Nearly a year after three deadly accidents took place on West University Avenue, the city of Gainesville is working with UF and the Florida Department of Transportation to address traffic safety near campus. Efforts include decreased speed limits, license plate readers, LED message boards, increased police patrols, signal retiming and crosswalk enhancements.
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Wisr Ltd(ASX: WZR) share price jumped by almost 10% this morning after the company announced an AAA rating for its asset-backed securities (ABS). Wisr shares have since pulled back slightly and are currently sitting at 28 cents, up 5.56%.
Wisr is an Australian non-bank lender offering competitive, personalised consumer loans.
The company offers an innovative feature to round up purchases to the nearest dollar, with the difference going towards your debt, Wisr loan or savings account. The rounding effect pays off debts faster, meaning less interest you’ll have to pay over time.
WISR share price higher on ratings update
Wisr proudly announced the pricing of its $225 million of ABS. The WISR Freedom Trust 2021-1 is the company’s first ABS transaction, with strong investor interest seeing all tranches significantly oversubscribed.
Boom might help UK avoid tax rise
A new analysis of Bank of England data suggests that Britain’s booming economic recovery will remove any need for tax rises as Rishi Sunak is given a £20bn growth windfall. The Times says the chancellor is likely to use the headroom in full to fulfil the Tory pledge to “end austerity” and to avoid a wealth tax. Andrew Goodwin, chief UK economist at Oxford Economics, said: “The prospect of better growth has given him more flexibility.”
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Thousands driven to work in NHS
The Covid pandemic has created a “Nightingale effect” that has increased the number of nurses, midwives and health visitors in the NHS by more than 11,000. Overall staff numbers rose by 3.5% in the year to January. “It is no surprise that given the profession’s high profile over the last year many more people have been inspired to join the NHS’s ranks by the so-called Nightingale effect,” Sir Simon Stevens told The Times.
Spring has sprung! : Economy will power through in the months ahead as we bounce back from Covid pandemic like a tennis ball , says Bank of England s Andy Haldane
Haldane said the UK s recovery will be so strong that as many new jobs could be created as lost this year
He foresees that the UK s performance may surpass other nations in the G7
However, Haldane admits there is a danger of a relapse if the virus is not defeated or if people and firms struggle to pay debts ran up during lockdown
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