‘We need sense of urgency’: Farmers, meat processors and supermarkets struggle with pingdemic exemption confusion
Under sweltering skies in Norfolk, the harvest is coming in....
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Train firms cut services as staff forced to self-isolate after being ‘pinged’
Train services across England are being cut as a result of rail staff being forced to self-isolate....
New details revealed on which workers may be exempt from isolation rules
The government has released more details about which fully-vaccinated workers may be exempt from isolation if they are told to quarantine after coming into contact with a positive COVID case....
Business leaders have ‘obligation to speak up’, ex-Unilever boss says amid Ben & Jerry’s row
Unilever’s ex-boss has said business leaders have an “obligation to speak up” after his former company became embroiled in a row with Israel over its Ben & Jerry’s business...
Future ownership of LloydsPharmacy chain to be decided within days
The owner of LloydsPharmacy, one of Britain’s biggest chains of chemists, is to decide within days on its future ownership after receiving takeover bids for the business....
Guidance: Rates and allowances for Landfill Tax
Find out the rates of Landfill Tax payable on material disposed of at a landfill site....
Guidance: Information you need to apply for Authorised Economic Operator status
Find out what information you will need to apply for Authorised Economic Operator status, including customs simplification status and security and safety status....
‘No point’ sparing food suppliers from pingdemic when shop workers still absent says retailer
Business leaders have expressed dismay at being left out or left in the dark over plans to ease “pingdemic” pressure on key parts of the economy....
Electric vehicles, staff shortages and the return to the office
On today’s episode, Ian King speaks to the chief executive of the British Meat Processors Association about new self-isolation rules....
KKR joins scrum of suitors for Rugby World Cup stake
KKR, one of the world’s biggest private equity investors, is joining a scrum of suitors to buy a stake in the commercial rights to rugby union’s World Cup....
Open consultation: Consultation on Trade in Goods bulk dataset releases
HM Revenue & Customs are consulting on the potential streamlining of their Trade in Goods bulk datasets....
Guidance: Check a list of genuine HMRC contacts
Check recent contacts from HMRC to help you decide if a suspicious email, phone call, text or letter could be a scam....
Kaseya acquires decryption key ‘from trusted third party’ after ransomware attack
Kaseya, the Miami-based software company at the centre of a ransomware attack which affected thousands of other businesses, says it has “obtained a decryptor” to unlock the victims’ ...
Press release: One week left to renew for 300,000 tax credits customers
Tax credits customers have until 31 July to renew their tax credits claim or risk their payments being stopped....
UK economic rebound slows sharply as pingdemic takes toll
The UK’s economic bounce-back has slowed sharply partly thanks to the impact of the “pingdemic” causing workers to isolate, according to a key business survey....
Official Statistics: Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit claimants: statistics related to the policy to provide support for a maximum of 2 children, April 2021
Statistics about the policy that provides support for a maximum of 2 children in Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit....
Twitter quarterly ad sales top $1bn as reopening lifts demand
Shares in Twitter have risen after it reported a better than expected rise in quarterly ad revenue to more than $1bn....
Euro 2020 delivers boost for retail sales but clothes stores slip back
Football fans stocking up in supermarkets delivered a boost to the UK retail sector last month but fashion stores suffered a setback, official figures show....
Self-isolation exemption for food supply chain staff won’t be extended to other businesses – minister
Emergency measures to exempt food supply chain workers from coronavirus self-isolation rules will not be extended to other businesses, Environment Secretary George Eustice has told Sky News....
Guidance: Compliance checks: penalties for failure to notify – CC/FS11
This factsheet contains information about the penalties HMRC may charge where there has been a failure to notify....
Why Test and Release is not enough to beat the ‘pings’
With celebration of “Freedom Day” drowned out by a chorus of more than 600,000 “pings” from the NHS Test & Trace app, and images of empty supermarket shelves circulating on...
The cost of hosting the Olympics
Holding the world’s biggest sporting event comes with a hefty price tag...
10,000 food supply chain workers to be exempt from isolation rules – but supermarket staff not included
Around 10,000 workers in the food supply chain industry are to become exempt from coronavirus self-isolation rules – but this will not include supermarket staff, the government has said....
List of 16 sectors where workers may be exempt from COVID isolation revealed
The government has released a list of 16 sectors where fully vaccinated workers may be exempt from isolation if they are told to quarantine after coming into close contact with a positive COVID case....
Akamai Technologies apologises after several high-profile websites hit by outages
Akamai Technologies, a content delivery company, has apologised after a software update in its services caused several websites to go down....
Tech tycoon Lynch vows to fight US extradition in HP-Autonomy ‘fraud’ case
The founder of UK tech firm Autonomy has said he will fight extradition to the United States on fraud charges after a London court granted the move....
