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Foreign secretary Liz Truss has this week announced a ban on services exports to Russia.

Speaking on The Leaders Council Podcast, Graham Hasting-Evans, CEO of education and skills charity NOCN Group, discusses the drivers behind the current skills shortage in construction and how education and training reforms could help tackle the issue.

Neil Parish, the Conservative MP for Tiverton and Honiton, has formally resigned after having been reported for watching pornography on his phone in the House of Commons.

Ahead of Thursday’s local council elections across Great Britain and the assembly elections in Northern Ireland, the ongoing cost-of-living crisis has proven a prominent topic, while the Northern Ireland Protocol is also overshadowing the discussion across the Irish Sea.

Prime minister Boris Johnson has said that the government could do more to help British families through the cost-of-living crisis but stressed that further assistance would likely come in the “medium to long-term”.

In an address to the Ukrainian Parliament via video link, UK prime minister Boris Johnson provided details of £300 million more in military aid to be sent to the Eastern European country.

BNI Fortuna, the world's leading business referral organisation, is holding a networking charity event for the Blue Tangerine Federation at Aldwickbury Park Golf Club in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, on May 11.

Writing for The Leaders Council, Andrew Clowes, headteacher of Hey with Zion Primary School in Oldham, Lancashire, discusses the ministerial push for a trust-led school system, but stresses that the government must address other structural issues of its own first.

Telavox, a cloud PBX and IP telephony specialist, shares five reasons why integrating cloud PBX and CRM systems could be a beneficial move for business.

Derbyshire-based firm PR Marriott Drilling has received a 2022 Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade.

Writing on LinkedIn, leadership and wellbeing consultant Charlotte Wiseman explores the significance of saving a sense of purpose in our work, and why play is important in tandem to maintain work-life balance in our lives.

Writing for Startups Magazine, Sparta Global CEO David Rai explores how promoting diversity and inclusion is not solely a socially responsible initiative, but a strategic business decision that is imperative to innovation and success.

Wednesday [April 20] saw Flood Re stage the parliamentary launch of a new insurance initiative headlining as ‘Build Back Better’, a scheme which intends to adapt homes and protect communities from flooding.

Writing for Career Ready, Sparta Global CEO David Rai reflects on his career in the technology industry, the diversity and social mobility challenges faced by the sector and the findings of his firm's Equal Tech Report released earlier this year.