An A-Z to working from home – Tracey Hewett
This is a really helpful listing of ideas you need to think about when working from home. Key for your wellbeing and work in these difficult times. It was produced by Tracey Hewett of ABPmer
COVID-19 & Fisheries – Jerry Percy NUTFA
Covid 19 and fisheries. Jerry Percy, Director of the New Under Ten Fishermen’s Association [NUTFA] gives a personal view. The impact of the Coronavirus has almost overnight largely decimated those companies reliant on high end products such as dive caught scallops, lobster and crab, whilst prices for the main finfish species have crashed. The vast […]
Corona Virus – Science & Policy: The Imperial College Paper (Neil Ferguson) – the Paper that changed UK policy on the virus
Version 23rd March 2020 Bob Earll Three points: 1. It is widely acknowledged that the Imperial College Paper by Neil Ferguson and colleagues had a huge impact. It was effectively the spur that changed UK policy on the virus. It is explicit about the implications of different options. Timing: if your planning events – see […]
If you have a social network use it to help combat the virus and help your community
Version 23 March 2020 Bob Earll If you have a social network – use it to help combat the virus and help your community Many of your projects generate huge social capital. If you run a social network now is the time to rethink how you might use it to help combat the virus and […]
Corona Virus: Work & Meetings
Work None: This emergency is having the result of stopping work for many people. My daughter is professional musician – all gigs cancelled; her best friend is a dentist – the surgery is closed. The big corporate losers will be some major industries like the airlines and retailers because we will be consuming less. Normal […]
Fishing and the Corona Virus – sector suffering quickly due to the failure to access markets
Version March 23 March 2020 Bob Earll Guardian: Coronavirus: ‘severe shock’ to UK fishing as markets dry up The coronavirus outbreak has hit British fishers with a “very severe shock” as demand from export markets and the domestic restaurant trade has dried up. The UK exports about 70% of its catch to Europe and Asia […]
Governance & What the Covid-19 pandemic should teach us – Dr Peter JS Jones UCL
Version March 24th 2020 Dr Peter JS Jones, Reader in Environmental Governance, Department of Geography, University College London (UCL). P.J.Jones@ucl.ac.uk; Professor Rick Stafford, Professor of Marine Biology and Conservation, University of Bournemouth. This blog has now been developed into an article in the Ecologist magazine Click here to read the article (13/4/2020) Reflecting on the […]
Coronavirus and Water: Portsmouth Water sets out its position
Water companies, staff and business continuity What is Portsmouth Water doing to minimise the impact of COVID-19? ‘We are continuously monitoring the Government’s updates and guidance regarding COVID-19 and are also taking precautionary steps to protect the health of our workforce: We have shared with our employees the preventative measures they need to take as […]