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Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said that he is not “ignoring” or “writing off” taxpayer’s money lost to fraud through the Coronavirus Bounce Back Loan scheme.

Sellafield Ltd has invested £1.8 million into improving mental health service provision in West Cumbria through its Social Impact, Multiplied programme.

Innovative Hornchurch-based charity Tapestry Care UK has warned that it needs more users to sign up to its food delivery service to preserve it as part of its offering.

At Wednesday’s Prime Minister’s Questions, Boris Johnson told the House of Commons that he is “getting on with the job” of leading the country and will stay in post, despite Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer calling on him to resign.

Coming up with a business idea and then starting a business can seem overwhelming and complicated. What is crucial is getting the very first step right, which will start you on the pathway to success.

The International Monetary Fund [IMF] has said that the UK economy is set to grow more slowly in 2022 than previous forecasts had suggested.

The Metropolitan Police has said that it will launch its own investigation into parties that were held in Downing Street during the Covid-19 pandemic, when social restrictions in place at the time prohibited such gatherings.

Hospitality business Becketts, a hotel and restaurant based in Southsea, Portsmouth, has been honoured with a Bronze Award of the Armed Forces Covenant.

Prime minister Boris Johnson has said that a Russian invasion of Ukraine would be a “disastrous step”, after the Foreign Office withdrew part of its embassy staff workforce from the country.

Lord Agnew has resigned from his role as a minister for the Treasury after criticising the government’s handling of fraudulent applications for Covid Bounce Back Loan fraud.

Applications for the Royal College of Podiatry’s [RCPod] annual Leadership Programme are currently open, with a deadline of February 4 set to register one’s interest for the 2022 course.

Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon has said that it has been “worth it” to impose harsher social restrictions in the country over the festive period to curb coronavirus transmission, despite the “very adverse” effects these have had on the hospitality sector and other businesses.

As we look to emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic as a country, Gillian Sewell, CEO of YMCA Derbyshire, is optimistic that the general public will now look at social inequalities such as poverty in a new light, paving the way for positive change that will elevate the social status of many.

It is without doubt that the Covid-19 pandemic has forced businesses to embrace flexible working and there are no signs that this is going to cease in the post-Covid world.