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Writing for The Leaders Council, Fotech Solutions CEO Chris Shannon discusses how business leaders that nurture the mental wellbeing of their staff and encourage meditation can reap huge dividends for their companies.

The hospitality sector has urged the government to provide more clarity on how to operator in a Covid-safe way ahead of Monday July 19, when almost all social restrictions are due to be lifted.

In the first of a series of articles on boardroom challenges, Positive Psychology and Leadership Consultant Charlotte Wiseman discusses vulnerability in depth, exploring why it is a key strength in leadership and how one can practise it.

With media coverage and political support growing for Serenity Welfare’s Hope Instead of Handcuffs campaign, prominent supporter Steve McCabe - Labour MP for Birmingham Selly Oak - is to host an online roundtable event to discuss the campaign’s key concerns.

Community interest company Brio Leisure has unveiled completed renovation works at Chester’s Northgate Arena leisure venue, with more on-site improvements still in the pipeline.

Hartlepool-based nursery Footprints Learning for Life has been shortlisted for the 2021 Nursery World Award for Inclusive Practice.

Nick Dee Shapland, the businessman who grew his sole-trading enterprise into the multi-million-pound company Deeland Limited trading as ServiceMaster Clean Newbury, has retired, shortly before the company is due to mark its 30-year anniversary.

Profine GmbH has this year achieved the VinylPlus Product Label as part of its sustainability strategy.

On The Leaders Council podcast series, we recently spoke with two business leaders who discussed their experiences of managing through the Covid-19 pandemic.

Speaking on Coordinate Sport’s The Drive Phase podcast, Get Active Sports founder and director, Rob Sherwood, shared the story of how his business came to be, alongside some of his key leadership philosophies.

Working in partnership with Novus, awarding body GQA Qualifications has become involved in a major nationwide offender rehabilitation training scheme.

Since being appointed chief regulator of exams watchdog Ofqual on January 1 this year, part of Simon Lebus’ role has involved restoring public confidence in the academic assessment system after the anger and disappointment that stemmed from last summer’s algorithm fiasco.

Recalling her experience of managing a business through the Covid-19 pandemic, Kaye Sandison, founder of Shetland-based childcare provider Hame Fae Hame, discusses how the health crisis has posed the biggest challenge of her career to date.

As the UK set out its goals for a net zero future ahead of its presidency of COP26 in Glasgow this November, dairy industry organisation Dairy UK highlights how its sector can help contribute to reduced emissions.