Scott Challinor

Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced that Scotland’s Covid-19 lockdown will be extended, adding that it would be “catastrophic” to deviate from the strategy of telling citizens to remain at home.

In conversation with the Leaders Council of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, Hugh McAulay, managing director of Bridgend manufacturer Abril Industrial Waxes, discusses his concerns over the longevity of the government's Job Retention Scheme and outlines why some businesses will need it to continue to run beyond June.

The RfM Group is a multi-faceted accountancy firm headquartered in Lancashire. In conversation with the Leaders Council of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, managing director Paul Newsham discusses how RfM is helping its clients navigate their way through the Covid-19 crisis.

Tesco chief executive Dave Lewis has said that the retailer has successfully been able to provide over one million online shopping delivery slots for the first time, having increased its online capacity by 103 per cent within weeks.

Draft guidance has been submitted to Downing Street outlining plans to ease the UK’s Covid-19 lockdown, according to The Telegraph.

New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has said that local community transmission of coronavirus has ended, rendering it effectively eliminated in the country.

Prime minister Boris Johnson is back at Downing Street after officially returning to work following his recovery from coronavirus.

The UK government has said in a statement that “limited progress” has been made in trade talks with the EU after the latest round of negotiations this week, adding that talks must “move forward in a constructive fashion”.

Around 7,000 members of staff at Transport for London [TfL] will be furloughed under the government’s Job Retention Scheme.

Prime minister Boris Johnson is planning to officially return to work on Monday next week after beating coronavirus, according to The Telegraph.

Phil Neville will leave his role as manager of the England women’s national team upon the expiry of his contract in the summer of 2021.

The UK chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty has indicated that social distancing measures may have to be in place for at least the rest of the year in order to prevent a second peak of coronavirus.

Health secretary Matt Hancock has told MPs that the government is working hard to make personal protective equipment [PPE] more readily available to front-line workers.

After announcing that he will suspend all immigration to the US because of coronavirus this week, President Donald Trump seems to have relaxed his stance by saying he will freeze the applications of foreign nationals seeking green cards which would guarantee them permanent residence in the country.

Health secretary Matt Hancock has said that human trials for a coronavirus vaccine, developed by the University of Oxford, will begin on Thursday this week.