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Pfizer’s UK boss ‘comfortable’ with plan to lift COVID rules – but will continue to wear a face mask in crowded settings
The UK boss of vaccine maker Pfizer says he is “comfortable” with the planned scrapping of most COVID-19 restrictions later this month – but he will continue to wear a mask in crowded settings.Ben Osborn told Sky News that while only a comprehensive rollout of second doses would provide optimum protection from the virus, data …
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Business Weekly
Tobacco group lights up market with $1.2bn Vectura acquisition
Cambridge Science Park company Vectura has been acquired for $1.2 billion by US-Swiss tobacco business Philip Morris International. Headquartered in New York, PMI wants to broaden into a wider healthcare and wellness company.  The deal tops the £958 million bid tabled by the private equity group Carlyle in May. Vectura’s board had recommended that shareholders …
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Pioneering QuantuMDx launches Q-POC device after decade of development
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Plymouth’s Sutton Harbour Group to raise £3.5m and build waterfront flats
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Welsh Government should drop all Covid restrictions on restaurants, cafes and pubs says hospitality group
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Work starts on new speculative warehouse in Tamworth
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Crippling HGV driver shortages ‘greatest challenges of a generation’
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Fuller’s CEO Simon Emeny eyes post-July 19 rebound after 2020 loss
London pub group Fuller’s is eyeing a post- July 19 rebound, and chief executive Simon Emeny is convinced current signs suggest the capital will bounce back in earnest from the pandemic.  Covid has hit the historic west London based pub chain hard. The company has 209 directly managed pubs, 175 tenanted inns and just over …
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Business leaders encourage employers to show flexibility for football fans on Monday
Business leaders say employers should be willing to be flexible on working hours on Monday, to enable football fans to celebrate England’s Euro 2020 victory… or recover from defeat.England faces Italy in the tournament on Sunday night in their biggest game for men’s football since the 1966 World Cup final. The match will be over …
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Co-op, Lidl, and Tesco Express adjust opening times to allow workers to enjoy Euro 2020 final
Co-op, Lidl, and Tesco Express have said they will adjust their opening hours in England so that workers can enjoy Euro 2020 victory… or recover from defeat.England face Italy in the tournament on Sunday night in their biggest game for the men’s side since the 1966 World Cup final. England’s 1,600 Tesco Express stores will …
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The pinging of the NHS app may be a bell tolling for economic recovery
There was a time, in the wake of the first wave of COVID-19, that politicians and economists yearned for a V-shaped recovery – an immediate bounce-back from the financial devastation of lockdowns.The second wave put paid to that, and as we tiptoe out of the most recent restrictions, the line drawn by GDP is starting …
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Philip Morris makes a move on British pharma firm in bid to expand ‘beyond tobacco and nicotine’
Cigarette maker Philip Morris International says it will buy Vectura Group as part of an expansion beyond tobacco and nicotine.The deal values Vectura at £1.05bn and its shareholders will get 150p per share in cash, the British pharmaceutical company said in a joint statement with Philip Morris (PMI). Vectura had agreed to a £958m deal …

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