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PayByPhone, the global leader in mobile parking payments, has announced a change in its UK and global leadership as the company shifts away from its regional organisation to a new global leadership structure, which comes into effect on April 1, 2022.

After chancellor Rishi Sunak gave his Spring Statement in the House of Commons on Wednesday, numerous think tanks and industry bodies have been offering their take on its contents.

Reflecting on the significance of International Women's Day, a student from Norland College highlights its importance in raising awareness of the status of the nannying and early years profession, and how greater recognition will increase the number of men and non-binary individuals who want to work in childcare.

Essex-based chartered accountancy firm, Garrod Beckett & Company Ltd, has called on executives of small and medium-sized businesses to be wary of larger companies abusing their position by making late payments.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has delivered his Spring Statement in the House of Commons, announcing that fuel duty will be cut by 5p from 18:00 GMT on Wednesday [March 23], and the threshold for paying National Insurance will be raised by £3,000.

Speaking on The Leaders Council Podcast, Billie Tossoun, director of launderer, dry cleaner and valet service provider, Chelsea Green Valet, lifts the lid on the company's origins, illustrious history in the industry, and its exciting plans for even more success in the future.

YMCA Derbyshire has been selected as one of Derbion’s charity partners in a deal that will run until the end of January 2023.

Former foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt has praised the “extraordinary achievement” of securing the release of British-Iranians Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori from captivity in Iran but hit out at the amount of time taken to bring them home.

Andrew Clowes, headteacher of Hey with Zion Primary School in Oldham, Lancashire and Nigel Attwood, head of Birmingham’s Bellfield Junior School, recently crossed paths within The Leaders Council network.

In its latest update on the investigation into the Downing Street ‘partygate’ scandal, the Metropolitan Police force has confirmed that it has sent out 100 questionnaires to date and begun interviewing “key witnesses”.

Under significant pressure to intervene in the cost-of-living crisis, chancellor Rishi Sunak has said that the government will help households “where we can make a difference” and “stand by” the British people.

Sandhurst-based florist Lady Flora is honoured to have been recognised for its excellence in the floristry industry, having won the Berkshire Florist of the Year accolade at the CorporateLiveWire South England Prestige Awards for the second consecutive year.

GTE Training Academy near Bristol is running a number of courses in April and May to help provide quality training in the tunnelling and construction industries, and basic medical first aid training for children.

Speaking at the Conservative Party’s recent spring conference in Blackpool, chairman Oliver Dowden has said that a “two-year election campaign” will begin with May’s local elections.