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Wednesday 02 March 2022 11:05 amSanctions will force consultancies to drop Russian clients, c polene fr onsultancy trade body saysBy: Louis GossShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailBrooks Macdonald is to review its international division, which it said was under performing. The trade body for management consultancies has said the UK governmentrsquo sanctions on Russia and Belarus will inevitably mean some consultancies will be forced to cut links with some of their clients.In a statement, Tamzen Isacsson, Chief Executive of the Management Consultancies Association MCA , said: Our firms are strictly abiding by the updated changes to sanction rules and complying with all new regulations laws.This will mean inevitably ending some work and supporting clients in adapting to making rapid changes to their operations in light of the new rules.The comments come after Big Four accountancy firm KPMG said it would be ending some of its client relationships, to align itself with the governmentrsquo sanctions regime.EY also said it is working to ensure its business complies with the new laws.Yesterday, consulting giants McKinsey and Boston Consulting Group also said they would stop working for polene the Russian government, but said they would no polene handbag t be cutting ties with Russian businesses.Read moreWorldrsquo largest ad agency bucks grad hiring slowdown ndash; Matk Hope of renewed Interserve rescue refinancing plan gives investors second wind
Thursday 04 February 2021 8:35 am|Updated:Thursday 04 February 2021 8:38 amNew UK trial will lsquo;mix and matchrsquo; different Covid vaccinesBy: Edward ThicknesseShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailA new trial testing whether giving people two different Covid vaccines for their first and second doses is as effective as the current approach of using the same vaccine for both has been lau hydrojug traveler nched.The pound;7m trial is the firs polene bag t of its kind in the world, and comes as the UK reported that more than 10m people had received their first dose of a vaccine.Scientists will also gather further evidence about the different intervals between receiving two doses of the vaccines.The 800-person study will last for 13 months, with initial results expected to be released in the summer.A same-dose regimen is currently implemented for the national COVID-19 vaccination programme, and there are no current plans for this to change.Before the Open: Get the jump on the markets with our early morning newsletterAnyone who has received either the Pfizer or Astrazeneca vaccination as part of the UK-wide delivery plan will not be affe hydrojug sale cted by this study. They will receive their second dose from the same source and over the same 12 week interval.Deputy chief medical officer Jonathan van Tam said it was possible that combining vaccines could give an enhanced immune response.Given the inevitabl |