1 Britons overwhelmingly back the use of vaccine passports if it means removing the need for social distancing, polling for The Times reveals. There is strong support for their use in every setting except shops, but a significant minority indicate that they would be reluctant to visit venues such as pubs and restaurants if they had to show a certificate.
2 The environmental impact of flying could be dramatically reduced by a technology company in Cambridge called Satavia, whose software will reroute aircraft to prevent them leaving ribbons of cloud in their wake. Studies suggest the trails trap heat, contributing more to global warming than the carbon released by burning fuel.
3 The economy is poised to roar back to life amid high levels of business and consumer confidence, improving job prospects and a buoyant stock market. As the lockdown is eased further today, several surveys will be published showing that confidence among companies of all sizes is at its highest level in several years.
4 Senior staff are preparing to stage an exodus at Asda after receiving final payouts from a share scheme run by Walmart, which has sold the supermarket chain to the Issa brothers.
5 Yo! Sushi has signed a deal with WH Smith to sell pre-packed sushi at two hospitals in Wakefield and Southampton. It also will expand into five travel hubs in London — the Victoria, Waterloo, Liverpool Street and Euston railway stations, plus Heathrow Terminal 2.
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6 The boss of AO World has waded into the disastrous flotation of Deliveroo by claiming that the London stock market does not like the uncertainty that comes with entrepreneurship.
7 Plans to install 5,000 rapid and ultra-rapid electric vehicle chargers in Britain by 2025 have been set out by Royal Dutch Shell. The Anglo-Dutch oil major is also planning to invest in slower on-street public charging points as it seeks to cement a market-leading position established through the acquisition of Ubitricity in February.
8 The Vauxhall car plant in Ellesmere Port in Cheshire could stop producing the Astra by next April unless a deal can be reached with ministers to subsidise production of a new model at the factory.
9 Rules designed to protect national security when British companies are targeted by foreign investors are to be weakened after the government concluded that they risked damaging overseas investment in the UK.
10 Britain’s largest “green” hydrogen production facility is to be built out side Glasgow, next to the UK’s largest onshore wind farm, under plans unveiled by ScottishPower.