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Has the COVID-19 crisis killed live theater in the UK?

by Stephen Beard
Jul 29, 2020
One of Britain’s most successful industries struggles to recover from the pandemic.
The empty London Coliseum theater. After mass closures, the industry fears that full recovery is far off.
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COVID & Unemployment

How the UK has kept unemployment down — for now

by Victoria Craig
Jul 7, 2020
So far, the nation's businesses have avoided laying off 9.3 million workers.
Government furlough programs and business loan and grant schemes allowed U.K. companies to keep their staff on their payrolls even if their doors were shut.
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UK universities stand to lose billions if the pandemic keeps foreign students away

by Stephen Beard
May 12, 2020
Hundreds of thousands of foreign students may not enroll at British schools in the next academic year.
A deserted All Souls College at Oxford University. Oxford has a large endowment, but foreign students make up 40% of those enrolled.
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Britain's textile industry gets an unexpected boost from COVID-19

by Stephen Beard
Apr 13, 2020
After the coronavirus lockdown in China, British clothing retailers turn back to British manufacturers.
Cloth is produced in the Lochcarron Tartan Factory in the Scottish town of Selkirk in 2016.
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Wholesale food businesses ship directly to consumers to meet demand

by Victoria Craig
Apr 10, 2020
With some supermarket shelves empty, food providers turn to door-to-door delivery.
Empty shelves where packets of flour would normally be stocked are pictured below half-empty egg and sugar stocks in a north London supermarket.
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As veganism grows more popular in the U.K., dairy industry fights back

by Stephen Beard
Mar 2, 2020
Vegans and dairy farmers in the U.K. vie for the high moral ground.
ReRooted Organic in the U.K. has been producing vegan milk for the past two years.
ReRooted via Facebook
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What comes after Brexit day?

by Kai Ryssdal and Bennett Purser
Jan 30, 2020
"We really are only seeing the end of the beginning," said Amanda Sloat from the Brookings Institution.
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Huawei's not banned in the UK, but it's not off the hook either

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jan 28, 2020
The UK decided not to follow U.S. advice to kick Huawei out of its 5G infrastructure. But it still put a lot of limits on the Chinese company.
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The sun finally shines on one of the world’s most northerly vineyards — because of climate change

by Stephen Beard
Nov 22, 2019
Higher temperatures have transformed the fortunes of the English wine industry, including Renishaw Hall in Derbyshire.
Climate change is credited with improving winemaking conditions to Northern England.
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Your Brexit questions, answered

by Marketplace Staff
Aug 29, 2019
The United Kingdom is supposed to leave the European Union on March 29. What does this mean for the U.S.?
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