Scott Challinor

The Leith Group’s chief operating officer, Shan Dassanaike, and group planning director Paul Kallee-Grover have agreed to join the board of the North American Rugby League [NARL].

In May, over 100 teachers were awarded with the General Teaching Council for Scotland’s Standard for Headship having successfully completed their headship qualification course coordinated by Education Scotland.

Since March 2020, market research specialist Market Measures has been running its own Covid-19 tracker survey to monitor the evolving mood of the nation throughout the pandemic.

In celebration of its new partnership with Alder Hey Children’s Charity, Southport Pleasureland has erected a new child-scale “embassy” for the charity within its theme park, which will be opened at a special inauguration on June 1, 2021.

Businessman Jeff Wilton-Love, director of domiciliary care and support provider Chapter Care [North Devon] Ltd, has been elected a Devon County Councillor for the constituency of Bideford West and Hartland in the May 2021 local elections.

Social enterprise IncomeMax has been named among six finalists in Nesta’s Rapid Recovery Challenge.

Independent commercial driver recruitment agency Driver Require has been keeping a close eye on the UK’s HGV driver shortage problem for several years.

The Peepul Centre social enterprise based in Belgrave, Leicester, has been through a great deal of change during the Covid-19 pandemic, with social restrictions resulting in many of its facilities having to temporarily close.

In our latest leadership roundup, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng announces the new CEO of Innovate UK; Behavioural Investment Coach and experienced Director Mike LeGassick discusses the launch of his new book and the importance of financial education; and Early Years’ practitioner Claire Dimpfl highlights the importance of community spirit.

Atruchecks - in partnership with Eurofins Scientific - has expanded its network of testing laboratories and reduced the cost of a test returning results within 24 hours in a bid to restart the ailing travel industry.

For a second successive year, The Leith Group has been named part of the Export Champion Community by the Department for International Trade [DIT].

Speaking live on Portsmouth's Express FM radio station on Monday, Becketts Southsea general manager Terence Carvalho looked ahead to the reopening of his business on May 17, in line with the government’s roadmap out of the Covid-19 lockdown.

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.

Back in April this year, The Parliamentary Review reported on the foundation of GetBuilding.co.uk, a new business venture spearheaded by George Nixon, founder and managing director of London-based property developer, William George Homes. GetBuilding.co.uk, made up of a group of investors and recognised housebuilders, has been active in helping firms struggling financially as a result of the Covid-19 situation, and is targeted toward businesspersons and homeowners whose premises or properties are considered to have development potential.

With mobile wallets and contactless technology soaring in popularity even before the Covid-19 pandemic, the use of cash was beginning to dwindle, and its dominance began to wane worldwide. Now, the pandemic has accelerated the global transition toward a cashless economy, with question marks hanging over the safety of its physical usage.