Free visa extensions will be automatically granted to more crucial overseas health and care workers, the Home Secretary has announced today. Frontline workers, including midwives, radiographers, social workers and pharmacists, with visas due to expire before 1 October 2020 will receive an automatic one-year extension.
Much-loved community radio stations that are at risk of closure can bid for cash grants to meet their urgent needs during the coronavirus outbreak, the media minister John Whittingdale has announced. Community radio is an increasingly important part of the UK radio landscape. Around 300
Mudita Sports has teamed up with global football clubs, Manchester City and Arsenal, to entice fans to learn a new language through the brand-new app, GO And Learn, which puts players at the heart of the learning experience. The release of the officially licenced apps
A new and innovative UK business has developed a collection of digital flashcards to address the problems healthcare workers wearing Personal Protective Equipment were having in transferring vital information to deaf, blind and critically ill coronavirus patients. CARDMEDIC, founded by NHS anaesthetist Dr Rachael Grimaldi
Sellafield Ltd is providing 20,000 gowns to help Cumbria’s Coronavirus response. The company and its owner, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), have pledged £200,000 to purchase the kit for the county’s frontline NHS and social care staff. An estimated 5,000 gowns should be ready by
High street shops and other companies under strain will be protected from aggressive rent collection and asked to pay what they can during the coronavirus pandemic, the Business Secretary has set out today (23 April 2020). The majority of landlords and tenants are working well
Magnox, working together with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), has announced that it will provide £300,000 in funding to help support communities during the coronavirus pandemic. The 12 grants of £25,000 have each been offered to local authorities or charities where a Magnox site is
New public campaign launched by Culture Secretary to get people talking openly about loneliness Oliver Dowden announces loneliness to be a priority category of £750 million charity funding package Guaranteed £5 million boost for national loneliness organisations leading the charge Government publishes guidance on
Absolute Antibody Ltd., an industry-leading provider of recombinant antibody products and services, has received a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade. The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are known as the most prestigious awards for UK businesses, recognizing and encouraging the outstanding achievements of innovative
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