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[meanwhile] 17/1/2021 12:32

NHS WALES - COVID UPDATE

In a major new development, Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board, North Wales, are piloting a community pharmacy vaccination scheme. This complex operation is being evaluated for a wider runout.

The 'staggering' complexity of this operation is the reason for this piloting, as well as various risk assessments. Subjects (or victims in the case of Wales) queue outside, one goes is, is vaccinated, comes out and then the next one goes in.
The people that come out have a very much reduced risk of contracting the virus.

I have just carried out, in my head, a virtual piloting of this scheme. It can be done. Now for fart's sake just get on with it.

[lefrene] 17/1/2021 12:15

I agree scruff1. I notice that there's supposed to be all manner of 'help' available via our public services. Fortunately I don't need it, but in the handful of times when I have come into contact with these services, all one gets is a talking head, nothing actually happens in the real world, however the person will log their empty chat as an 'intervention', and pretend to the world that something was achieved. Of course the achievement is to create the illusion that they are doing something and thus justify their non-job! Meanwhile the roads are full of holes!

[utrickytrees] 17/1/2021 12:13

Its regrettable UK youngster are so easily influenced by events across the pond, mind u it doesnt help when the FA & BBC back lefty rhetoric of broadcasting giants such as com cast. BUT not so Garibaldi Red striker Lyle Taylor'(mixed race). Tricky Tree Lyle, flatly refuses to take the knee.



We needed that Milwallfan.

[scruff1] 17/1/2021 11:37

Hopefully I detect a growing move against these anarchic, woke virtue signallers who at the moment seem to be operating at will. In the last few days I have read about moves to ensure free speech in the universities, balance in the arts and English Heritage, It used to be that things (especially councils) were run for the general good albeit with some political bias which most people found acceptable even necessary. Nowadays everything seems to be run for political dogmas only and f* anyone and everyone else. As the old saying goes - for evil to triumph good men have to do nowt. Hopefully thats beginning to change. Not sure how many in govt belong to the latter group though

[lefrene] 17/1/2021 11:31

I suppose if there were to be a move by the military against an obviously stolen election, then placing the national guard all around the USA in the name of preventing rioting over the inauguration, would be an excellent cover. Just a thought.

[scruff1] 17/1/2021 11:08

Minnie
Steady on. They aint done owt yet. Words are cheap. Plus Jenrick is the bloke who bent the rules so his mate could avoid paying £50m dvpt fees so it could be just statues of his mates ancestors

[freddie01] 17/1/2021 10:57

UPDATE: This is the new £158 million Vaccines Manufacturing Innovation Centre, under construction at the Harwell Science & Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire. "We'll be able to make 70million doses within a four to five month period, enough for everyone in the country". #UKmfg🇬463;

[minerve 2] 17/1/2021 10:54

Good spot grahamite and good advice.

[grahamite2] 17/1/2021 10:52

Amazon has Ben Graham's The Intelligent Investor for 99p today only. It doesn't matter if you never get round to it at that price; but if you do find yourself with a bit of spare time, it's one of the greatest investing books ever written.

[minerve 2] 17/1/2021 10:38

The government is planning new laws to protect statues in England from being removed "on a whim or at the behest of a baying mob", Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick has said.

Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, he said generations-old monuments should be "considered thoughtfully".



Best thing this government have done IMO.

[johnkettleyistheweatherman] 17/1/2021 10:27

Welsh labour have been dishing it to labour controlled councils far quicker That's the rumour

[meanwhile] 17/1/2021 10:26

WELSH GOV./NHS WALES - VACCINE UPDATE

The Welsh labour Government are not well regarded for their honesty and their decisiveness, thereby always posing some risk to their subjects (some would say victims).

In combination with the welsh NHS, they therefore form a deadly alliance, as many will confirm. Their latest weapon against the Covid threat is the requirement for risk assessments to be carried out for employers of businesses with more than 5 staff.

Allow me to do the risk assessment for them. It may appear to be basic and oversimplified but it is clearly out of their grasp. Here goes :-

Covid is a major risk, with the threat of serious illness and death. NHS Wales tell us they are going under with Covid victims. For 10 people vaccinated, 6-9 have that threat removed. For the love of God, get on with the vaccination programme and stop farting about with bits of paper.

[diku] 17/1/2021 10:20

Trick of the trade...loss making = higher valuation...higher the loss higher the Brucie bonus...

[diku] 17/1/2021 10:18

"dark kitchen"?...whats going on in the kitchen...

