Crisis news in the UK | Page 6

An overview of news, trends and research in the category Crisis in the UK:

Research suggests football can be played safely during Covid-19 While the likes of Scotland, France and the Netherlands have ended their footballing seasons prematurely to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the top two tiers of English football are about to join
17 June 2020
Grant Thornton makes redundancies to weather Covid-19 crisis As it braces for a 20% fall in profits, Grant Thornton has become the first top-tier professional services firm to announced redundancies during the coronavirus pandemic.
16 June 2020
Working from home has lifted productivity and work-life balance Eden McCallum has released the third version of its Covid-19 survey series, revealing how the sentiment of European business leaders has changed over the past three weeks.
10 June 2020
What is organisational resilience and how do you build it? For organisations to successfully come through the Covid-19-induced pandemic and bounce back stronger from the crisis, organisational resilience is key.
09 June 2020
CIL supports Tharsus with launch of social distancing system CIL Management Consultants has supported Tharsus with a strategic market mapping exercise for its social distancing product, Bump.
09 June 2020
MCA Awards goes virtual for 2020 ceremony The representative body of the UK’s consulting sector has announced its annual awards ceremony will take place digitally for the first time in its history.
08 June 2020
One in five freelance consultants and contractors in trouble A new research estimates that around one in five independent consultants and contractors fear having to stop their business amid the fallout of demand caused by the Covid-19 crisis.
08 June 2020
ICT players remain relatively resilient to Covid-19 A strategic and financial analysis on the potential impact of Covid-19 on B2B-focused ICT businesses has found that the industry will likely remain relatively resilient to Covid-19 over a two year fr
04 June 2020
Ensure Covid-19 doesn't have a lasting impact on mental health Work may have changed forever as a result of the ‘new normal’ triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic.
04 June 2020
Sopra Steria and Salesforce bring social distancing app to UK A host of retailers, restaurants and pharmacies are in talks with digital transformation specialists Sopra Steria and CRM platform provider Salesforce about signing up to a new ‘shop by appointment’
03 June 2020
CIL survey outlines how consumers are coping with Covid-19 Of all the things UK residents are looking forward to post-Covid-19, seeing their friends and family ranks highest – ahead of sport, entertainment and travel.
01 June 2020
Half of Brits planning international travel after bans lift As and when the Covid-19 lock-down finally ends, a majority of Britons have stated that they will be flooding out of the country for a holiday.
29 May 2020
Brexit and Covid-19 mean new car registrations continue to tumble Over 2019, the UK’s automotive market saw another year-on-year decline in the sale of new units, thanks to the falling value of the pound, and shrinking consumer spending power.
25 May 2020
Strategy firms to offer jobs to interns impacted by lock-down The global coronavirus lock-down has reportedly caused a number of the world’s leading strategy consultancies to re-evaluate how they operate their summer internship programmes.
21 May 2020
5G roll out facing "significant delay" due to coronavirus Despite conspiracy theorists routinely tying coronavirus to the installation of 5G internet apparatus, a new report has found that the pandemic has led to what could be a “significant delay” in the t
19 May 2020
Q5 and Ahead Partnership launch pro bono consulting offering Consultancy Q5 and UK charity Ahead Partnership have partnered to launch a new pro bono consulting offering to distressed mid-size organisations, amid the current economic turbulence most markets fac
19 May 2020
Coronavirus slashes billions of value of football players The current coronavirus pandemic is widely expected to see the era of massive inflation of football transfer fees abruptly come to an end.
15 May 2020
Irish units of accounting and consulting firms slash pay Partners at the Irish wings of the Big Four, BDO and Mazars are facing reduced pay over the Covid-19 crisis, in a bid to maintain graduate hiring commitments.
14 May 2020
Demand for construction labour fell 70% in April Demand for labour on Britain’s building sites fell by up to 70% in April.
13 May 2020
Boutique consultancy 11:FS cuts salaries and headcount Financial services advisory firm 11:FS has implemented blanket pay-cuts, furloughing and layoffs to reduce its spending amid the global Covid-19 crisis.
13 May 2020
Three online security basics for working from home The coronavirus (Covid-19) has forced many of us into the shelter of our homes.
12 May 2020
Businesses need to supply touchless service post-Covid-19 Touch-screen technology may only just have been ushered in by various businesses as a means to cut back on labour costs and increase the rapidity of the ordering process, but new research suggests Co
11 May 2020
Primark sales fall to zero due to lack of ecommerce wing Clothing giant Primark has stated its sales have gone from £650 million each month to zero, as the coronavirus has forced it to close in Europe and the US.
07 May 2020
UK and US insurers could face Covid-19-related loss of up to $80 billion The financial impact of Covi-19 could see the insurance industry hit with losses of between $32 billion and $80 billion.
05 May 2020
UK business leaders more negative than EU counterparts Covid-19’s unprecedented disruption to the financial coffers of European businesses has come at a time when Britain was already facing seismic geo-political changes, and this seems to have caused Bri
29 April 2020
Nine-in-ten UK retailers face cash-flow difficulties Falling consumer spending power and social distancing measures have led to a huge number of British retailers having to close business completely, as a result of the Covid-19 lockdown.
29 April 2020
Rhyl FC collapses citing Covid-19 impact Former Welsh Premier League champion Rhyl FC has commenced its winding up, having missed a self-imposed deadline to secure £175,000 of investment.
27 April 2020
How AI can help the post-corona recovery With the global economy looking set for a period of negative growth following the Covid-19 outbreak, artificial intelligence could provide firms with a vital head-start when it comes to recovering.
23 April 2020
Second hand luxury market could thrive despite Covid-19 While the world’s luxury goods market is expected to fare poorly in 2020, thanks to the economic havoc wrought by coronavirus, the luxury resale could well thrive.
22 April 2020
BDO furloughs 700 UK staff Mid-tier advisory and accounting firm BDO has furloughed 700 of its UK staff, as the professional services industry looks to weather the economic storm caused by the Covid-19 lock-down.
22 April 2020
What restructuring consulting hiring trends suggest about the UK economy The Covid-19 lock-down has impacted every form of business in some way over the last few months – with demand for business advisory and restructuring services spiking as a result.
21 April 2020
Working from home can benefit businesses and the workforce Economics has always been called the dismal science, but only now are we truly finding out why, as every day brings yet more gloomy scenarios of mass unemployment and business failures.
21 April 2020

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