Episode 50: Greggs’ False Start, Artificial Inventors and more

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Links for the headlines:

Aviation Moves

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/apr/29/airlines-may-not-recover-from-covid-19-crisis-for-five-years-says-airbus

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/may/01/ryanair-cut-jobs-coronavirus-grounds-flights-restructuring

https://uk.reuters.com/article/embraer-ma-boeing/boeing-pulls-out-of-embraer-merger-talks-sources-idUKL5N2CD0BM

Qatar very active

https://www.ft.com/content/418da0bb-c9eb-4575-b61f-48b329f02d0a

Oasis and Warehouse

https://www.thelawyer.com/cms-leads-for-oasis-and-warehouse-as-retail-woes-continue/

Banks No Deal

https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-banks/banks-dust-off-no-deal-brexit-plans-as-december-deadline-looms-idUKKBN22C253

Law Firm responses

https://www.thelawyer.com/shearman-introduces-voluntary-paid-leave-scheme-for-all-staff/

https://www.thelawyer.com/rpc-steers-clear-of-furloughing-but-cuts-partner-drawings/

https://www.thelawyer.com/stephenson-harwood-proceeds-with-bonus-payments-amid-pandemic/

Restaurants reopen

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/apr/30/bq-homebase-and-pret-reopen-more-stores-with-safety-measures

Greggs False Start

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-greggs-stores/greggs-shares-slide-after-british-store-reopenings-postponed-idUKKBN22D51C

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52500880

AI Patents

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52474250

https://www.cms-lawnow.com/ealerts/2020/01/uk-intellectual-property-office-finds-that-patent-law-does-not-cater-for-inventions-created-by-ai

https://www.allenovery.com/en-gb/global/news-and-insights/publications/ai-and-patents-a-machine-cannot-be-an-inventor-yet

Created by: Tapiwa Museba

Episode Contributor: Matthieu Lawson