News - Page 57

NEWS | Published April 29th 2022, 12:12 am

Tadpoles Nursery: Preparing our children for a world that has not yet been imagined

Writing in The Spectator, Claire Dimpfl, owner and head of Tadpoles Nursery School in Chelsea, West London, reveals the upcoming launch of the nursery’s new branch in neighbouring Kensington, coming in September 2022.

NEWS | Published April 28th 2022, 8:08 am

Truss: Ukrainian victory against Russia a “strategic imperative” for the West

UK foreign secretary Liz Truss has urged the West to “double down” on its support for Ukraine in the war against Russia, warning that Ukrainian victory is a “strategic imperative”.

NEWS | Published April 28th 2022, 2:03 am

Sexual misconduct allegations against Tory MP to be investigated, Mail on Sunday editor refuses meeting over Rayner article

The Conservative party has confirmed that it is has investigated allegations of a male Tory MP having been seen watching porn on his mobile phone while sitting next to a female minister in the House of Commons, and will refer the matter to Parliament's Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme.

NEWS | Published April 28th 2022, 12:01 am

Brexit: New rules from 2021 hit UK-EU trade over the year, study says

A study by the London School of Economics Centre for Economic Performance has shown that UK imports from the EU and British exports to the trading bloc were adversely affected over 2021, the year that new Brexit trading arrangements came into force.

NEWS | Published April 28th 2022, 12:00 am

Taxing land and buildings for VAT: rradar shares key tips for businesses

Litigation and commercial law firm rradar shares some key facts for businesses about how VAT applies to commercial land and buildings.

NEWS | Published April 27th 2022, 11:11 am

Covid-19: High Court rules that discharge of hospital patients to care homes was unlawful

The High Court has ruled that the government’s policy of discharging hospital patients to care homes in the early weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic was unlawful.

NEWS | Published April 27th 2022, 12:00 am

Government drops plans for ‘push back’ tactics against migrant boats, High Court challenge reversed

The UK government has U-turned on its plans to turn back small boats of migrants crossing the English Channel, ahead of a judicial review that was scheduled for May 3.

NEWS | Published April 27th 2022, 12:00 am

“It needs a complete rethink”: NAADUK president on tackling the UK skills shortage

NAADUK president Peter Reid discusses how a perfect storm of recent events has disincentivised adults from working and exacerbated the UK skills shortage, while sharing his proposals for a solution to the problem.

NEWS | Published April 27th 2022, 12:00 am

DRP Group wins Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development

Creative communications agency DRP Group has been announced as the proud recipient of a 2022 Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development.

NEWS | Published April 27th 2022, 12:00 am

Embracing new possibilities: How critically informed creativity is key to professional development and learning

GTC Scotland chief executive Dr Pauline Stephen discusses how critically informed creativity is core to the professional development of the self and one’s ability to learn.

NEWS | Published April 26th 2022, 9:09 am

Twitter sale: Musk agrees $44 billion deal for social platform

Billionaire Tesla and SpaceX boss Elon Musk has agreed a $44 billion [£34.5 billion] deal to take over social networking site, Twitter.

NEWS | Published April 26th 2022, 12:01 am

Ukraine conflict: US hopes Russian losses will act as future deterrent to aggression

US defence secretary Lloyd Austin has said that he hopes Russia’s military losses sustained during the war in Ukraine will act as a deterrent to committing future acts of aggression.

NEWS | Published April 26th 2022, 12:00 am

Leaders in Focus: Wave Leisure Trust’s Duncan Kerr on the “Magic Pill”

Writing for The Leaders Council, Wave Leisure Trust CEO Duncan Kerr looks back on the events of the 2016 Ukactive conference and what must be done for the leisure industry to truly support the health of the nation.

NEWS | Published April 26th 2022, 12:00 am

Labour to abolish non-dom tax status if elected

The Labour party has reiterated plans to abolish what it calls “unfair” and “outdated” non-dom taxpayer status if elected to government.


© Copyright 2024, Leaders of Great Britain.