry Murden) First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is facing further demands to provide a firm timetable for Scottish businesses after Boris JohnsonRead More

Airline rescued

Lufthansa deal sets up UK talks with key carriers

The bailout is Germany’s biggest since the virus crisis began Lufthansa and the German government have agreed a €9 billion (£8bn) bailout as financial deals to prop up the airline industryRead More

Fall in wellbeing

Isolation sees remote working lose its appeal

remote working
More workers are operating remotely, but some feel cut off (pic: Terry Murden) The prospect of more employees opting to work from home has taken a knock after a newRead More

Adviser offers defence

Cummings on Durham trip: ‘Je ne regrette rien’

Dominic Cummings
Facing the press: Dominic Cummings giving a statement today Dominic Cummings today said he has ‘no regrets’ over his decision to drive 250 miles to see his parents in Durham.Read More

Products ready to launch

Techstart funding helps MycoNourish boost crops

Tom Hunter and Peter Orrell
Peter Orrell, right, receiving his Higgs Award from Sir Tom Hunter A spin-out business, which has developed a method for enhancing crop production, has raised £150,000 in a funding roundRead More

Number 10 crisis

Cummings to make public statement on Durham trip

Dominic Cummings
Dominic Cummings was confronted by the press outside his home Dominic Cummings will make a public statement and take questions over allegations he broke coronavirus lockdown rules. The Prime Minister’sRead More

Plan for strategic industries

Treasury considers plan to rescue key companies

Land Rover
Jaguar Land Rover may get support The Treasury is ready to rescue large British companies whose failure because of coronavirus would have a devastating impact on the economy. A numberRead More

Broadcaster attacked

STV launches probe into SNP children’s video

Tweets about the video have been deleted by STV STV has launched an internal investigation after the broadcaster released a video of children praising Nicola Sturgeon for “keeping them safe”Read More

Privacy warning

Homeworkers may see employers breach GDPR

homeworking flickr
20 million are working from home One in ten homeworkers believed that the expected working practices imposed by their employer do not comply with privacy legislation. The General data protection RegulationRead More