[News] The Coronavirus Good News thread

[driller]

I mentioned Lat week st Thomas itu numbers dropping
Spoke to a different friend today who works at kings in Denmark hill london.
He reports the same dropping admissions and less in hospital
Staff who were redeployed to the nightingale coming back to kings as quiet there.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

If that seriously was the case, there simply won't be any pubs left to reopen

I imagine a fair few wont last till June.

 

[dazzer6666]

I mentioned Lat week st Thomas itu numbers dropping
Spoke to a different friend today who works at kings in Denmark hill london.
He reports the same dropping admissions and less in hospital
Staff who were redeployed to the nightingale coming back to kings as quiet there.

Daughter's hospital has now gone a full week with no CV19 deaths at all. Wards are nowhere near capacity.

 

[ManOfSussex]

Conquest Hospital nurse with Covid-19 leaves critical care after 23 days

https://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/...19-leaves-critical-care-after-23-days-2544043



Absolutely brilliant scenes in the video from Hastings!

 

[Mellotron]

Daughter's hospital has now gone a full week with no CV19 deaths at all. Wards are nowhere near capacity.

In line with this, my paramedic friend who lives in Brighton confirmed it feels almost like “normality” again now, and her last call out this morning was to someone with a head ache.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Conquest Hospital nurse with Covid-19 leaves critical care after 23 days

https://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/...19-leaves-critical-care-after-23-days-2544043



Absolutely brilliant scenes in the video from Hastings!

That video absolutely chokes you up and made me cry...well done that lady and amazing camaraderie

 

[LamieRobertson]

I’d count this as good news ....firstly a company doing things the right way as regards to government help and then in the giving by board/management/staff............it’s a exert from an email of a financial services company that i use...normally i just delete without bothering to read them..but this time i didnt

‘’As a financially strong business, we have been able to assure every member of staff that their jobs are safe, no one will be furloughed and everyone will continue to be paid as normal throughout the crisis. Whilst we have identified a number of staff who could have been furloughed, we believe that the Government’s Job Retention Scheme should be preserved for those companies that need it most. Additionally, we will not be claiming benefits from any of the other financial support schemes available to employers – for example, we will be not be deferring our VAT bill.

With our staff safe and our services to customers operating as normal, we also wanted to contribute to the fightback against coronavirus. At the heart of that is the launch of the AJ Bell Wage War on COVID Fund under the umbrella of the AJ Bell Trust, a UK-registered charity. All proceeds from the fund will be distributed to charities supporting the COVID-19 efforts or directly to those in need as a result of the virus. We aim to distribute all of the funds raised quickly over the coming months, with a backstop date of the end of this calendar year.

The AJ Bell Trust has kick-started the fundraising by allocating £50,000 of its charitable reserves to the fund. I, along with other board directors and senior management, have donated our April, May and June wages into the fund, and a large number of our staff have also contributed through our Payroll giving scheme for the same three-month period.’’

 

[Mellotron]

I’d count this as good news ....firstly a company doing things the right way as regards to government help and then in the giving by board/management/staff............it’s a exert from an email of a financial services company that i use...normally i just delete without bothering to read them..but this time i didnt

‘’As a financially strong business, we have been able to assure every member of staff that their jobs are safe, no one will be furloughed and everyone will continue to be paid as normal throughout the crisis. Whilst we have identified a number of staff who could have been furloughed, we believe that the Government’s Job Retention Scheme should be preserved for those companies that need it most. Additionally, we will not be claiming benefits from any of the other financial support schemes available to employers – for example, we will be not be deferring our VAT bill.

With our staff safe and our services to customers operating as normal, we also wanted to contribute to the fightback against coronavirus. At the heart of that is the launch of the AJ Bell Wage War on COVID Fund under the umbrella of the AJ Bell Trust, a UK-registered charity. All proceeds from the fund will be distributed to charities supporting the COVID-19 efforts or directly to those in need as a result of the virus. We aim to distribute all of the funds raised quickly over the coming months, with a backstop date of the end of this calendar year.

The AJ Bell Trust has kick-started the fundraising by allocating £50,000 of its charitable reserves to the fund. I, along with other board directors and senior management, have donated our April, May and June wages into the fund, and a large number of our staff have also contributed through our Payroll giving scheme for the same three-month period.’’

I work in financial services and can confirm from experience dealing with them that AJ Bell are a great company.

