Pandemic

Value fashion retailer Primark estimates it lost sales of £1.1 billion as a result of the store closures it endured during the Covid-19 crisis. For periods of 2020 and 2021, when the UK government tackled the coronavirus crisis via societal lockdowns, all non-essential retailers had to temporary shutter their shops.…

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Sawyer Shepley, 4, rides a horse at the Windsor-Essex Therapeutic Riding Association in Essex on Wednesday, July 6, 2022 under the watchful eye of leader Samantha Kolody. Photo by Dan Janisse /Windsor Star Therapeutic riding can be a major support for people of diverse abilities — and a grant from…

The latest monthly survey of construction purchasing managers indicated not just another slowdown in growth but also a sharp decline in business expectations for the year ahead. June data indicated that growth projections are now the least upbeat since July 2020. At 52.6 in June, down from 56.4 in May,…

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The University of Oxford, one of the first to cross the finish line with a Covid-19 vaccine, is shifting its focus to health threats that could trigger the next pandemic. Oxford’s Pandemic Sciences Institute, launched on Tuesday, aims to reduce the risks posed by infectious diseases by improving data collection,…

Witney Carnival is back this weekend after a two-year break due to the pandemic. The hugely popular event will take place on Saturday with the theme Witney: Celebrating HM Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The carnival kicks off with a Grand Procession through the centre of the town with all sorts of floats, from steam engines…

Seeds are seen in a grain silo destroyed after it was shelled repeatedly, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine May 31, 2022. REUTERS/Serhii Nuzhnenko/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comBRUSSELS, July 4 (Reuters) - The European Investment Bank, the lending arm of the European…

Zoom and Google’s educational tools have become ubiquitous thanks to the pandemic – now educators are learning how best to use them side-by-side with more traditional classroom approaches...Read More

SC Capital’s Suchad Chiranussati; Minor International’s Dillip Rajakarier; Lodgis Hospitality’s Christopher Hur and Tony Ryan of Ryan Capital Partners at SEAHIS 2022 The buzz returned to Bangkok with this past week’s South East Asia Hotel Investors’ Summit (SEAHIS), as the in-person event at The Westin Grande Sukhumvit welcomed guests and…