[maxk] 17/1/2021 10:08

Loss making delivery company to list .. what could possibly go wrong?




Deliveroo backers serve up £5bn valuation ahead of London float

Deliveroo had been hoping to float as soon as the end of February

By
Matthew Field
;
Hannah Boland
and
James Cook
17 January 2021 • 12:01am






Deliveroo chief executive Will Shu CREDIT: Deliveroo



Deliveroo has received a £130m cash injection which values the takeaway app at more than £5bn as it prepares to capitalise on its pandemic growth with a blockbuster stock market float.

The funding round, led by existing investors Durable Capital Partners and Fidelity, lifts the total private backing for Deliveroo to more than £1.2bn.

The company, led by co-founder Will Shu, said it will spend the cash developing more “dark kitchen” sites, which make meals for takeaway only, and expanding its “on demand” groceries business. It said the deal reflects its backers wish to stake more on the growth of the online takeaway market.

Deliveroo is targeting a stock market debut in April after lockdown demand helped it become profitable for the first time after years of heavy losses.

­Analysts have speculated that it could attract a debut valuation of £8bn, which would make it the biggest new listing in London for a decade. Mr Shu, a 41-year-old former investment banker from the United States, is due to become one of Britain’s richest entrepreneurs in the float.

Prior to the latest funding round he owned almost 6.8pc of Deliveroo, which at a valuation of £8bn would be worth £540m.

The float will cap a rollercoaster 12 months for Deliveroo, which was close to collapse last year after a competition investigation held up an investment from Amazon.

It has since enjoyed a surge in demand linked to the pandemic, which restored the company to profitability as locked-down consumers turned to takeaway delivery apps more than ever.

Henry Whorwood, of analyst firm Beauhurst, said: “Deliveroo’s current valuation would already be a decent return for their existing investors such as Accel and Index Ventures.

“An initial public offering could be much higher, possibly ten times its ­revenue, or nearly £8bn.”

The recent successful float of DoorDash, a US rival, led to a surge in its stock price that sent the company’s valuation to more than $60bn (£44bn), fanning optimism about the prospects for its British rival.

A virtual roadshow for Deliveroo’s float is due to start within weeks.

[scruff1] 17/1/2021 09:47

I wonder whether someone in the hospitality industry committing suicide due to the financial pressures is included in the deaths due to covid column

[maxk] 17/1/2021 09:42

Age related death is so last year.

[scruff1] 17/1/2021 09:29

Breaking ' Nobody has died of old age since the start of 2020'

[xxxxxy] 17/1/2021 09:02

EXCLUSIVE: EU fleet in UK waters is still 3 times size of UK fleet in EU watersFacts4EU.Org's summary of the uneven and stormy seas after Brexit deal sell-out?© Brexit Facts4EU.OrgLatest Government information shows just how 'unlevel' the waters are for British fishermenOn Friday (15 Jan 2021) important new figures on fisheries were published by the Government about permitted catches, and about the numbers and tonnage of UK boats allowed to fish in EU waters versus EU boats licensed to fish in UK waters.In the absence of the BBC researching and reporting on this, Brexit Facts4EU.Org reviewed the latest information from the UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), from the official UK Marine Management Organisation (MMO) which is the United Kingdom Single Issuing Authority (UKSIA).We have analysed the data, and our summary for ordinary readers and MPs is below.BREXIT FACTS4EU.ORG SUMMARYLicences issued – tonnages of UK and EU boats licensed to fish in each other's watersNOTE: From 1 January, UK and EU vessels were not permitted to fish in each other's waters without a licence. The information below relates to the 12-200 nautical miles of UK and EU waters. Eligibility for licences to fish in the 6-12 nautical miles of UK territorial waters have still not been agreed. Likewise, no agreement has yet been reached with Norway and the Faroe Islands, so UK vessels are not permitted to fish in their waters and vice versa.Total tonnage of UK boats licensed to fish in EU waters: 140,779 tonnesTotal tonnage of EU boats licensed to fish in UK waters: 410,023 tonnesThe EU fleet's licensed tonnage in UK waters is almost three times that of the UK fleet in EU waters?© Brexit Facts4EU.Org - click to enlargeNo. of UK boats licensed to fish in EU waters: 1,074No. of EU boats licensed to fish in UK waters: 1,398 (30.2% more)And the average EU fishing boat is well over twice the size of the average UK fishing boatCatch limits only provisionally agreed until 31 March... Full article... Facts4eu