A new Covid Response Report (CRR), produced by Oxford Business Group (OBG) in partnership with the maritime and logistics company Milaha, explores the potential for the country’s international trade volumes to recover this year as national efforts to diversify the economy gain momentum.
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
So there it is, Boris’s long-heralded 4 Step plan for the country to move forward into our new future. Lots of statistics, cautions and caveats, but what does the 60-page “COVID-19 Response – Spring 2021” document presented to Parliament yesterday contain for employers? Is there anything new or is it, like the paper the original was printed on, 75% recycled?
Among many pages of retrospective self-justification on the part of the Government (though no obvious references to the spending of £squillions on non-compliant PPE or unlawful procurement practices), we can find these points for employers to think about:
The vaccination programme should have caught all the over 50s and those at most clinical risk by mid-April, and everyone over 18 by the end of July. The Government repeats that it will not make vaccination mandatory, but it does say that “
United Arab Emirates - February 14, 2021: A new Covid Response Report (CRR), produced by Oxford Business Group (OBG) in partnership with the digital health platform Altibbi, explores the rapid development and uptake of medical and health technology across four MENA markets in 2020, while considering the major part that further innovation will play in driving economic recovery in the region.
The CRR provides in-depth analysis of how Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the UAE responded to the pandemic in an easy-to-navigate and accessible format, focusing on key data and infographics relating to the technological advances in the health care system of each country against the broader socio-economic landscape.