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Aviva: Pension Freedoms: No early sign of coronavirus “dash for cash”

HMRC have published the Q1 2020 pension freedom figures...

Thursday, 30 April 2020 11:40

Supplier chosen for new defence training agreement

Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has awarded a new commercial agreement to support facilities management for the UK’s Defence Training estate...

Thursday, 30 April 2020 11:35

Coronavirus (COVID-19): letter to town and parish councils

Letter from the Secretary of State Robert Jenrick thanking town and parish councils for their work during the pandemic...

Thursday, 30 April 2020 11:31

More than 3,000 extra officers join police in recruitment drive

The government is on track to meet its target of 6,000 additional officers in England and Wales by March 2021, as online assessment centres mean forces can continue recruiting...

Thursday, 30 April 2020 10:39

UK announces fifth round of charter flights from India

The UK has announced seven further charter flights to bring over 2,000 stranded British travellers home from India...

Thursday, 30 April 2020 10:38

Rail replacement vehicles: extension of non-accessible period

April 2020 letter allowing buses and coaches performing rail replacement duties to apply for exemption from accessibility requirements until 31 December 2020...

Thursday, 30 April 2020 09:52

UK Finance: Lenders provide over £4 billion to SMEs through covid-19 scheme

The banking and finance sector has provided over £4.1 billion to SMEs so far through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan (CBIL) scheme...

Thursday, 30 April 2020 09:49

Shell results: Greenpeace comment

In response to Shell’s first quarter results, Charlie Kronick, oil finance analyst for Greenpeace UK, said...

Thursday, 30 April 2020 09:15

Temperature testing for bus workers must be introduced to reduce risks, says Unite

Unite, the UK and Ireland’s largest union, which represents over 80,000 thousand bus drivers in the UK, is calling on all bus operators to introduce compulsory temperature checks to further protect workers against COVID-19...

Thursday, 30 April 2020 09:13

Mayor launches new fund to support London’s at risk culture and creative businesses

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today launched a new emergency £2.3m fund to support culture and creative industries at risk due to the impact of the coronavirus...

Thursday, 30 April 2020 09:12