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A group of senior MPs and peers has criticised the decision to invite Chinese representatives to the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II next week.

UK firms have been informed that they will receive energy bills support from October 1, although it may need to be backdated.

Spinnaker International’s Hazel Gosling highlights how the digitisation of the payment landscape calls for asset control systems to become more sophisticated, sharing one of the firm’s own solutions targeted towards the secure logistics sector.

Scion Mastery’s Inga Neaves shares her view that a major factor behind the skills shortage in critical UK industries is the way in which parents encourage their children to dream too big in terms of their career ambitions.

Food inflation has reached the highest levels seen since 2008 in the year to August, although the gloomy outlook for overall inflation has eased somewhat thanks to the government’s new package of targeted support on energy bills.

Sarah Cronie's journey into her leadership role was anything but ‘usual’, owing to her learning disability. Progressing through Inspiring Scotland’s Future Leadership Training Programme, she learnt a trade with The Usual Place before progressing into permanent employment.

Earlier this year, a delegation from Crowder Consulting attended the IWA biennial Water Loss Conference held at Prague’s Conference Centre in Czechia.

Newly appointed chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng is still to outline this month how the government will finance its approach to helping households adjust to the rising cost-of-living, although the ‘mini-Budget’ has been put on hold by the passing of the Queen.

JK Tech is set to launch its AI-powered augmented analytics offering in the European and UK markets.

Prime minister Liz Truss and other MPs convened in the House of Commons on Saturday to swear an oath of allegiance to the new King of the United Kingdom, Charles III.

Following the publication of NHS England’s performance figures from August, Nuffield Trust CEO Nigel Edwards has warned that newly appointed prime minister Liz Truss is inheriting a health service in “critical condition” and a new delivery plan is needed.

As the NHS released its August performance statistics, The King’s Fund chief executive Richard Murray has warned that the numbers are indicative of a looming crisis and the new prime minister and health secretary must act quickly to intervene.

The Association of Colleges [AoC] Beacon Awards will be held from September 19 to September 29 to celebrate best and most innovative practice among the UK’s further education [FE] colleges.

Speaking on Connectionsb2b’s Legal Chat platform, solicitor Nicola Manning explores the question of what happens to digital assets when their owner becomes deceased.