22 January 2021
All businesses and homes will have to meet rigorous new energy efficiency standards to lower energy consumption. This is to support efforts to meet a legally binding target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050.
22 January 2021
The Department for Education (DfE) has updated the Early years foundation stage: coronavirus disapplications guidance in light of the latest national lockdown, including an updated policy on Paediatric First Aid (PFA) requalification training.
22 January 2021
The Early Years Workforce Commission has published a new report on the crisis in the early years workforce, revealing that without immediate intervention and urgent action the sector is at risk of becoming unsustainable.
22 January 2021
Job adverts in the UK in December 2020 saw a 10.5% increase on the figure for the same month in 2019 with 1.77 million jobs on offer.
22 January 2021
Continuing the trend for establishing routes to EU countries that do not involve possible delays at the Channel crossing (see New container service links Immingham with Bilbao), Containerships has announced another service due to start this month.
22 January 2021
According to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick, residents are to be protected through the establishment of a national regulatory body which will ensure materials used to build homes will be made safer.
22 January 2021
To recognise that goods carrying industries may face significant challenges in the coming months, the Senior Traffic Commissioner has issued temporary guidance to the Traffic Commissioners on the way they carry out their regulatory duties during this period.
21 January 2021
The Government set out a proposal last year to establish 10 Freeports in the UK (see Freeports bidding process opens for applications).
21 January 2021
Given its insistence that Brexit was about taking back control of its laws, as well as its borders and money, the Government has come under pressure from some of its supporters to cut back on some of the rules introduced through EU law in areas including the environment and employment.
21 January 2021
A new publication sets out the conditions that organisations must follow if they wish to use the UKAS logo and accreditation symbols.