When it comes to post-Brexit trade opportunities, the government is right to prioritise building on the UK's unique 800-year-old relationship with Morocco.

Business, community and charity leaders came together yesterday (Monday 24 July) to support proposals for the long-term sustainable growth of London Luton Airport and launch a new Grow Our Airport campaign.

The Building Societies Association is pleased to announce that Debbie Enever has been appointed Head of External Affairs, and will join the organisation on 1 September 2023. Debbie succeeds Hilary McVitty, who held the role for 12 years until her recent retirement.

Levelling-up Secretary Michael Gove has promised "radical action to unlock the supply of new homes", with a commitment to build one million new houses over the course of this Parliament.

London, July 24, 2023: The Advertising Association, the umbrella organisation representing the UK advertising industry, has announced the appointment of Lisa Hayley-Jones, former Chair of Westminster Forum, as its new Director of Public Affairs. Lisa Hayley-Jones replaces Sue Eustace who is stepping down after more than 20 years of service. Eustace has been instrumental in the association’s role as the voice of the industry to Westminster, engaging with Parliamentarians both to defend advertising’s rights and promote the industry as a jewel in the crown of the country’s creative economy.

A week ago today the government suffered a humiliating defeat in the High Court over its controversial change to agency worker regulations.

Last week more than 80 leading charities, experts in early childhood development, and UNICEF UK Ambassadors and high profile supporters added their support to UNICEF UK’s call for the UK Government to commit to a National Baby and Toddler Guarantee, which would help families with babies and young children across the UK.

The Advertising Association in partnership with STV and The Marketing Society will hold the industry-wide summit on September 14 at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.

Inflation fell to 7.9 per cent in the 12 months to September from 8.7 per cent, but Tory MPs worry there is still a "long way to go" before Prime Minister Rishi Sunak can meet his target to half inflation by 2024.

Between 2008 and 2021, the Out of Home advertising industry invested £1.1 billion in social infrastructure across the UK. However, the business rates regime has a disproportionate and detrimental effect on the industry, restricting the industry’s ability to invest in local communities, and putting at serious risk the ability of Local Authorities to comply with the Government’s own Net Zero Strategy. These effects will only be compounded by the Non-Domestic Rating Bill. Exempting social infrastructure sites from business rates will unlock additional investment directly into local communities.

It is pretty clear from the withering letter Lord Deben, outgoing chair of the Climate Change Committee (CCC), wrote to the Prime Minister last month that he is less than content with the government’s diminishing commitment to tackle climate change effectively at home and maintaining our global leadership role on this issue.

Government has been warned that plans to make visas more expensive for foreign workers will fuel food inflation by exacerbating an "unholy mess" of high costs already faced by businesses.

Since 2010/2011 the number of people living in temporary housing has doubled to almost 100,000 households, not only consigning many of them to substandard living conditions, but costing local councils £1.6bn a year. How do we escape this housing purgatory? Andrew Kersley reports.

Eddie Tuttle, Policy, Research and External Affairs Director at the Chartered Institute of Building, said:

A number of Tory MPs have expressed concern that the number of people defaulting on car loan repayments could spike as a result of high interest rates squeezing incomes.

Mobile UK, the industry body for the UK’s Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), has launched ‘Live Better Connected’, a brand-new campaign designed to educate people and improve awareness about how individuals and society as a whole rely on mobile connectivity.

Several domestic fires linked to e-bike chargers and other faulty goods have seen homes burn and lives put at risk.

The FDA union considers the civil service pay system to be “not fit for purpose” and in need of reform, despite the union accepting the pay recommendations set out by the Prime Minister on Thursday.

For many very good reasons, regulation now underpins and shapes our public services and the public realm that supports them. These rules are there to protect the public, to provide a measure for performance and of course to ensure that any investment made actually delivers value for money.

Fifty-five companies have achieved the much coveted ‘granted’ status by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s industry-leading Fit 4 Offshore Renewables (F4OR) supply chain growth programme - signalling they are ready for business in the offshore renewables market as the UK powers towards Net Zero.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has confirmed that millions of public sector workers will receive pay increases of more than 6.5 per cent for 2023-24, accepting the full recommendations of the independent pay review body and forcing ministers to find cuts of up to £2bn.

Earlier in the year optimistic voices suggested that inflation would be transitory rather than sticky.

The Insurance and Financial Services APPG invites you to attend an interactive panel discussion looking at the role the Insurance Industry is playing in keeping people in work and supporting them to return.

A new generation in Britain are discovering the hardship of high inflation. For a long time we have taken price stability for granted. Occasionally one heard a suggestion that a little bit of inflation would be no bad thing. Few people can think that now.