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Homeless people in London will be offered a fortnight’s stay in a hotel over Christmas, with three meals provided per day alongside a virtual appearance on Christmas Day from celebrity guests.

WillisPalmer has long been concerned about the plight of vulnerable children during lockdown but fears were heightened when Ofsted stated in its annual report that child abuse could be going undetected.

In this leadership round-up we hear that the Yogscast have now raised over £1.5million since starting their annual Christmas charity drive, that Jo Chidley of Beauty Kitchens commits to lowering the impact of packaging on the environment and climate change could see a snow free England by 2040.

As we look to the end of a challenging 2020 organisations MENTA, SIONIC and TuVida are helping leaders prepare for the new year. This year has changed the face of leadership and learning those lessons will be integral to the economic recovery of the UK.

As the recent national lockdown in England came to an end and a new tiered system of restrictions came into place, non-essential independent retailers have once more been allowed to open their doors to the public. With a recent survey from the British Independent Retailers Association [BIRA] and Starling Bank suggesting that 66 per cent of shoppers will look to purchase festive gifts from local and family-run businesses, such retailers could be set for a huge boost ahead of the festive season.

Global food service operator BonCulina has broken into the UK’s education sector, which means that, for the first time ever, schoolchildren will be able to benefit from the patented Torus Pak technology and packaging.

Grey Bear Consultancy CEO Emma Clayton discusses why today’s leaders must adopt humble leadership models, while prime minister Boris Johnson promised to come up with a plan to deal with “anti-vaxxers” and the spreading of “disinformation”online in a week where Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine was approved for use in the UK.

BrandSafway, the world’s largest provider of integrated commercial and industrial services, has successfully acquired Big City Access, a portfolio company of Rock Hill Capital Group.

Preston-based payroll, bookkeeping and accountancy experts, IM Bookkeeping, are offering much needed advice for organisations and individuals interested in cryptocurrencies.

Food service experts BonCulina have announced a significant new partnership with the UK’s leading providers of automated hot food. The partnership with Bon Appetit means that BonCulina’s beautifully presented, healthy pre-made meals will now be available 24/7 via state of the art vending machines in businesses across the country.

In the second part of our exclusive interview with Dr David Fluck of the Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, the discussion focusses on how the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the digital agenda of the NHS, what impact this will have on the health service, and the lessons that healthcare leaders can take forward from the crisis.

After chancellor Rishi Sunak’s spending review in late November put paid to any hopes of a ‘V-shaped’ economic recovery from Covid-19, financial advisory firm Argent Wealth, a senior partner practice of St. James’s Place Wealth Management, has warned that the road to rebuilding the economy to pre-pandemic levels is likely to be a long one.

Speaking exclusively to The Leaders Council of Great Britain & Northern Ireland in the first segment of a two-part interview, Dr David Fluck, Medical Director and Executive Lead for R&D at the Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, reflects on the impact that the first two waves of the Covid-19 virus has had on the health service and discusses how healthcare sector leadership has had to be proactive in offering support to its staff.

As the House of Commons debates whether to pass the new restrictions that will put England into a stronger tiered system for the Winter months and over Christmas we hear from leaders of industry who think the current guidance is confusing enough.