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Sky News reports that deaths from alcoholic liver disease rose by a staggering 21 per cent during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Recent research suggests that the NHS must improve its waste segregation efforts to deliver on its plans to become the world's first net zero carbon emissions health service within 20 years.

As ministers sound the alarm over loss of biodiversity and the potential consequences for the global biosphere, one business leader has been "rewilding" parts of the Elmore Estate to ensure biodiversity can thrive on site.

Antiques on High owner Vincent Page writes that retailers must take a common sensical approach to how they choose to implement Covid-19 safety guidelines now that social restrictions have been removed in England.

Electrical and mechanical product supplier, Techna, has reduced its carbon footprint and energy usage by 2.1 tonnes of CO2e per year.

British signage manufacturer Hardy Signs celebrates its 28th anniversary in August 2021.

Vindi Banga has been named the new Chair of UK Government Investments [UKGI] this week, after being appointed by Economic Secretary to the Treasury, John Glen.

Driven by the mass burning of fossil fuels, modern life is killing the planet. So writes Dale Vince OBE, founder of the world’s first green energy company, and trailblazer for the now global green energy movement.

Social enterprise IncomeMax has advised that those facing financial hardship could be eligible to up to £25,000 in extra income, and its free services are geared toward helping access it.

John McDonough, founder and managing director of employability and recruitment solutions specialist Recro Consulting, has recently critiqued levels of take-up for the government’s Kickstart Scheme and insisted that more action can be done to drive up participant numbers.

As the UK economy reopens in line with the lifting of Covid restrictions, employees are proving to be increasingly important to firms.

Power supply installation and maintenance specialists Constant Power Services were recently awarded SafeContractor accreditation by Alcumus, reaffirming the firm’s commitment to safe and high working standards.

Following healthy sales and earnings growth in the second quarter of 2021 despite the negative effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, Fresenius has opted to raise its group earnings guidance.

A new report published by BERA considers the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the health and wellbeing of learners with autism and suggests methods of safeguarding in case of similar crises in future.