Fever-Tree shop sales spike by a quarter as Britons sip gin at home By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:10 BST, 4 June 2020 | Updated: 22:10 BST, 4 June 2020 Fever-Tree shop sales spiked by a quarter as Britons sipped gin at home. The tonic maker Fever-Tree saw sales from supermarkets and … Read more
Over a quarter of 18 to 25-year-olds are unaware that women should avoid alcohol in pregnancy, study shows Survey of 2,000 Britons assessed knowledge of foetal alcohol disorders Quarter of young people did not know a pregnant woman should not drink Almost half (49 per cent) of 18 to 25-year-olds polled said they get information … Read more
One in four headteachers are considering quitting because of the ‘stressful’ coronavirus crisis and the demands of getting children back safely, a survey of school leaders revealed today. Around one in ten teachers are also thinking about leaving the profession, industry app Teacher Tapp has said. Headteachers have spent the past month readying their schools for … Read more
Quarter of British manufacturers say they plan to lay off workers in next six months By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:20 BST, 31 May 2020 | Updated: 22:20 BST, 31 May 2020 One quarter of British manufacturers say they plan to lay off workers in the next six months. The figure has … Read more
Employers will have to pay a quarter of furloughed staff’s wages from August, Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to announce Rishi Sunak will ask businesses to pay 25 per cent of furlough money for staff Chancellor is expected to make radical announcement today or this weekend It comes as 8.4 million workers are now furloughed … Read more
Quarter of Britain’s manufacturers say they are planning to cut jobs over next six months By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 28 May 2020 | Updated: 22:12 BST, 28 May 2020 A quarter of Britain’s manufacturers plan to cut jobs over the next six months, according to an industry poll. One … Read more
A quarter of people working from home during the coronavirus lockdown do it in BED and one in eight admit to working in the garden Most common place to work while confined to one’s abode is the dining table Eight per cent of people have, at some point, worked from someone else’s bed One in … Read more
Employers will have to pay 25 per cent of their furloughed staff’s wages from August under plans set to be announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak. Mr Sunak last week extended the government’s coronavirus furlough scheme – in which the government covers 80 per cent of wages of workers’ wages up to a ceiling of £2,500 … Read more
Crime falls by a QUARTER overall during coronavirus lockdown but assaults on emergency workers are up by 14%, police figures reveal The newly-released data from 43 police forces shows 25 per cent drop in crime There has been a 36% reduction in burglary and 30% drop in serious assault Recorded rape offences have fallen 28%, … Read more
Africa’s young and fit population will help the continent avoid an enormous death toll from COVID-19, according to figures from the World Health Organization. Analysis from the UN’s international public health body predicts more than a quarter of a billion Africans will contract the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus within a year. It claims that the COVID-19 death toll will … Read more