by Michael Chapman | Jun 23, 2020 | Latest News
After suffering a record fall of 5.8% in March, when the UK lockdown was first announced, the latest government figures show that UK GDP growth fell by 20.4% in April when the lockdown was in full effect. The fall was of a different magnitude to anything previously...
by Michael Chapman | Jun 23, 2020 | Latest News
For the first time in almost three months, non-essential shops in England were allowed to reopen on Monday (15 Jun), which saw lengthy shopping queues appear outside the likes of Primark. The discount fashion retailer, which is owned by Associated British Foods,...
by Michael Chapman | Jun 16, 2020 | Latest News
The global economy is likely to shrink 6% in 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the largest recession outside of wartime in 100 years, but the hit could be even higher if the coronavirus does not remain under control, warns the Organisation for Economic...
by Michael Chapman | Jun 16, 2020 | Latest News
Chinese policymakers in Beijing have seized on the disruption of the coronavirus (covid-19) outbreak to approve new national security laws for Hong Kong, tempting further censure from the US and a return of the bitter public protests that rocked Hong Kong a year ago....
by Michael Chapman | Jun 9, 2020 | Latest News
Video conferencing business Zoom saw its sales revenue jump 169% year-on-year to $328.2m for the three months to 30 April, driven by a rapid increase in demand as the coronavirus pandemic has resulted in more remote working. It attributed the growth to a 71% increase...
by Michael Chapman | Jun 1, 2020 | Latest News
Share prices of European travel and leisure stocks rose sharply on Tuesday (26 May) on renewed hopes that lockdown restrictions across the region would be shortly eased. Reports surfaced early in the week that Germany was planning to end travel warnings for tourist...
