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A £350 million expansion of Aberdeen Harbour is now set to be completed by October 2022 following several months of setbacks, the BBC reports.

Discussing the challenges of digital disruption in the advertising and marketing world and its acceleration because of Covid-19, Glen Taylor, CEO of fully integrated production agency Taylor James, remains confident that his business can continue to remain ahead of the curve.

Russell Arundell, managing director of All Plumbing Services, outlines the operational steps his business has taken since March 2020 to keep staff, clients and their families safe from coronavirus.

Earlier this year, the Mould Room at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham took delivery of the RapidHeat Oven - supplied by Oncology Imaging Systems - to replace the existing waterbath system.

Earlier in July, five team members from Aico - the UK market leader in domestic fire and carbon monoxide protection - volunteered to carry out works at Woodside Primary School in Oswestry, Shropshire.

Writing for The Leaders Council, Emma Bartlett, partner at leading specialist employment and partnership law firm, CM Murray LLP, discusses presenteeism and how business leaders could look to manage it in the post-Covid world as industry adjusts to the hybrid working environment.

At a time when a social care leader in Wales warned that care staff absences due to self-isolation could pose as great a risk as Covid-19 itself, a care manager based in Hertfordshire echoed the very same concerns, as well as laying bare the reality that many care workers remain at risk because they have not gone forward to receive their Covid vaccines.

There can be no discussion of the challenges facing schools and the education sector in 2021 without mentioning the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet, despite the immense disruption that the health crisis has caused, the industry has rallied to maintain the best possible learning experiences and outcomes for pupils.

Writing on LinkedIn, Alice Early, headteacher at Kings Hill School - a community primary in West Malling, Kent - highlights the importance of trust in fuelling personal and collective growth within primary school settings.

For UK SMEs, the ability to pivot and adapt to whatever challenges the coronavirus crisis may thrust upon them has been critical for their survival.

Earlier this year, 10-year-old Kirkcaldy boy Cody Slessor made local headlines after raising more than £400 for homelessness charity, Frontline Fife.

Speaking on The Leaders Council podcast, Kerry Hill, headteacher of Eyres Monsell Primary School in Leicester, discusses how her school has stood up to the challenge of Covid and how it is addressing the issue of lost learning.

It has been a successful first half of 2021 for sustainable building materials provider OCL Regeneration, having announced the opening of two new facilities and been awarded a new ISO 9001 surfacing accreditation.

Speaking on BBC World Business Report, Driver Require CEO Kieran Smith critiques the government's decision to temporarily extend the working hours of HGV drivers.