Rhys Taylor-Brown

Mark Stevens is the director and MOT manager at R&G Motors, a family run garage in Cornwall that specialises in car and van servicing, MOTs, and all general motoring requirements. Entering the business world following a 24-year career with the Royal Air Force, Stevens has experienced working with various leaders in different walks of life, all with varying styles.

Stephen Dobinson is a director at Arc Building Consultancy, an independent firm of chartered Building Surveyors based in the Midlands. In conversation with the Leaders Council of Great Britain & Northern Ireland's Scott Challinor, Dobinson lifts the lid on how his business has met the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic while offering further insight into the leadership behind the firm.

In conversation with the Leaders Council of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, John Mestitz, managing director of Techna International Ltd, reflects on how the business has adapted to meet the unprecedented challenge of Covid-19 and offers his thoughts on the government’s gradual easing of lockdown restrictions.

Paul Douglas is the vice-president of Rigid Haulers and managing director of Terex Trucks, based in Motherwell, Scotland. After prime minister Boris Johnson unveiled his exit strategy from the UK Covid-19 pandemic on May 10, Douglas approached The Leaders Council of Great Britain & Northern Ireland to offer his views, with the divergence in approach between Westminster and Holyrood a concern.

Speaking to The Leaders Council of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, Adtentus Ltd director Lisa Davies discusses where the government's Covid-19 lockdown exit strategy falls short and details the additional issues that she feels the government should acknowledge.

Prime minister Boris Johnson has said that the government will weigh-up easing the UK coronavirus lockdown with “maximum caution”, ahead of his address to the nation on Sunday evening.

Nadia Whittome, the Labour MP for Nottingham East, has claimed that she was “effectively sacked” after speaking out over a shortage of PPE on national television while working part-time at a care home.

US president Donald Trump has denied responsibility for a recent increase in US hotline calls about injecting or ingesting disinfectant, following his remarks last week that such substances could be used to treat coronavirus.

Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte has unveiled plans to ease the country's strict Covid-19 lockdown, which has been in force since March 9.

The Australian government has informed G20 countries that action must be taken on wildlife wet markets that pose a “biosecurity and human health risk” in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Ethiopian Airlines boss Tewolde Gebremariam has doubled down on his decision to continue running flights to China during the Covid-19 outbreak.

US president Donald Trump has signed an executive order suspending the approval of some green card applications for a period of 60-days.

Speaking at Prime Minister’s Questions, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has sought answers from the government over its response to the Covid-19 pandemic concerning issues such as testing and the shortage of personal protective equipment [PPE] available to front-line workers.

The House of Commons will operate as a ‘virtual’ Parliament for the first time on Wednesday, with Prime Minister’s Questions scheduled for midday.

US oil prices have plunged into negative numbers for the first time ever.