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As has been the case for businesses all over the UK, Ye Olde Salutation Inn, a public house in Nottingham dating back to 1240 which lays claim to being the oldest in the city, has had to navigate the storm of the Covid-19 pandemic and chart its own course through troubled waters. Speaking on the Leaders Council podcast, director Jason Weston reflects on the business’ journey through the pandemic thus far, while prime minister Boris Johnson hinted at a future u-turn on guidelines over mask-wearing in England’s schools. Elsewhere, Ofqual chief Sally Collier has tendered her resignation following the exams controversy.

CGTech has announced the latest interation of their VERICUT software, version 9.1.

London based online market research agency FlyResearch has been issuing weekly polls to its research panel of over 3000 people throughout the coronavirus lockdown in the UK, in order to project how the outbreak and the implementing of social distancing has been impacting the daily life of UK citizens. This week, managing partner Greg Ward discusses the findings from the 21st wave of the Covid-19 tracker survey with the Leaders Council, published on August 19 and sourced from data collected on August 14.

Prime minister Boris Johnson has directly appealed to parents of school-age children, informing them that it is “vitally important” that pupils return to school as soon as possible.

Cheshire-based Brio Leisure have introduced a one-way system to make social distancing easier for their more than 79,000 leisure cardholders and members. They have also offered some much needed advice and encouragement for all those who might need it as they try and get their fitness goals back on track.

As news reaches us of emergency ‘doomsday’ planning in Whitehall, APB Group's managing director Andy Graham has stressed the value of reinvention and adaptability

In the hectic world of running a UK SME, executives must take on several challenges. Some of these challenges one faces as a team, supported by a collective unit, and others are faced on a more individual basis. Writing for the Leaders Council, Medical Engineering Techologies [MET] boss Mark Turner discusses one of the major individual challenges one of his colleagues is facing in aid of charitable causes.

While the city of Portsmouth has enjoyed increased tourist footfall with Covid-19 travel restrictions prompting many British holidaymakers to opt for a UK staycation over travelling abroad, one of the city’s recently reopened hospitality businesses, Becketts Southsea, is drawing much attention.

The Financial Times reports that the Crossrail board has called for an additional £450 million in investment with the east-to-west Elizabeth Line now unlikely to be open until the middle of 2022.

The latest models produced by racing-sportscar manufacturer Radical Sportscars will arrive in New Zealand before the end of August, with Auckland-based firm GB Motorsports announced as Radical’s first dealer in the country.

Rainham Industrial Services was recently awarded a gold medal award in the 2020 Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents [RoSPA] awards.

Nielsen has revealed that it will undergo an integration with independent out-of-home media specialist Talon Outdoor, to enhance marketers' targeting of online and offline out-of-home advertising campaigns.

Beauty Kitchen UK Ltd has been shortlisted in two categories in Natural Health Magazine’s annual Natural Health International Beauty Awards.

The EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier has said that a post-Brexit trade deal between the bloc and the UK “seems unlikely” following the latest round of talks.