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Home secretary Priti Patel delivered a statement to Parliament on Wednesday, setting out a “fair but firm” overhaul of how individuals seeking asylum in the UK will be treated.

New report suggests that the cyber risk to organisations has been heightened because of the pandemic, with an increase in home working leading to less security measures being in place.

Unified communications, contact centre and cyber solutions specialist, Babble, has recently announced the acquisition of Activ Technology Ltd.

Matt Hancock has confirmed that legislation has been drawn up to make vaccination compulsory for care home workers that look after the most elderly or vulnerable in society. The Health Secretary stressed that ‘no decisions had been taken’ but that the chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Michael Gove, has been tasked with looking into the issue.

COP26 President-Designate Alok Sharma, the former UK Business Secretary, has been encouraged by a recent visit to Costa Rica after President Carlos Alvarado Quesada’s government committed to ambitious policies which aim to tackle climate change and protect biodiversity.

Monday 22 March 2021 will see the release of the Hamilton Report, an independent inquiry into into the first minister’s handling of harassment complaints against her predecessor Alex Salmond.

As the nation's morale hits an all-time high and Covid-19 restrictions are set to ease over the coming months, Talon Outdoor's Ada tool forecasts that now may be the ideal time for businesses to cash in on Out of Home [OOH] media advertising.

Global public health and safety organisation NSF International has announced that its Associate Director of Global Supplier Assurance, Kim Onett, will lead a special session at this year’s Global Food Safety Initiative [GFSI] Conference.

The government has announced the launch of a £5-billion project to provide over one million hard to reach homes and businesses in the UK with next generation gigabit broadband.

Working in partnership with the Walton Charity, project management and cost consultancy specialists Total Project Integration have made donations to two Surrey schools to aid online learning during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Caroline Sheridan, CEO of Sheridan Resolutions, recently delivered an engaging webinar talk alongside PushFar CEO, Ed Johnson, discussing the importance of coaching and mentoring within an organisation, the differences between the two, and when to use them.

Kevin Browning, Managing Director of Global Tunnelling Experts has been pushing for the need for reform of the qualifications sector for some time. Urging Westminster and other business leaders that hands-on and past proven experience counts for more than a written qualification. Now is the time for an overhaul of the sector and leaders to take note.

Writing in the Times, prime minister Boris Johnson says that the success of the AstraZeneca-Oxford coronavirus vaccine shows the need for an outward-looking Britain, which can take a leading role as the world looks to build back better following the Covid-19 pandemic.

In today's leadership round-up we hear from Dr Janet Rose of Norland College who will be giving a keynote speech a conference on childhood trauma alongside Magnavale who are in the process of buidling the UK's largest cold store unit.