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Nick Dee Shapland, the businessman who grew his sole-trading enterprise into the multi-million-pound company Deeland Limited trading as ServiceMaster Clean Newbury, has retired, shortly before the company is due to mark its 30-year anniversary.

Profine GmbH has this year achieved the VinylPlus Product Label as part of its sustainability strategy.

On The Leaders Council podcast series, we recently spoke with two business leaders who discussed their experiences of managing through the Covid-19 pandemic.

Speaking on Coordinate Sport’s The Drive Phase podcast, Get Active Sports founder and director, Rob Sherwood, shared the story of how his business came to be, alongside some of his key leadership philosophies.

Working in partnership with Novus, awarding body GQA Qualifications has become involved in a major nationwide offender rehabilitation training scheme.

Since being appointed chief regulator of exams watchdog Ofqual on January 1 this year, part of Simon Lebus’ role has involved restoring public confidence in the academic assessment system after the anger and disappointment that stemmed from last summer’s algorithm fiasco.

Recalling her experience of managing a business through the Covid-19 pandemic, Kaye Sandison, founder of Shetland-based childcare provider Hame Fae Hame, discusses how the health crisis has posed the biggest challenge of her career to date.

As the UK set out its goals for a net zero future ahead of its presidency of COP26 in Glasgow this November, dairy industry organisation Dairy UK highlights how its sector can help contribute to reduced emissions.

The year 2021 has brought another major milestone for MR Solutions Group, with the addition of three new cryogen-free MR with 42cm bore size: 7T, 4.7T and 3T, to its product portfolio.

Ian G. Gascoigne Builders, a family-run building company based in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, has received praise from local football club, Nuneaton Borough, for their continued sponsorship through the coronavirus pandemic.

In an article which originally appeared on LinkedIn, Eagle Solutions Services managing director. Kemi Atijosan, shares her views on why a change of direction is needed in the school meals industry.

Writing for The Leaders Council, Kevin Browning, managing director of Global Tunnelling Experts, appeals to UK business leaders to abide by the law in ensuring that their firms are paying out the correct levels of National Insurance Contributions, and calls on the government to crack down on those who do not for the benefit of society.

Writing for The Leaders Council, Fotech Solutions CEO Chris Shannon explains that the businesses that show a capability to evolve will be the ones that succeed in the post-Covid world, as open-minded leaders set the pace by embracing a hybrid structure of home and office-based work.

Lincoln Minster School has been shortlisted for the Independent Schools of the Year 2021 award for Community Outreach.