Several high-profile websites including HSBC, Airbnb and British Airways hit by outages
The websites of several high-profile companies including HSBC, Airbnb and British Airways were hit by outages on Thursday....
Notice: Excise Notice 69a: aircraft, ship and train stores
This notice explains HMRC’s policy on aircraft, ship and train stores following the Excise Goods (Aircraft and Ship’s Stores) Regulation 2015....
Guidance: Receive goods into and remove goods from an excise warehouse (Excise Notice 197)
Find out the UK’s requirements for the holding and movement of excise goods in duty suspension within the UK and the EU....
Government ‘very concerned’ as more than 600,000 pinged by NHS COVID app in a week
A record 618,903 people in England and Wales were pinged by the NHS COVID-19 app in a week, latest figures show....
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- Guidance: Information you need to apply for Authorised Economic Operator statusby HM Government on July 23, 2021 at 2:20 pm
Find out what information you will need to apply for Authorised Economic Operator status, including customs simplification status and security and safety status.
- Guidance: Rates and allowances for Landfill Taxby HM Government on July 23, 2021 at 1:54 pm
Find out the rates of Landfill Tax payable on material disposed of at a landfill site.
- Guidance: Check a list of genuine HMRC contactsby HM Government on July 23, 2021 at 10:31 am
Check recent contacts from HMRC to help you decide if a suspicious email, phone call, text or letter could be a scam.
- Open consultation: Consultation on Trade in Goods bulk dataset releasesby HM Government on July 23, 2021 at 10:30 am
HM Revenue & Customs are consulting on the potential streamlining of their Trade in Goods bulk datasets.
- Press release: One week left to renew for 300,000 tax credits customersby HM Government on July 23, 2021 at 9:52 am
Tax credits customers have until 31 July to renew their tax credits claim or risk their payments being stopped.
- Official Statistics: Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit claimants: statistics related to the policy to provide support for a maximum of 2 children, April 2021by HM Government on July 23, 2021 at 9:23 am
Statistics about the policy that provides support for a maximum of 2 children in Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit.
- Guidance: Compliance checks: penalties for failure to notify - CC/FS11by HM Government on July 23, 2021 at 6:00 am
This factsheet contains information about the penalties HMRC may charge where there has been a failure to notify.
- Guidance: Receive goods into and remove goods from an excise warehouse (Excise Notice 197)by HM Government on July 22, 2021 at 3:41 pm
Find out the UK's requirements for the holding and movement of excise goods in duty suspension within the UK and the EU.
- Notice: Excise Notice 69a: aircraft, ship and train storesby HM Government on July 22, 2021 at 3:38 pm
This notice explains HMRC's policy on aircraft, ship and train stores following the Excise Goods (Aircraft and Ship's Stores) Regulation 2015.
- Guidance: Classifying pharmaceutical products and placebos for import and exportby HM Government on July 22, 2021 at 3:19 pm
Get help to classify pharmaceutical products used to treat or prevent diseases or ailments (in humans or animals), including comparators used in clinical trials and placebos.
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- 'We need sense of urgency': Farmers, meat processors and supermarkets struggle with pingdemic exemption confusionon July 23, 2021 at 4:55 pm
Under sweltering skies in Norfolk, the harvest is coming in.
- Business leaders have 'obligation to speak up', ex-Unilever boss says amid Ben & Jerry's rowon July 23, 2021 at 3:43 pm
Unilever's ex-boss has said business leaders have an "obligation to speak up" after his former company became embroiled in a row with Israel over its Ben & Jerry's business.
- New details revealed on which workers may be exempt from isolation ruleson July 23, 2021 at 3:38 pm
The government has released more details about which fully-vaccinated workers may be exempt from isolation if they are told to quarantine after coming into contact with a positive COVID case.
- Future ownership of LloydsPharmacy chain to be decided within dayson July 23, 2021 at 3:11 pm
The owner of LloydsPharmacy, one of Britain's biggest chains of chemists, is to decide within days on its future ownership after receiving takeover bids for the business.
- Tube lines hit by pingdemic as 300 staff isolate - and train firms cut services across Englandon July 23, 2021 at 2:43 pm
Two of London's main Tube lines are shut this weekend and there are changes to other services as 300 staff self-isolate.
- UK economic rebound slows sharply as pingdemic takes tollon July 23, 2021 at 8:33 am
The UK's economic bounce-back has slowed sharply partly thanks to the impact of the "pingdemic" causing workers to isolate, according to a key business survey.
- Twitter quarterly ad sales top $1bn as reopening lifts demandon July 23, 2021 at 7:26 am
Shares in Twitter have risen after it reported a better than expected rise in quarterly ad revenue to more than $1bn.
