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FOODSERVICE DELIVERY UP Despite the failure of a predicted boom in foodservice
GLASGOW WAKES TO MINI-LOCKDOWN
home delivery to materialise
SCOTLAND’S FIRST MINISTER NICOLA STURGEON LAST NIGHT
during lockdown, the latest
ANNOUNCED NEW RESTRICTIONS FOR GLASGOW’S 800,000
data from Lumina Intelligence
RESIDENTS AFTER A SPIKE IN COVID-19 CASES.
suggests growth did finally start to appear towards the end of June. Among the total UK adult population, pre-coronavirus foodservice delivery accounted for one meal per month. Post lockdown, this has risen to three meals per month.
PRET SHEDS STAFF Troubled sandwich chain Pret A Manger is to make about one-third of its workforce redundant as demand from commuters and office workers fails to return to pre-pandemic levels. Around 3,000 jobs, mainly at its stores, will be lost. Ninety support centre roles will also be cut.
TIKTOK BID Asda owner Walmart is teaming up with Microsoft to try to acquire the US operations of the TikTok video sharing app. The deal is expected to be between $25bn and $30bn if an agreement can be reached with TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance.
Residents of Scotland’s biggest city awoke this morning to learn that Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon had introduced a new minilockdown for Glasgow following a spike in Covid-19 cases. Sturgeon last night announced 66 new positive tests and unveiled fresh restrictions on visiting other households that will apply to all 800,000 residents of the city as well as
in neighbouring West Dunbartonshire and East Renfrewshire. The 66 new positive tests were recorded in the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde area yesterday. Exceptions to the new rules include emergency circumstances or those providing care to a vulnerable person for extended households which were originally established during the national lockdown.
COVID-19 HOTSPOT TRACKER UPDATE The latest British Retail Consortium Covid Hotspot Tracker for England has revealed that total new cases fell by 16% week-on-week for the period (weeks commencing 10 and 17 August). All but five regions reported a fall with London the outlier, reporting a 26% increase.
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