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 <div data-pmr-editable="" class="medium-editor-insert-plugin">Exam results days are often a stressful experience for students. While so much regarding the future is at stake, there are always some who open their results on the day and are disappointed by the outcome, perhaps unable to proceed to college or university. However, <a href="https://www.cherwell-college.co.uk/">Cherwell College</a> is ensuring that this is not a terminal setback and is offering a host of flexible options to help learners bounce back and progress to the next stage of their academic lives.Cherwell College is <a href="https://www.cherwell-college.co.uk/cherwell-college-oxford-courses/retake-courses/a-level-and-gcse-resits">offering retake courses</a> for students who have not hit their A-Level or GCSE target grades; would like additional support in reapplying for university; would like to bolster their knowledge of the subject curriculum; or may wish to change exam boards.With support from Cherwell tutors, students can improve their knowledge and rebuild confidence ahead of their resits. As a pre-university tutorial college, Cherwell’s tuition follows the Oxbridge style of small group and one-to-one learning to ensure key areas for improvement are covered during the retake high school courses. Students wishing to take an A-Level resit course are able to start at any time in the academic year and will be privy to expert UCAS advice and support with university reapplication. Students taking a resit course (whether A-Level retake courses or GCSE retake courses) at the college are also eligible for full-boarding and day study options at Cherwell.The close contact with expert tutors helps students rebuild confidence and self-esteem in a supportive and motivating learning environment. For students who have fallen short at GCSE level, it is still possible to progress to A-Level study at Cherwell while preparing for GCSE resits.The comprehensive one-year resit courses at A-Level and GCSE are an ideal opportunity for students to bounce back, maximising their chances of getting the requisite grades for the next step of their academic journey.More information on Cherwell College’s resit courses can be found <a href="https://www.cherwell-college.co.uk/cherwell-college-oxford-courses/retake-courses/a-level-and-gcse-resits">here</a>. Further information can also be accessed via the Cherwell College <a href="http://www.cherwell-college.co.uk/">website</a>.Learners can reach out to the college directly via the <a href="https://www.cherwell-college.co.uk/contact-us">Contact Us</a> page to enquire about programmes or book a personal consultation.</div>

Cherwell College is offering flexible resit and learning solutions to students at GCSE and A-Level.

A-Level and GCSE results: Cherwell College offers flexible resit and learning solutions for students

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 <div data-pmr-editable="" class="medium-editor-insert-plugin">Popular antique store <a href="https://www.antiquesonhigh.co.uk/">Antiques on High</a> has been named Best Nationwide High Street Antique Centre 2022, <a href="https://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/20595347.antiques-high-owner-award-best-nationwide-high-street-antique-centre-2022/">the Westmorland Gazette has reported.</a>“Thrilled to bits” by the latest award win for his business, owner <a href="http://www.leaderscouncil.co.uk/members/vincent-page">Vincent Page</a> was pleased to regain the very same accolade that Antiques on High had won just two years earlier.He told the Westmorland Gazette: “We won the award two years ago and I was taken aback then, but we must be doing something right to be given the award a second time around.“Winning yet another award is a pat on the back for us and recognition of the work involved as far as we are concerned.”For Vincent, the award came as worthy recognition of the commitment that he and his partner, Lesley, have put into running the Antiques on High brand.Its chain of stores includes three shops up and down the country, including in locations such as Bowness-on-Windermere, Oxford and Sidmouth in Devon.Vincent recalled that opening of the Bowness branch in May 2021 was a decision that some considered to be “bordering on madness”, particularly since he and Lesley have often attended all three locations in the same working day.“On more than one occasion in the last few months we have been at all three stores in one day before going home, covering more than 475 miles in less than 24 hours as well as running a shop for a day,” Vincent said.“If that level of commitment is what it takes, then so be it.”The duo has no intentions of stopping either. Indeed, the Westmorland Gazette adds that they are planning to expand the Antiques on High brand in a new venture that will see the couple “head home”.Everybody at The Leaders Council would like to congratulate Vincent, Lesley and the Antiques on High team, and wishes them all the very best of luck with the next expansion!</div>

Popular antique store Antiques on High has been named Best Nationwide High Street Antique Centre 2022, the Westmorland Gazette has reported.

Antiques on High named Best Nationwide High Street Antique Centre 2022

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 <div data-pmr-editable="" class="medium-editor-insert-plugin"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-export-finance-appoints-two-new-directors-to-its-executive-leadership-team">UK Export Finance [UKEF] has this week appointed</a> a new chief strategy &amp; impact officer and digital, data &amp; technology [DDAT] director to its senior leadership team.The award-winning export credit agency has appointed Julia Beck as chief strategy &amp; impact officer, while Paul Neville has also joined its executive committee in the position of digital, data &amp; technology [DDAT] director.UKEF has provided financial support worth some £33.4 billion to UK exporters over the previous five years, to bolster the UK’s position on the global stage in a sustainable manner.Beck has been with UKEF since 2016, and most recently worked as deputy director for strategy within the Strategy, Policy and Climate Change Directorate [SPoCC]. In her new role, she will continue to develop UKEF’s strategy and impact approach, deliver on its sustainability agenda and grow its relationships across government and internationally.Meanwhile, Neville has joined the agency from the London Borough of Waltham Forest local authority, for which he worked as director of digital and ICT and oversaw a major modernisation programme. He is experienced in the fields of digital and technology from his career background with Sky and BT and will align UK Export Finance’s digital, technology, data and change &amp; transformations teams to modernise operations.UK Export Finance’s director of resources, Shane Lynch, said of the appointments: “The depth of experience and talent across UKEF are what make us the world’s best export credit agency. Julia and Paul have already made a positive impact in their new roles, bringing energy and new ideas to the department.“Ensuring we retain and attract talented people is hugely important and allows UKEF to deliver on its mission for UK exporters.”Newly appointed chief strategy &amp; impact officer, Julia Beck, commented: “I’m delighted to start my new role leading UKEF’s Strategy, Policy and Climate Change Directorate, which has gone from strength to strength in recent years.“I will ensure that UKEF continues to deliver with impact on government priorities, from achieving our sustainability agenda to maintaining an agile and adaptable product offering for UK exporters that drives economic prosperity across the country.”Paul Neville, the new director of digital, data &amp; technology, said: “I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to lead the new DDAT team at UK Export Finance.“Improving on UKEF’s history of delivering first-class support to businesses, I hope to help modernise what we do, both to help our people and customers.” Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@homajob?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Scott Graham</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/recruitment?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></div>