- Self-isolation exemption for food supply chain staff won't be extended to other businesses - ministeron July 23, 2021 at 6:20 am
Emergency measures to exempt food supply chain workers from coronavirus self-isolation rules will not be extended to other businesses, the environment secretary has told Sky News.
- Euro 2020 delivers boost for retail sales but clothes stores slip backon July 23, 2021 at 6:10 am
Football fans stocking up in supermarkets delivered a boost to the UK retail sector last month but fashion stores suffered a setback, official figures show.
- 'Summer of closures' for hotels and restaurants left off 'pingdemic' exemption liston July 22, 2021 at 4:52 pm
Hotels and restaurants face a summer of closures after their workers were not included in quarantine exemptions, the government has been told.
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- The cost of hosting the Olympicson July 22, 2021 at 11:00 pm
Holding the world's biggest sporting event comes with a hefty price tag
- Bank scammer threatens BBC reporter over the phoneon July 12, 2021 at 11:01 pm
A fraudster threatens a BBC reporter during a call supposedly from his bank after a text scam.
- Climate change: The craft brewery using algae to cut emissionson July 5, 2021 at 11:01 pm
An Australian craft brewery is using microalgae to turn their carbon emissions into oxygen.
- Brexit: Exporting my fish to China is easier than to Franceon July 4, 2021 at 11:01 pm
A Scottish fisherman says post-Brexit rules means three hours worth of paperwork for each EU order.
- The cat with more than 50,000 social media followerson July 2, 2021 at 11:02 pm
Pet influencers have become the latest social media stars with the pandemic fuelling content demand.
- Covid-19 furlough scheme starts to be scaled backon June 30, 2021 at 11:02 pm
As financial support reduces, we hear from a worker who has been on and off furlough for 15 months.
- The Queen and the Prince William visit the home of Irn-Bruon June 28, 2021 at 4:34 pm
The Queen and the Prince William visit the Irn-Bru factory.
- The online scammers renting out other people's homeson June 24, 2021 at 11:00 pm
Fraudsters copy adverts from legitimate websites before taking deposits and fees from their victims.
- Nightclub 'facing extinction' after lockdown easing delayon June 14, 2021 at 10:29 pm
Luca Maggiora, the owner of London’s Cuckoo Club says the pandemic forced him into £700k of debt.
- Coronavirus: Can countries pay back pandemic debt?on June 10, 2021 at 11:10 pm
Countries around the world have borrowed staggering amounts to deal with the pandemic. But where does a government borrow that money from - and can it ever be paid back?
‘A colossal failure’: Green groups criticise failure to halt North Sea oil exploration
The government has been accused of sending mixed messages on climate change after refusing to halt new exploration licences for North Sea oil and gas....
‘A filthy hovel’ – Britannia named worst UK hotel chain eight years running
Britannia has been ranked the UK’s worst hotel chain for the eighth consecutive year, after guests described their venues as “filthy”....
‘A shambles’: Ryanair boss criticises plan for mandatory COVID testing of travellers
The chief executive of Ryanair has dismissed the government’s plan for mandatory testing of arrivals from overseas as “a shambles”....
‘A side of shares’: Deliveroo to offer £50m of stock to customers
Deliveroo customers will be offered up to £50m of shares in the company’s blockbuster floatation, with the offer branded “Great food with a side of shares”....
‘Accidental’ boom in cannabis products could see annual sales hit £690m
Sales of consumer cannabis products have undergone an “accidental” boom during the pandemic that will see the popularity of cannabinoids exceed the market for Vitamins B and C combined, according to industry groups....
‘Airports indecision leaving UK closed for business’, PM told
Indecision over state support for Britain’s airports risks leaving a “closed for business” sign hanging over the country, Boris Johnson has been told by one of his most prominent backers for the Conservative Party leadership....
‘An absolute shambles’: Govt ‘didn’t renegotiate’ £425m free school meals contract for a better deal
The Department for Education was “surprisingly unconcerned” about whether a private company was profiting from providing free school meal vouchers, MPs have warned....
‘Appoint staff that have experience’
Banking CEO David Velez says it is vital that bosses appoint staff who have experience of working in that industry....
‘Are you a fraudster?’: Financier at centre of Cameron lobbying row grilled by MPs
The founder of Greensill Capital – the firm which ex-prime minister David Cameron lobbied for – has denied his previous government role allowed him to win contracts for his business....
‘Aunt Jemima’ brand officially retired over racial stereotype link
The killing of George Floyd last year and the subsequent Black Lives Matter protests sparked a good deal of anguish in corporate America....