Scott Challinor

Cloud technology firm Babble has finalised its acquisition of Lake Technologies Ltd, marking its second such deal of the year.

On July 1, members of the Pentland Medical executive leadership team co-presented a free webinar in conjunction with Govconnect, the Patient Safety Learning charity and the West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, discussing the importance of innovation and public safety throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.

Shaz Memon is the multi-award-winning entrepreneur behind Digimax and Digimax Dental, of which he is CEO and founder. A designer, marketer and business leader, Memon has been active in his industry for over twenty years, but he is also an up and coming philanthropist. Speaking to the Leaders Council of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, Memon opens up about the story of Wells on Wheels, his own charitable foundation, which has been changing the lives of thousands across India.

In the run-up to this year’s WealthBriefing European Awards, WealthBriefing’s EU Acclaim Magazine has featured Sionic’s specialist Wealth Management and Private Banking arm, which has been shortlisted for one of the accolades.

In late May this year, Baronsmede Family Homes owner Dee Tormey approached the Leaders Council of Great Britain & Northern Ireland with concerns over the availability of testing for staff and residents. Little over a month on, although routine testing for care homes for adults with learning disabilities has now been made available, significant problems remain with the testing system, with Tormey offering her personal perspective of where it has continued to fall short.

Patrick Rampton is a business leader who has seen it all. Currently a company director at Rampton Baseley, a leading independent sales and lettings agency operating in the Battersea, Clapham and Wandsworth property markets within London, Rampton has seen the company through the challenges brought about by the financial crash of the late 2000s and more recently has been steering his firm through the Covid-19 pandemic. In conversation with the Leaders Council of Great Britain & Northern Ireland’s communications director, Scott Challinor, Rampton discusses his experience of managing the two crises and elaborates on what he has learned from such testing times and his hopes for the future.

Following the recent anti-racism protests which have sent shockwaves across the world, one of the founder's of All-In Diversity, a project launched with the purpose of creating the tools for the global industry to progress in terms of diversity, inclusion and workplace equality, has put together an in-depth essay discussing the issue of prejudice.

Rekha Agrawal is the vice president and general manager of Fire Suppression Products at Johnson Controls, a company dedicated to making buildings safer, more comfortable, and more sustainable. In the wake of the Covid-19 crisis, Agrawal shares some insight as to how the business has responded to the pandemic and offers her view on what the future holds for businesses across the UK.

On Tuesday June 2, British manufacturer Trimite Global Coatings launched its new ShieldmeTM range, offering new ways for public places to become coronavirus free.

Baronsmede Family Homes was established in 1985 to provide services for adults with learning disabilities. In conversation with the Leaders Council of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, owner Dee Tormey discusses the struggles this critical corner of the care sector is facing as a result of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, and the preparation that will need to go into readying Baronsmede for what will become the ‘new normal’ way of operating.

Following the unveiling of prime minister Boris Johnson’s exit strategy from the Covid-19 UK lockdown on May 10, Jeanette Phillips, founder of Flexicare UK, approached The Leaders Council of Great Britain & Northern Ireland to offer her thoughts on the plan, and indeed the pandemic thus far.

The unveiling of prime minister Boris Johnson’s exit strategy from the UK Covid-19 lockdown has been met with a mixed response this week, with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer saying the initial address raised “as many questions as answers”. However, for one business leader, managing director of DMR Training & Consultancy, Dave Radley, the plan came across as not only a clear route forward, but also the first signs of a new normality beginning to take shape.

Having previously approached The Leaders Council of Great Britain & Northern Ireland regarding his concerns over the longevity of the government’s Job Retention Scheme, managing director of Abril Industrial Waxes, Hugh McAulay, reacts to prime minister Boris Johnson’s provisional “roadmap” out of lockdown and discusses why divergence in the strategies of the UK’s four constituent countries may not be a good thing.

Romford based social enterprise IncomeMax has provided independent, personal financial advice to 80,000 families to date since its foundation in 2009. One key figure behind its success has been the company’s 2019 winner of the WISE100 ‘Anchor-Woman’ award, Paula Healey.