Ross Hindle

In response to the current coronavirus pandemic, specialist medical insurance provider General & Medical have set up a dedicated Hospital Liaison Team to connect private health insurance members to the best hospital groups. The service is aiming to give extra reassurance during these unprecedented times by providing their customers with faster assistance in locating consultants and medical services, like diagnostics, treatment and procedures.

The Leaders Council's Ross Hindle will be publishing a piece every Saturday on an aspect of media and communication under lockdown. This is the first, and it looks at "Zoom fatigue" and why so many of us are becoming frustrated with the virtual meeting.

Following news that ministers are reconsidering their approach with the contact tracing app being trialled on the Isle of Man, the British Veterinary Association has released a letter imploring Matt Hancock to adapt the NHS Test and Trace system.

It has been announced that British Gas owner Centrica plc will look to cut some 5,000 jobs as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Just days after news of the job cuts at Bentley, Aston Martin and Lookers, more jobs have been announced by UK plc - this time in the hospitality sector.

With guidance from the government's Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government pointing towards a return to normal for the residential property market, many estate agents and other firms in the sector are considering how they will adapt to the "new normal" after Covid-19.

Covid-19 has affected every industry differently. While hospitality, events and retail have experienced a significant downturn, manufacturers and engineers have been drafted in the thousands to mass-produce PPE for private and public sector customers alike.

In spite of lockdown measures being eased throughout May, the British Retail Consortium trade body has revealed that sales were down 5.9 per cent year-on-year.

On June 4, specialist industrial services provider Rainham Industrial Services announced that they had been awarded an RoSPA Gold Medal Award for the fourth consecutive year.

Lawrence Summers, an American economist and US secretary of the treasury under Bill Clinton, told the BBC today that central banks will become "less relevant" as interest rates lower in the face of Covid-19.

Between national dealership Lookers and luxury carmaker Aston Martin, 2,000 automotive sector jobs are set to be cut in the coming weeks.

Banks have revealed that more than 50 per cent of payments in 2019 were made by card.

Budget airline EasyJet has announced that it hopes to resume up to 75 per cent of its routes by the end of August.

The Treasury has announced that 8.4 million workers are now covered by the UK furlough scheme.

For the first time, one of the President's tweets have been given a Twitter "fact-check" label, warning that this particular tweet was "unsubstantiated".