Scott Challinor

"The future of the planet is in our hands right now, and it’s just unthinkable that we fail to face up to this," says Scottish first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, in a new documentary film premiered during COP26.

Following its review into the MPs code of conduct, Parliament’s Standards Committee has proposed that MPs should be banned from paid consultancy roles, providing strategy services and offering paid parliamentary advice.

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has stepped down as CEO of the social networking platform, with chief technical officer Parag Agrawal set to replace him.

The Community Shop social enterprise is to open a new store in the Wakefield town of Knottingley, West Yorkshire, which will help provide hundreds of local people at risk of food poverty with access to affordable nourishment.

Manchester-based IT services provider Everything Tech recently completed the acquisition of Unite Manchester, in a bid to increase its market share in the northwest of England.

Conservative MP and former sports minister Tracey Crouch has urged the government to form a new independent regulator for English football following the conclusion of a major review into the game.

Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon has this week talked down speculation that she may be leaving frontline politics.

In a three-part series, The Leaders Council explores the unique life and career of Janis Levy, the Hair Development Creative Director who starred as the iconic Cadbury Flake girl and enjoyed a 14-year career in Hollywood.

Portsmouth-based hotel and restaurant Becketts Southsea has been inundated with bookings following its recent appearance on the Channel 4 daytime television show, Four in a Bed.

Pentland Medical has recently launched Otiom, the world’s first Internet of Things [IoT] based tracking system for people with dementia and their carers.

Following Section 8 and Section 5 Ofsted inspections in June this year, The Duston School in Northampton has been judged to be a ‘good’ school, receiving the outcome in all six inspection areas.

The Labour Party has selected former education secretary and chairman of The Leaders Council, Lord Blunkett, to sit on a new council of skills advisers that will help bridge attainment gaps between different regions of the country.

The government’s amended plans for the £86,000 social care cap in England have narrowly been passed in the House of Commons, despite several Conservative MPs rebelling.

UK Brexit minister Lord Frost has acknowledged that some progress was made in last week’s talks with the EU over the Northern Ireland Protocol but warned that “significant gaps remain” in the search for a resolution.

This week marks The Institute of Leadership and Management’s annual International Leadership Week, which aims to champion great leadership across the world.