UK Export Finance [UKEF] has this week appointed a new chief strategy & impact officer and digital, data & technology [DDAT] director to its senior leadership team.

UK Export Finance makes new executive appointments

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 <div data-pmr-editable="" class="medium-editor-insert-plugin"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62578655">The Institute for Fiscal Studies [IFS] think tank has said</a> that promises of tax cuts made by the Tory leadership candidates are “unrealistic” unless government spending is also reduced. Foreign secretary Liz Truss has said that she would reverse the National Insurance hike and put the brakes on a planned corporation tax increase if elected to Number 10, to help stimulate economic growth.Her rival, ex-chancellor Rishi Sunak, has said that if he were made PM, he would cut VAT on energy bills and reduce income tax by three pence before the end of the next Parliament – in late 2029.Sunak has been clear throughout his campaign that the tax burden will be reduced once inflation is under control, and both candidates have repeatedly argued that their policies are affordable.However, the IFS’ deputy director, Carl Emmerson, said that spending cuts would have to come into play if promises of tax cuts were to be delivered in a sustainable manner.Emmerson said: “These tax cut promises are unrealistic unless they're going to set out detailed, deliverable spending cuts on a comparable scale.“In reality, there will be a need to spend significantly more, especially given the pressures on households with energy bills.”Emmerson said that the government could borrow more in the short-term to provide more support for households with the rising cost-of-living, but warned that “large, permanent tax cuts” would only stretch the public purse given the “deteriorating” outlook for the UK economy at large.<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62562025">Inflation hit 10.1 per cent in July</a>, while rising prices are continuing to limit the spending power of households as they outstrip wage increases. T<a href="https://www.leaderscouncil.co.uk/news/interest-rates-raised-to-1-75-per-cent-bank-forecasts-q4-recession">he Bank of England has separately warned that the UK economy will enter recession</a> later on in the year.The IFS’ report projected that soaring inflation would lead to more public spending on benefits and supports for public facilities such as schools and hospitals who need to pay out more for their energy bills.It added that tax revenues would not be likely to cover the level of funding needed for this support, meaning that there would be no spare funding left to justify alleviating the tax burden on people.The IFS conclusion comes after <a href="https://www.leaderscouncil.co.uk/news/obr-uk-government-debt-on-unsustainable-footing">the Office for Budget Responsibility [OBR] had already warned that the UK government’s debt is on an unsustainable footing</a> and spending cuts or tax increases would be required to responsibly manage public finances.The Sunak camp says that the IFS' assessment supports the former chancellor’s fiscal policy plan and reiterated that his promises were realistic compared to those of his rival.A spokesperson for the former chancellor said: “It (the IFS report) drives a coach and horses through Liz's economic plan. Rishi has consistently made the case that permanent, unfunded tax cuts would cause significant damage to the public finances and push inflation up higher.“It is not credible or Conservative to spend £50 billion on tax cuts and pay for them through higher borrowing at a time of high inflation.”A source from within the Truss campaign said that the foreign secretary would call an emergency budget to put money into people’s pockets, “cut taxes using the existing fiscal headroom” and “get debt to GDP falling within three years.”The source added: “You cannot tax your way to growth, and business as usual will not do.”Elsewhere this week, both leadership candidates have <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-62549430">laid bare their intentions to progress the government’s Northern Ireland Protocol Bill</a> if elected to Number 10, during a hustings in Northern Ireland.Truss, who introduced the legislation to Parliament in her capacity as foreign secretary, has said that the UK government needed to be able to directly intervene with the Protocol, given the inability of the Stormont executive to function while it is in place as it is.Stormont has been left without a power-sharing administration since the February Assembly elections, after the Democratic Unionist Party [DUP] refused to enter government as an act of protest against the Protocol.The government’s bill if passed would give UK ministers the power to override parts of the Protocol, although the European Union and Irish nationalists oppose this, claiming that it would break international law.However, Truss and Sunak maintain that the UK would be acting legally and have pledged to carry the legislation through and restore the executive in Northern Ireland should they succeed Boris Johnson as prime minister.Truss said: “We are not going to get Stormont back up and running (without unilateral action).“I've been in discussions with all the parties in Northern Ireland and I'm determined to make it happen. We will see power-sharing restored in Northern Ireland.”Sunak has previously suggested that he would prefer a negotiated solution with the EU, but stressed that he’d do “whatever it takes to fix the Protocol”, including unilateral action if necessary.The former chancellor suggested that as the Protocol legislation was facing parliamentary scrutiny, he’d return to the negotiating table with the EU in an effort to agree a compromise.He also called it “sad” that the Stormont executive could not function given the current state of the Protocol, and that the Protocol therefore needed to be at the start of resolving the situation.Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@veato?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Philip Veater</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/gbp?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a> </div>

The Institute for Fiscal Studies [IFS] think tank has said that promises of tax cuts made by the Tory leadership candidates are “unrealistic” unless government spending is also reduced.

IFS: Tax cuts “unrealistic” without reduced spending

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