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7 February – Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces what he describes as "tough targets" to reduce the record NHS waiting lists in England. [36]8 February – Health Secretary Sajid Javid announces plans to help reduce NHS waiting lists in England, but warns numbers will not begin to fall until 2024, and are likely to increase in the short term.
On 25 November 2020, the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered a Spending Review which revealed that the United Kingdom will face the worst slump in 300 years due to the impact of COVID-19. The anticipated slump this year will be near to −10%, such significant economic decline that it could surpass the Great Frost of 1709 .
2019: RBC agreed to sell its Eastern Caribbean banking operations, in places such as Antigua, Dominica, and Saint Lucia, to a consortium of banks in the region. [44] 2022: RBC announced the acquisition of wealth manager Brewin Dolphin in the United Kingdom, in a deal which valued Brewin Dolphin at C$2.4bn (£1.6bn). [45]
ZURICH/LONDON, March 30 (Reuters) - Banks across the euro zone are tearing up plans to return cash to shareholders at the behest of regulators, instead shoring up reserves as the coronavirus ...
Dividends are at risk in a big way as Corporate America sees a major profit and cash squeeze amid the coronavirus pandemic. Coronavirus pandemic may put an end to dividends [Video] Skip to main ...
HSBC and Standard Chartered said on Wednesday they would cancel their dividends and not launch any share buy-backs in 2020 after a financial regulator in the United Kingdom asked the country's ...
2 April – Low-dose vaccines for COVID-19 become available for children aged five to 11 in England, with five million eligible. A second dose is recommended after 12 weeks. [303] 4 April – EasyJet have cancelled around 100 flights, including 62 from UK airports, due to high levels of staff absences from COVID-19. [304]
Billionaire Warren Buffett is best known for being one of the world’s greatest stock investors – but he is also a master of the bon mot, and some his best lines mark out rules that can lead to ...