Features - Page 103

Wrexham-based manufacturing firm Unimaq has begun work on expanding its industrial estate in north Wales, with plans for 25,000 square feet in extra space.

PayByPhone is a wholly owned subsidiary of Volkswagen Financial Services AG and one of the fastest growing mobile payments companies in the world, processing more than £430 million in payments annually. Anthony Cashel, UK marketing and operations director, discusses the complex challenges of tackling multiple customer groups.

The government’s Mental Health in Education Action Group has committed to making mental health and wellbeing a central part of its plans for education in England moving forward.

Shoppers are expected to continue to ditch the high street in favour of online shopping as society reopens after COVID-19 restrictions, research from Qubit has said.

The G7 countries called upon the Taliban to adhere to “international human rights law” on Tuesday in a joint statement.

The Council for Science and Technology, in partnership with the Government Office for Science, has published a new report focused on harnessing technology to support the long-term sustainability of the UK's healthcare system.

The Department for Education has announced a new £10 million scheme aimed at offering students in participating schools with more support in English and maths.

Registry Trust, a not-for-profit organisation which maintains the Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines for the UK & Ireland, has responded to the Financial Conduct Authority's consultation on a new Consumer Duty.

UK Net Zero Business Champion Andrew Griffith MP has sent a letter to the British manufacturing sector encouraging businesses to make the pledge to cut emissions in half by 2030, with the goal of being "net zero" by 2050.

The UK has signed a deal with Pfizer/BioNTech that will see 35 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine delivered in the second half of 2022.

UK farmers are facing the threat of rising input costs as they look ahead to the harvest of 2022, with the planting of winter crops already underway.

The Delta variant accounts for 99 per cent of COVID-19 cases in the UK, the latest Public Health England update has confirmed.

Durham County Council has agreed to a region-to-region tourism collaboration with A Coruña Provincial Council in northwest Spain.

The UK government housing agency, Homes England, has pledged £40 million in investment to help provide hundreds of older people with new homes.