Analysis shows local high streets weathered the pandemic storm better than city centre shopping areas By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 24 January 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 24 January 2021 Local high streets have weathered the pandemic storm better than city centre shopping areas, analysis has shown. Workers staying at … Read more
Frontline workers at Covid testing centres are NOT being offered vaccines yet because they are ‘not in close contact’ with the virus and have PPE Department of Health said they weren’t in ‘close contact’ with the virus It also said they had ‘appropriate PPE’ to protect them from the disease Testing staff lean into cars … Read more
Uber is offering free trips to seven mass-vaccination centres across England to help the most vulnerable receive the Covid-19 jab Uber will cover up to £15 of passengers’ trips to and from the vaccine centres To claim a free ride, passengers must enter a promo code in the Uber app Matt Hancock has described the … Read more
The AA has announced this morning that it will provide around 5,000 free directional road signs to temporary vaccination centres in Britain to help guide local communities through the Covid-19 vaccination period. It said the signs, which are made from 100 per cent recycled plastic, will help people navigate to vaccination locations that are not local … Read more
Boris Johnson wants to open 50 mass vaccination centres across the country within weeks to help hit his target of offering vaccines to nearly 14 million people by the middle of next month. There are already around 700 vaccination sites across the country, with seven national centres opening this week to turbo-charge efforts to get jabs to millions of … Read more
Boris Johnson has revealed seven mass coronavirus vaccination centres will throw open their doors next week to turbo-charge efforts to pull the country out of a seemingly endless cycle of lockdowns and ruinous curbs on daily life. The hubs will be based in venues including sports centres and London’s ExCeL convention centre, and equipped to … Read more
Hundreds of pop-up GP-led centres are on the way as part of a huge vaccination drive, ministers revealed last night. With approval for the Oxford vaccine set to come as early as today, Government sources told the Mail that town halls and village community centres are poised to help roll out the jab to millions … Read more
Vaccination teams are braced to go into care homes to give the most vulnerable the Covid jab by the end of the week. GPs are also due to start administering the Pfizer vaccine from today at 280 local centres across the UK. It means those at greatest risk will finally get the protection they need … Read more
STOCKS TO WATCH: Vaccine centres may prove a booster for Balfour Beatty By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 14 November 2020 | Updated: 23:27 GMT, 14 November 2020 The Government’s eagerness to lean heavily on the private sector throughout the pandemic shows no sign of abating. Westminster has already dished out … Read more
Merry Clickmas! More festive shopping to be done online than on high streets for the first time this year in further blow to ‘ghost town’ centres More than half of gifts are expected to be bought online, up from 31% last year Delivery industry experts fear courier and postal system will struggle to cope Even … Read more