Southside BID calls on government to #RaiseTheBar.

Richard Lutz reports on another blighted week in Old Blighty. 

Unsung local hero Gerry Colvin talks to Dave Woodhall.

Star shining bright at media awards.

Dave Woodhall wonders whether football and footballers are getting an unfair press.

Dave Woodhall looks back at this weekend in Villa's history.

Million pound transformation project helps entrepreneurs launch Warm Beautiful Homes.

Fund raising by fire security company helps charities.

Top-end property specialists launch in West Midlands and Warwickshire.

New factory built homes revealed at Port Loop.

Centrick unlocks virtual viewings to tackle COVID-19.

Solihull development to inject over £1.3 million into local services.

Dave Woodhall and a very important person saw a very unenthralling match at Villa Park on Saturday.

Dave Woodhall on Villa's up and down week.

Dave Woodhall on Villa's annual defeat at home to Manchester United.

Dave Woodhall looks forward to Villa's impending cup glory. It's better than looking at their league form.

Dave Woodhall gets Wilde about Villa's FA Cup defeat.

Dave Woodhall ponders on Villa's weekend defeat.

Aston station adoption planting project helps local people grow.

£25 million awarded in 25 years.

Volunteers prepare and deliver meals during Ramadan.

Famous Brummies show their support for #SIFASurvives.

The Caring Foundation donates meals to West Midlands Ambulance Service.

Online platform launched to help charities source local furloughed workers as volunteers.

A negative list will clearly spell out what’s not allowed, allowing other activities to resume.

The capital infusion comes at a time when risk capital investment activity has almost ground to a halt because of the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, which, in turn, has forced vertical ecommerce companies such as Nykaa to conserve cash, given the steep plunge in discretionary spending by consumers.

Assam cabinet held its meeting on Friday through video conferencing. Assam Industries and Commerce Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary said the 25 per cent hike will add Rs 1000 crore to the government's kitty.

The company will continue to strictly comply with all government rules while reopening and running operations at the store. The company plans to reopen first 50 stores by 10th May, 2020.

Companies need to come up with strategies to keep the lights on, both by keeping control on the cash burn as well as generating revenue in these difficult times.

Expressing the sentiments of the industry, the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) said the 'logout' movement cemented the belief that the industry needed to take back control.

Under the e-token system, customers are given specific time for purchasing alcohol so that there is no violation of social distancing norms by people queuing up outside liquor stores.

Covid-19 has caused a huge irreparable dent in Indian retail trade which will have a devastating effect on the whole country said CAIT National President BC Bhartia and Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal.

The data could get worse, which “should be expected as the lockdown continues to get prolonged,” CMIE chief said. “Initially, a lockdown only hurts the most vulnerable labor that is informally employed in unorganized sectors. Gradually, it starts hitting the more secure jobs. Startups have announced lay-offs and industry associations have warned of job losses.”

The Naukri JobSpeak is a monthly Index which calculates and records hiring activity based on the job listings on Naukri.com website month on month. The objective is to measure the hiring activities in various industries, cities, functional areas and experience levels.

According to staffing company Genius Consultants '9th Hiring, Attrition and Compensation Trend 2020-21', around 81 per cent of the respondents have shown interest to carry on with existing manpower and retaining them.

The survey was conducted by MindMap Advance Research with 560 India Inc. employees across small, medium and large enterprises in major metro cities of Delhi-NCR, Mumbai and Bengaluru.

The survey which covered over 1,300 HR professionals across sectors, aimed to understand the impact of the lockdown on the country’s employment scenario. More than 72% hiring managers said companies are devising new job roles that will be limited to remote working only.

The economy has been severely impacted due to the COVID-19 pandemic but the government and policymakers are looking for segments that are in the best position to help revive the economic activity the quickest.

In a letter to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday, CAIT had urged the government to allow traders to pay salaries as per a mutual agreement between the employer and the employee or allow them to pay 30 per cent of the salary to meet their livelihood needs.

In April, Zomato initiated a voluntary salary reduction programme, which also offers affected employees’ additional stock in lieu of the cash cut from their pay cheques.

“The idea of store-on-wheels is that customers should not feel suffocated that they can’t go out and shop, and feel the same pleasure right at their doorsteps,” said Vishnu Prasad, managing director of Future Lifestyle Fashions that owns Central and Brand Factory.

A negative list will clearly spell out what’s not allowed, allowing other activities to resume.

Demand for razors, epilators, trimmers and hair colour soars on ecomm platforms during the lockdown

Currently, owing to the ongoing lockdown, kirana (corner) stores on JioMart serve limited inventory. But that will be a thing of the past once restrictions are lifted.

The coronavirus crisis is expected to lead to a spate of mergers and acquisitions of weakened brands, the closure of single-brand stores and reshaping of already suffering U.S. department stores, D'Arpizio said. Customers are also likely to emerge from global lockdowns with a new set of priorities.

“The idea of store-on-wheels is that customers should not feel suffocated that they can’t go out and shop, and feel the same pleasure right at their doorsteps,” said Vishnu Prasad, managing director of Future Lifestyle Fashions that owns Central and Brand Factory.

The order directed pubs, clubs, bars and lodges to allow only one customer to enter their respective premises at a time and leave soon after purchasing liquor at the maximum retail price (MRP).

UJAM has announced the release of its new virtual electronic drum instrument Beatmaker VICE, a plugin that features drum machine samples from the 1980s processed to 21st century sound standard. The instrument allows you to produce nostalgic beats that pack a punch with ready-made patterns and proprietary mix and effect automation. Inspired by some of […]

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Wavesfactory has announced the release of an accordion collection of Native Instruments Kontakt. Le Parisien is based on three accordions, with a faithful recreation of the sound and behavior of the real instruments. The library features Rouge, Blanc and Noir accordions, each one of them sampled with all registers, giving different sound characteristics, and mechanical […]

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HighLife Samples has announced the release of a new sample pack by Planet Samples. Trance Vocals Vol. 2 includes 5 vocal construction kits for your next Trance production. The royalty free pack includes dry and wet vocals for each kit, over 20 instruments loops, and 20 MIDI files. For producers looking to simply drag and […]

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