Acorns Vital Pandemic Work Given Boost by Barclays Grant
Acorns Children’s Hospice has benefited from a significant grant to support its vital work caring for hundreds of local families impacted by Covid-19.
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Students to help unlock prisoner potential
Students from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) are to help mentor prisoners establish small business ventures through a virtual self-employment support clinic.
“Business need a radical schools plan to help recovery” says Frank McKenna
Chief executive of Downtown in Business, Frank McKenna, is calling on the government to take urgent action that will enable children who have missed out on nearly a year’s schooling, because of the pandemic, to catch up.
Hospice urges business community to support vital services throughout 2021
After starting the new year with a third lockdown, Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice is urging the local business community to step up and support their vital services.
2021 Industry Outlook
Western Union Business Solutions has published its 2021 industry report providing insight into the macroeconomic landscape, the industry sectors that thrived and struggled throughout 2020, the 2021 industry outlook and more.
Route map out of pandemic now needed says business leader
Frank McKenna, CEO at Downtown in Business, calls for the Government to boost confidence with a route map out of the pandemic.
Who Are Yer? // Louise Riley
We ask Louise Riley, General Manager at Prestige Stay Apart Hotels ‘Who Are Yer?’
Vauxhall car plant concerns
How safe is the car industry in the North West? Jim’s blog this week looks at the pressures of Brexit and the ban on petrol cars on this vital source of skilled jobs in the region.
We need a route map out of lockdown
Its time to start thinking about a Route Map back to normalcy, according to Downtown boss Frank McKenna, who is calling for a timescale for the lifting of restrictions, COVID passports and a refreshed business support package from the government.
Business Profile: Pi SQ
We met up with Pi SQ Director, Hannah Floyd. Hannah tells us all about Pi SQ and how they help architects, project managers and developers source and procure furniture for their projects.
Business Profile: Project Four
We caught up with Project Four Construction Safety Directors, Alan Robson and Max Meadows to discuss how they and their clients have reacted to the COVID-19 restrictions and guidelines placed upon the construction sector.