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Several leading businesses and industry bodies in the UK have jointly called for their respective workforces to accept the Covid-19 vaccine when eligible.

In our latest leadership roundup, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng announces the new CEO of Innovate UK; Behavioural Investment Coach and experienced Director Mike LeGassick discusses the launch of his new book and the importance of financial education; and Early Years’ practitioner Claire Dimpfl highlights the importance of community spirit.

Atruchecks - in partnership with Eurofins Scientific - has expanded its network of testing laboratories and reduced the cost of a test returning results within 24 hours in a bid to restart the ailing travel industry.

Every state school with a Reception class in England can now apply for training and resources through an early years catch-up programme funded by the Government, to support thousands more pupils with vital communication skills.

In recent months, many people have been speaking out about social media abuse, with various sports bodies and others taking part in a recent boycott to raise awareness of the issue. But there is another, not unrelated, way in which social media is having a negative impact on people’s wellbeing, with California State University estimating that 10% of Americans have a social media addiction.

May 2021 has seen medical device developer Vitalograph look to the future with the launch of three innovative new products into the UK market.

Health and safety in industrial manufacturing is highly important to protect the working conditions and overall health of operators and staff in the workplace, especially on the factory floor and other places of high risk.

Speaking to CEO Today, Radical Sportscars chief executive Joe Anwyll looks back over the previous year and discusses the innovation that has gone on behind the scenes to help the business grow despite the impact of the Covid-19 health crisis.

For a second successive year, The Leith Group has been named part of the Export Champion Community by the Department for International Trade [DIT].

Speaking live on Portsmouth's Express FM radio station on Monday, Becketts Southsea general manager Terence Carvalho looked ahead to the reopening of his business on May 17, in line with the government’s roadmap out of the Covid-19 lockdown.

From Monday 17 May, the NHS app will be used to show a persons vaccination status if they have had both doses of the vaccination. The NHS app is separate from the NHS Covid-19 app which is used by contact tracing. The government is advising people to register for the app at-least two weeks before attempting to travel.

On Wednesday May 12, TimeFinders director Alison Hesketh and client services manager Helen Ferguson will be hosting a webinar as part of Dying Matters Awareness Week.

Birmingham-based company Specialist Vehicle Rental [SVR] has announced that the Queen Elizabeth Foundation for Disabled People [QEF] is to become its new charity partner.

Business leaders from hospitality and leisure companies in the city of Portsmouth have taken up new roles at a local Covid testing facility while their businesses have been forced to close.