11 January 2021
The CBI has backed Covid-19 testing for healthy or “asymptomatic” people in England, although medical experts have questioned the value of the strategy.
11 January 2021
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced that, with effect from 11 January, local authorities are to be encouraged to target testing to people who cannot work from home during lockdown.
11 January 2021
Traders must ensure that they are fully ready under the new rules as the Government expects lorries travelling to the Great Britain-EU border will reach pre-Christmas levels in the week beginning 11 January.
11 January 2021
Ofsted has published some advice to help school and college leaders and teachers develop their provision of remote education.
11 January 2021
Alok Sharma has been appointed president of the UN COP26 climate emergency conference to be held in Glasgow in November. Energy Minister, Kwasi Kwarteng, will take over as Secretary of State for Business.
8 January 2021
Only a quarter of employers in Wales are following official advice and carrying out a Covid risk assessment in consultation with staff, new research by the Wales TUC has revealed.
8 January 2021
Fake goods with a retail value of over €760 million were seized at the EU's external borders in 2019, according to a new report published by the European Commission.
8 January 2021
The regulator of the UK’s private security industry, the Security Industry Authority (SIA), has consulted the Home Office to obtain guidance for individuals and security businesses/employers in the sector to enable them to consider working requirements during the current lockdown.
8 January 2021
Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (Driver CPC) periodic training is to be monitored by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) to ensure drivers are not unnecessarily repeating training as part of the 35-hour requirement.
8 January 2021
The alert level four restrictions introduced in Wales before Christmas are to remain in place and will be strengthened in some key areas to prevent the new, highly-infectious, strain of the virus spreading from person to person in those shops and workplaces which remain open.