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VSS managing director, Phil Juniper, analyses the state of England’s social care sector in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and Boris Johnson’s National Insurance hike, and why a career in the industry is worth considering for those in need of stable employment.

In the backdrop of the exposure of unscrupulous umbrella companies committing Employers’ National Insurance Contributions [NICs] fraud, one security sector leader is concerned about similar activity occurring in her industry.

Ocura Healthcare Furniture recently raised £5,000 for the King’s College Hospital Charity.

2021 has seen haulage business Danny W. Poole and Sons invest more than £1 million into new premises in its hometown of Stoke-on-Trent.

David Liddle, CEO of The Total Conflict Management [TCM] Group, has been recognised as one of the 50 HR Most Influential Thinkers at the 2021 HR Most Influential Awards ceremony at St Paul’s Cathedral in London.

Positive Psychology and Leadership Consultant Charlotte Wiseman discusses why breaking the stigma around mental health is critical to unlocking peoples’ potential within any organisation.

The UN Environment Programme’s 2021 production gap report has warned that government plans to extract fossil fuels up to 2030 could jeopardise the Paris Agreement’s target of keeping global temperature rises below 1.5 Celsius.

As tackling embodied carbon becomes an increasing priority within the built environment to make the industry more eco-friendly, C-Probe technologies look to make sustainable resilience possible.

In a bid to boost economic and security relations, foreign secretary Liz Truss has travelled to the Gulf states this week.

Business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has insisted that it is not yet the right time to trigger the government’s Covid Winter Plan B and reimplement some restrictions, despite NHS chiefs calling for some measures to be reintroduced amid rising cases.

The UK government has this week revealed its Net Zero Strategy, setting out how ministers plan for the nation to hit its net zero carbon emissions goal by 2050.

With the construction sector afflicted by labour shortages now, The Leaders Council asks whether the government's plans for T Levels go far enough toward solving the sector's issues.

The Royal Institute of British Architects [RIBA] has published the results of its latest Future Trends survey, which provides a monthly report of the business and employment trends which affect the architecture industry.

Oncology Imaging Systems [OIS] recently announced the release of its ZiFix Traverse™ respiratory motion management and patient immobilisation device.