Coronavirus (COVID-19): ministerial direction for early payment of grants
Letters authorising the early release of 2 grants to local authorities totalling £3.4 billion to allow them to act on the government’s recent announcements to tackle Covid-19....
Friday, 12 June 2020 14:53
GREAT partners competition to bring ‘Magic of Live Events’ online
Exhibition experts Prodigio and global creative media agency Crowd join forces to launch the Exhibition Futures Challenge...
Friday, 12 June 2020 14:49
Government accelerates border planning for the end of the Transition Period
New border controls and procedures confirmed for 2021 as the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Michael Gove, formally notifies the EU that the UK will neither accept nor seek any extension to the Transition Period...
Friday, 12 June 2020 14:00
Demand for handmade UK luxury leather bags spike in Japan
Sales of Rutherfords’ bespoke leather bags have already surpassed last year’s turnover, with 70% of orders going to Japan...
Friday, 12 June 2020 13:57
CLA calls on Education Secretary to teach Countryside Code in schools
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has written to the Secretary of State for Education, Gavin Williamson MP, calling for the Countryside Code to be taught in schools...
Friday, 12 June 2020 13:51
Scottish Government: Brexit transition
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and the Welsh First Minster Mark Drakeford have written to the Prime Minister to request an extended Brexit transition period to complete negotiations and support businesses through recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic...
Friday, 12 June 2020 11:18
LGA statement on summer schools
Cllr Judith Blake, Chair of the LGA’s Children and Young People Board, said...
Friday, 12 June 2020 11:16
Water and energy networks could be used to deliver nationwide gigabit broadband
The government could give broadband firms access to more than a million kilometres of underground utility ducts in order to boost rollout of next-generation broadband...
Friday, 12 June 2020 11:09
Change of Governor of Bermuda: December 2020
Ms Rena Lalgie has been appointed Governor of Bermuda in succession to Mr John Rankin CMG...
Friday, 12 June 2020 10:47
Nearly 90% of secondaries and colleges to open to more pupils from Monday, says ASCL survey
Nearly nine out of ten secondary schools and colleges in England will open to more pupils from Monday, according to a survey by the Association of School and College Leaders...
Friday, 12 June 2020 10:45