Cineworld, the world’s second-largest movie chain operator, has secured financial lifelines worth $750m (£560m) to weather the coronavirus pandemic. London-listed Cineworld, which shut all of its 660 movie theatres in the US and the UK in October, said the financial agreements mean it has enough liquidity to make it through next year – as […]Read More

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s recent announcement of a £16.5bn increase to defence spending, brought with it an interesting caveat for the cyber security community. A substantial amount of the investment will be placed in cyber security defences and offensive capabilities. The UK has seen cyber, in particular, as one of the areas that […]Read More

Reflecting the growth in tech for good companies in the North of England, Bethnal Green Ventures and Leeds-based investment non-profit NorthInvest are partnering to increase the access to funding for early stage businesses in the sector. The partnership brings together the expertise and funding base of BGV, who are Europe’s leading early-stage tech for […]Read More

The introduction of a second national lockdown will push Black Friday sales down 20 per cent as consumers wait for shops to reopen to bag a bargain. Nationwide Building Society predicted a drop off in spending on 27 November, compared to a previous forecast of a 12 per cent increase, due to the month-long […]Read More

Transport secretary Grant Shapps is set to scrap blanket travel quarantine restrictions in time for Christmas so that people can travel to high-risk “red list” countries to visit relatives. Shapps will announce the changes to the controversial travel quarantine restrictions later today, according to the Telegraph. Plans have been coming togethre for weeks to […]Read More

Cyber criminals are targeting ASDA shoppers on Facebook with a sophisticated new online scam, purporting to be from the supermarket’s CEO Roger Burnley. The fraudulent page has been uncovered by the Parliament Street think tank’s cyber research team, who issued a warning to consumers via social media. The scam begins with a fake Facebook […]Read More

One of Britain’s leading restaurateurs has urged the government to abandon blanket Covid-19 restrictions or face “an atomic bomb” of unemployment in January. Richard Caring, who owns chains including Bill’s and The Ivy Collection, said rules that had been “put in place without a great deal of thought” had turned out to be “a […]Read More

Unions have warned ministers that freezing pay for four million workers risks a public sector strike, in a further sign of the backlash against plans to repair the damage that the pandemic has done to the nation’s finances. Frances O’Grady, general secretary of the TUC, said that proposals for a public sector pay freeze […]Read More

Boris Johnson is to announce the return of Christmas shopping, gyms and outdoor sport across England as the government prepares to lift lockdown. The prime minister will set out details today of a three-tier system of restrictions to come into force on December 3. He is expected to say that non-essential retail sales can […]Read More

Hundreds of businesses, tied into draconian usage agreements with their energy supplier, may be forced to pay millions of pounds for electricity they have not used since March and into this second lockdown, Co-op CEO Steve Murrells has today warned. Data from Co-op Power reveals that since government restrictions came into place this Spring, […]Read More