 

[keaton]

I imagine a fair few wont last till June.

Can't stand Budweiser but this looks interesting as an idea

https://www.football365.com/news/f3...e-budweiser-group-led-save-pub-life-programme

 

[dazzer6666]

I’d count this as good news ....firstly a company doing things the right way as regards to government help and then in the giving by board/management/staff............it’s a exert from an email of a financial services company that i use...normally i just delete without bothering to read them..but this time i didnt

‘’As a financially strong business, we have been able to assure every member of staff that their jobs are safe, no one will be furloughed and everyone will continue to be paid as normal throughout the crisis. Whilst we have identified a number of staff who could have been furloughed, we believe that the Government’s Job Retention Scheme should be preserved for those companies that need it most. Additionally, we will not be claiming benefits from any of the other financial support schemes available to employers – for example, we will be not be deferring our VAT bill.

With our staff safe and our services to customers operating as normal, we also wanted to contribute to the fightback against coronavirus. At the heart of that is the launch of the AJ Bell Wage War on COVID Fund under the umbrella of the AJ Bell Trust, a UK-registered charity. All proceeds from the fund will be distributed to charities supporting the COVID-19 efforts or directly to those in need as a result of the virus. We aim to distribute all of the funds raised quickly over the coming months, with a backstop date of the end of this calendar year.

The AJ Bell Trust has kick-started the fundraising by allocating £50,000 of its charitable reserves to the fund. I, along with other board directors and senior management, have donated our April, May and June wages into the fund, and a large number of our staff have also contributed through our Payroll giving scheme for the same three-month period.’’

Good to hear - outside chance my little SIPP account with them is safe then !

 

[LamieRobertson]

Good to hear - outside chance my little SIPP account with them is safe then !

Oh sorry i left that bit off yours has been donated to charity ..I’d heard about the ‘little’

 

[Notters]

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I've seen asbestos removal guys doing that before

 

[dazzer6666]

Oh sorry i left that bit off yours has been donated to charity ..I’d heard about the ‘little’

If that happens I'd put that more down to dodgy management by the third party....and anyway, it's even littler than it was a few weeks ago...................

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Aviation fuel is a significant chunk of the air fair;

Taxes are outrageous.

I’ve seen £1 tickets that cost close to £400 because of tax.

I’m certain we will see the end of the delay repay scheme ASAP - which will save money

Oil is currently - 36 dollars a barrel....yes that is a minus sign. Drop the tax and Airlines will be paying you to go on holiday.... and with a double seat.

 

[dazzer6666]

Blimey, even that **** Peston has posted something vaguely positive now.......

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[Norman Potting]

Can't stand Budweiser but this looks interesting as an idea

https://www.football365.com/news/f3...e-budweiser-group-led-save-pub-life-programme

I made an "investment" in this a couple of weeks ago to help my local Harvey's house and am looking forward to an equivalent sum in "free" beer when normality returns. The pub have reassured me that I don't have to spend it on Budweiser

 

[Bozza]

Newsnight...

Deaths peaked on 8th April (in London on 4th April).

Since 8th April, hospital admissions for Covid19 have reduced from 524/day to 273/day.

(Looking at when a death occurred rather than when a death was reported)

 

[Hotchilidog]

Newsnight...

Deaths peaked on 8th April (in London on 4th April).

Since 8th April, hospital admissions for Covid19 have reduced from 524/day to 273/day.

(Looking at when a death occurred rather than when a death was reported)

Looks like the lockdown is working. Keep it going for May and hopefully we will see more good news and now that the penny has dropped more preparation for what is to come.

 

[Bozza]

Looks like the lockdown is working. Keep it going for May and hopefully we will see more good news and now that the penny has dropped more preparation for what is to come.

The suggestion is virus transmission started to fall BEFORE the lockdown was put in place.

 

[crookie]

Pubs, clubs, restaurants and cinemas will be the last things to open, unfortunately. Boring isn’t it.

With no vaccine in sight, that could be a very long way off.

The government would then have to turn to supporting those sectors, far further than they might be already.

Brother and myself own a pub. Fortunately we don't rely on it as our main sources of income. Unfortunately it's rateable value means we're not eligible for a grant, so have absolutely zero income, and even though we have cancelled as much as we can, there are ongoing running costs, and whilst some bills have been frozen, doesn't mean they won't have to be paid when we reopen. It's a very painful time to be in the hospitality industry.