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Technology solutions provider Technossus explores succession planning and how organisations can effectively do it when those in as impactful a role as a chief information officer is set to leave.

As the latest UK economic figures showed a slowdown in industrial output due to supply chain squeezes, Techbuyer’s Chris Nelson explores the impact that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is having on already strained technology supply chains.

Demonstrating the potential of electric power on a global stage, Volvo Construction Equipment [Volvo CE] will become the official construction equipment supplier to the inaugural fully electric FIA World Rallycross Championship [World RX].

Appearing on The Leaders Council Podcast, entrepreneur Matthew Farmer shares the story of how a volunteering experience back in 2001 culminated in a chain of events that would lead him to establish his own business, Emerging World, two years later.

Pendragon, one of the UK’s leading automotive retailers, has agreed a naming sponsorship deal with Power Maxed Racing [PMR], one of the foremost racing teams in the British Touring Car Championship [BTCC].

Currency UK managing director Alex Coates talks about how his business works, his leadership journey, and why budding entrepreneurs ought to start out with a sales-first mentality.

Northamptonshire business owner Lorna Dodge highlights how her business acumen has provided an array of transferable skills that she has used in her public sector role with Corby Town Bid.

Despite the immense challenges facing care providers like Care More in the current climate, carers are determined to continue carrying out their day-to-day work and delivering care services to those in need of it.

Khadija Mohammed has been elected the new General Teaching Council for Scotland [GTC Scotland] council convener.

Some asylum seekers crossing the Channel to reach the UK illegally will be sent to Rwanda under the government’s new plans to curb human trafficking.

Terence Carvalho, the former general manager of Becketts in Southsea, Portsmouth, has been shortlisted for the Entrepreneur of the Year prize at the 2022 Portsmouth News Business Excellence Awards.

Frances O’Grady, the first and only female general secretary of the Trades Union Congress in its 154-year history, has announced that she will step down at the end of 2022 after nine years in charge.

Ali Harbi Ali, the radicalised Islamic State supporter who murdered Conservative MP Sir David Amess, has been sentenced to life in prison.