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New wave of UK job losses expected in coming months, researchers say New research suggests the UK could be about to see a fresh wave of job losses as business struggle to cope amid Covid-19 restrictions. A huge increase in bankruptcies for UK firms looms as business support programmes end, according to the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) and the Alliance for Full Employment (AFFE), with more than 900,000 small firms thought to be at risk. Almost 15%, more than one in seven, UK busin...

New wave of UK job losses expected in coming months, researchers say New research suggests the UK could be about to see a fresh wave of job losses as business struggle to cope amid Covid-19 restrictions. A huge increase in bankruptcies for UK firms looms as business support programmes end, according to the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) and the Alliance for Full Employment (AFFE), with more than 900,000 small firms thought to be at risk. Almost 15%, more than one in seven, UK busin...

New wave of UK job losses expected in coming months, researchers say New research suggests the UK could be about to see a fresh wave of job losses as business struggle to cope amid Covid-19 restrictions. A huge increase in bankruptcies for UK firms looms as business support programmes end, according to the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) and the Alliance for Full Employment (AFFE), with more than 900,000 small firms thought to be at risk. Almost 15%, more than one in seven, UK busin...

New wave of UK job losses expected in coming months, researchers say New research suggests the UK could be about to see a fresh wave of job losses as business struggle to cope amid Covid-19 restrictions. A huge increase in bankruptcies for UK firms looms as business support programmes end, according to the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) and the Alliance for Full Employment (AFFE), with more than 900,000 small firms thought to be at risk. Almost 15%, more than one in seven, UK busin...

Over 900,000 small businesses are at risk of shutting up shop for good amid a fresh wave of job losses threatening to sweep across Britain, according to new research. The grim findings suggest 2.5million jobs up and down the country are at risk of being lost in the coming months. A marked increase in bankruptcies among British businesses looms as Government support programmes like the furlough scheme end, the Centre for Economic Performance and the Alliance for Full Employment warned. Around o...

Container falls on taxi in deadly N3 accident Updated Nokukhanya N Mntambo Share this: The N3 south has been temporarily closed between Pietermaritzburg and Durban in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) following a deadly accident on Wednesday morning.  Supplied Four others were left seriously injured, while eight other commuters sustained minor injuries.  “There has been an incident on the N 3 Durban bound just before Ashburton bridge, a container fell off a truck onto a minibus,” says KZN Emer...

Two killed, 12 injured after container falls from truck onto minibus Citizen reporter Picture: Twitter/@AppSA The highway the highway had been closed for the second day in a row, following another fatal accident on Tuesday.  Two people have been killed after a container fell off a ...

2 killed after container falls off truck on N3 near Ashburton Updated Newswatch Supplied Tragedys struck on the N3, before the bridge near Ashburton. Two people were killed when a container fell off a truck and crashed onto a minibus taxi.  Both vehicles were travelling on the Durban side of the freeway on Wednesday morning. KZN EMS spokesperson, Robert Mckenzie says emergency officials are still busy at the scene.  "Paramedics have treated 12 patients at the scene for serious and minor inj...

Bus completely destroyed in fire at Durban intersection Updated Newswatch Facebook: Muhammad Vanker Emergency responders say the vehicle caught alight at the intersection of Peter Mokaba and King Dinuzulu Roads.  The driver was the only person on the bus at the time.  KZN EMS spokesperson, Robert Mckenzie says the events leading up to the blaze arent clear at this stage.  "Nobody was injured in the fire and it was only the bus driver ion the vehicle at the time - who managed to escape safe...

690 people have died on SA roads so far this December Citizen reporter ‘These preliminary statistics show that our road users are law-abiding citizens,’ Mbalula said. Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has announced that 690 people lost their lives on South Africa’s roads between 1 December 2020 and 20 December 2020, com...