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The hospitality sector has issued a plea to chancellor Rishi Sunak to provide support for businesses, after the surge in cases of the Omicron Covid variant has rocked consumer confidence.

The Liberal Democrats have delivered a fresh blow to prime minister Boris Johnson in the North Shropshire by-election, after their candidate Helen Morgan overturned a majority of nearly 23,000 votes to secure the seat.

The Techbuyer Group has been named Most Sustainable Organisation of the Year at the 2021 UK IT Industry Awards.

After 13 years at the helm of Self Help UK [SHUK], Sarah Collis has decided to step down from her role as CEO.

The government will invest £510 million into tackling benefit fraud, after a record £8.4 billion of public funds were lost to Universal Credit overpayments and fraudsters last year.

The Commons Constitutional Affairs Committee has urged ministers to reconsider its plans for voters to be asked to display photo ID at polling stations in order to cast their ballots.

The government has this week revealed its plans for reforming how human rights laws are interpreted, so that foreign offenders cannot claim a right to family life in the UK and pose a barrier to the authorities being able to deport them.

Covid Winter Plan B rules have entered force in England from today, after the measures were approved in a string of Commons votes on Tuesday.

RfM Accountants + More partner, Paul Newsham, highlights that the government proposals for income tax administration reforms could impact unincorporated businesses heavily.

Figures from the Office for National Statistics have indicated that the UK economy grew by a meagre 0.1 per cent throughout October, and is 0.5 per cent below pre-pandemic levels.

In this article which originally appeared on the Impact International blog, Impact International's Stuart Kelly shares his five aspects of self-care that he recommends we all practice in order to avoid hitting boiling point and instead maintain good mental wellbeing.

Vitalograph’s COPD-6 was successfully used in a recent study, which sought to assess the respiratory changes and functional outcomes in children with neuromuscular disorders attending an aquatic therapy program.

UK defence secretary Ben Wallace met with Danish and Swedish defence leaders last week to reaffirm Britain’s commitment to its Nordic allies and discuss NATO’s response to shared threats.

Global creative communications agency, DRP Group [DRPG], has signed up to the Net Zero Carbon Events Pledge.