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Onyx Health expands into new Newcastle base after doubling in size
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PM considering raising National Insurance to fund social care reforms – but proposals won’t come until after summer
Boris Johnson is looking at raising National Insurance in order to fund long-promised reforms of social care, but any proposals won’t be set out until after the summer.The prime minister‘s plans have been delayed in part because he is isolating along with Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid, after the latter tested positive …
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Employers will have to apply for isolation exemption as govt rules out critical jobs list
The government will not draw up a list of critical jobs that will be exempt from full self-isolation if workers are “pinged”.Instead, employers will have to apply to government departments to allow workers to effectively circumvent the rules. Boris Johnson announced on Monday that critical workers, who have been fully vaccinated for at least two …
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Employers will have to apply for isolation exemption as government rules out critical jobs list
The government will not draw up a list of critical jobs that will be exempt from full self-isolation if workers are “pinged”.Instead, employers will have to apply to government departments to allow workers to effectively circumvent the rules. Boris Johnson announced on Monday that critical workers, who have been fully vaccinated for at least two …
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US private equity giant Apollo won’t bid for Morrisons – but could join takeover consortium
A US private equity giant that was weighing up a bid for Morrisons has decided not to make a solo offer for the supermarket.Apollo Global Management said it is instead now in talks to join a consortium which has already agreed to take over the UK business in a £6.3bn deal. It is the latest …
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EasyJet says fewer than half of summer trips sold as customers leave it late
EasyJet has revealed that fewer than half of UK flights for this summer have been booked as customers leave it late to arrange trips.The budget airline said capacity for the usually lucrative July-September period was just 44% sold, down from 69% in the same period in 2019 before the pandemic. It said customers “are currently …
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PM faces backlash over decision to make people prove double vaccine status to enter nightclubs
The government’s plan to require people to prove double vaccination status when entering nightclubs and other “crowded venues” from the end of September has been condemned as an “absolute shambles”.Boris Johnson revealed on Monday that in two months’ time, those wishing to enter venues where large numbers of people gather in England will need to …
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No stampede for the office as England’s ‘Freedom Day’ is dominated by caution
A return to the daily commuter grind is a strange way to celebrate freedom, so there was no rush-hour, or much of a rush at all at among travellers at Didcot Parkway on the day the work-from-home order was finally lifted.Didcot is a 40-minute journey from London, its importance to the growing Oxfordshire commuter belt …
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Evening Standard
Gousto to let staff work from abroad for a month each year, says meal kit unicorn’s founder
So-called “Freedom Day” has left both management and staff eager for long-term certainty on flexi-working policies and office requirements – and meal kit provider Gousto has become the latest company to reveal significant changes. Ministers lifted many of the UK‘s remaining Covid restrictions on Monday, including the “work from home if you can” directive. Gousto …
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Private equity suitors circle £400m LloydsPharmacy chain
A trio of financial investors are circling one of Britain’s biggest chains of chemists as its American owner finalises its retreat from an expensive foray into Europe.Sky News has learnt that Aurelius Group, Epiris and HIG Europe are expected to table formal bids this week for LloydsPharmacy, which employs well over 15,000 people. The offers …
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Major sponsor Toyota won’t air Tokyo Olympics ads or attend opening ceremony
Toyota will not show Olympic-related TV ads and its executives will not attend the event’s opening ceremony – despite being one of its top corporate sponsors.The decision by Japan’s top carmaker comes as the country’s decision to go ahead with hosting the delayed Games despite rising COVID-19 case numbers divides public opinion. Toyota became the …

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