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Last Thursday [November 25, 2021] marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls and the beginning of the 16 Days of Action.

A new report by PricewaterhouseCoopers [PwC] has concluded that the current rate of ‘green job’ generation is insufficient for the government to hit its target of two million roles by 2030.

JK Tech has launched its Smart Dairy Solution, an enterprising solution for the milk processing industry based on a single platform, in the United Kingdom and Europe.

Prime minister Boris Johnson has said that Covid-19 booster jabs will be offered to everyone who is eligible by the end of January 2022.

In a reshuffling of his shadow cabinet, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has appointed Yvette Cooper as shadow home secretary, with her predecessor Nick Thomas-Symonds moving to the role of shadow trade secretary.

"The future of the planet is in our hands right now, and it’s just unthinkable that we fail to face up to this," says Scottish first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, in a new documentary film premiered during COP26.

Following its review into the MPs code of conduct, Parliament’s Standards Committee has proposed that MPs should be banned from paid consultancy roles, providing strategy services and offering paid parliamentary advice.

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has stepped down as CEO of the social networking platform, with chief technical officer Parag Agrawal set to replace him.

The Community Shop social enterprise is to open a new store in the Wakefield town of Knottingley, West Yorkshire, which will help provide hundreds of local people at risk of food poverty with access to affordable nourishment.

Manchester-based IT services provider Everything Tech recently completed the acquisition of Unite Manchester, in a bid to increase its market share in the northwest of England.

Conservative MP and former sports minister Tracey Crouch has urged the government to form a new independent regulator for English football following the conclusion of a major review into the game.

Sparta Global – a provider of technology training and careers for emerging talent in the UK – has this week been named in the largest-ever Social Mobility Employer Index.

Fully integrated content agency Aurora Media Worldwide has enjoyed a bumper November in 2021, winning two awards at the Broadcast Sport Awards and securing three accolades at The Sports Business Awards.

Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon has this week talked down speculation that she may be leaving frontline politics.