UK Business Closures Jump 14% as Pandemic Takes Brutal Toll on Small Firms January 27, 2022 By Andrew Atkinson Business closures in the UK jumped by 14% from a year ago in the fourth quarter as the coronavirus pandemic...
London Turns Into Ghost Town as UK Faces Record-Breaking Wave of COVID Infections December 16, 2021 By Thomas Buckley and Deirdre Hipwell The owner of Parlez, a pub and restaurant in south London, hoped that sales this Christmas would have bounced back...
World Faces Shortage of Sailors for Commercial Ships, Risking Supply Chains: Report July 28, 2021 By Jonathan Saul There could be a shortage of merchant sailors to crew commercial ships in five years if action is not taken...
Global Supply Chains Driven to Breaking Point on New COVID Wave, Natural Disasters July 26, 2021 By Jonathan Saul, Muyu Xu and Yilei Sun LONDON/BEIJING – A new worldwide wave of COVID-19. Natural disasters in China and Germany. A cyber attack targeting key South...
Italy’s Top Insurer Generali to Invest €3.5B in COVID-Hit European Countries February 24, 2021 MILAN – Italy’s top insurer Generali said on Wednesday it launched a 3.5 billion euro ($4.26 billion) investment plan over...
Impact of Coronavirus on U.S. Economy Could Be $3-$5 Trillion Over 2 Years: USC Study December 14, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic could result in net losses from $3.2 trillion and up to $4.8 trillion in U.S. real gross...