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Writing for The Leaders Council, headteacher Andrew Clowes discusses the need to ‘seize the day’ in the current climate and how his staff team at Hey With Zion Primary School in Oldham have sought to do just that.

The successful Portsmouth-based hospitality business Becketts Southsea is to feature on Channel 4’s hit reality TV show, Four in a Bed, over a number of episodes airing from today [October 18].

Jointine Products [Lincoln] Ltd has been named Small Family Business of the Year in the East Midlands region at the 2021 Midlands Enterprise Awards.

At a time when the efficiency and eco-friendliness of the construction sector is coming under serious scrutiny, one cross-service package contractor is striving to ensure that it pulls its weight when it comes to operating sustainably.

Purpose-built rental homes are beginning to dominate the private rental sector.

Thousands of working adults are set to benefit from free courses aimed to rapidly upskill or retrain them in key STEM sectors including engineering, digital and construction to help address skills shortages and increase access to high-quality training alternatives that will help people find stable employment in better paid roles.

Tributes have been paid to Conservative MP Sir David Amess, who tragically passed away after being stabbed at his constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.

Despite industry having faced a challenging 2021 to date, this year has proven to be a lucrative one for public safety solutions provider, Openview, which has secured three large contracts spread across the country in recent weeks.

The Aluminium Federation [ALFED] has announced that it will be supporting the UK Metals Expo, set to be held in September 2022.

One of Southport’s biggest champions, Pleasureland CEO Norman Wallis, has announced that he will further support the local ‘Make a Change for Ben’ campaign fundraising dinner by donating his lead sponsor table, dinner and private drinks reception with John Barnes to boost fundraising.

A survey of around 1,700 legal professionals carried out by charity LawCare recently uncovered that 69 per cent of lawyers have experienced mental ill health over the last year, painting a worrying picture of wellbeing within the industry that according to one law firm owner, could merely be the tip of the iceberg.

In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic back in early-to-mid 2020, The Leaders Council heard numerous accounts of personal protective equipment [PPE] shortages and scarcity of other key medical supplies causing tremendous disruption to the health sector and risking the wellbeing of key personnel; issues which made national headlines.

Over 2020 and 2021, payroll professionals have faced more disruption than ever. They have found themselves pushed by changes to the government’s Covid-related support measures and have stepped up to the plate as essential workers within financial services.

The Covid-19 pandemic like many crises throughout history has laid bare the importance of adaptability within business, testing business leaders in new ways as they have sought to guide their firms through the last 19 months.