As the Prime Minister meets business leaders at Downing Street today to discuss the potential economic impact of Brexit, the country’s largest membership association for freight and logistics has expressed serious dismay that the sector has once again been overlooked in planning for the UK’s exit from the European Union. […]
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Dr Liam Fox will deliver the speech at Geneva’s Graduate Institute. Today (Thursday 20 July) the International Trade Secretary, Dr Liam Fox, flies to Geneva to deliver a key note speech at the Graduate Institute, to set out the opportunities for the global economy from trade after the UK leaves the […]
International Trade Secretary delivers trade speech: ‘Beyond Brexit: Britain and ...
A nurse has swapped the blue lights of A&E for a summer volunteering with a charity in the Philippines. Harriet Lawrance, 24, who is a staff nurse in the emergency department at Southport hospital, is working for the E-CARE Foundation in Benguet, six hours drive north of the capital Manila. […]
A&E nurse volunteering for six months in Philippines clinic
A group of year 12 students from Rainford Sixth Form are gearing up for a two-week adventure in Ghana, West Africa. The students have been busy fundraising throughout the year to fund their volunteering trip which will see them build Ghana’s first ever STEM centre. This will be the fourth […]
Rainford sixth formers heading to Ghana to build STEM centre
Today the BCC publishes the results of a post-election survey on business views on the UK’s objectives in the EU negotiations. One month on from the General Election, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) today (Monday) publishes a post-election survey of over 2,400 companies, which shows that while businesses have […]
BCC: ‘No deal’ not an option for business communities
The TUC is joining with trade unions from across the G20 today (Friday) to call for leaders at the G20 summit in Hamburg to agree action to create good quality jobs and increase wages. The Labour 20 (L20) Statement, from workers and trade unions in G20 nations, sets out policies […]