The United Kingdom (UK) will leave the European Union (EU) on 29 March 2019, which will bring about changes that will affect businesses and individual citizens. Helping you prepare for EU Exit Government has now launched a portal to help businesses and citizens prepare for Brexit. Currently it brings together content from the Technical Notices…
The NHS Long Term Plan is a new plan for the NHS to improve the quality of patient care and health outcomes. It sets out how the £20.5 billion budget settlement for the NHS, announced by the Prime Minister in summer 2018, will be spent over the next 5 years. The plan focuses on building…
Medical devices and clinical consumables supply in a March 2019 no-deal scenario: an update The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has written to health and care providers to update them on medical device preparations for a potential no-deal Brexit. The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, has written…
Meet in the Midlands 2018 took place on Thursday 22nd November 2018, at the National Brewery Centre in Burton-Upon-Trent. Meet in the Midlands 2018, launched the pan-regional strategic alliance between East and West Midlands Medilink. The alliance has been established to bring the collective expertise of the two organisations together to preserve the interests of…
Adam Jackson of Grant Thornton lays down his suggestions for actions businesses should be taking to plan for Brexit. With less than seven months to go before the UK leaves the European Union, we still do not know what shape Brexit will take. We are all looking for clarity but this may still be some…
Greater collaboration and trade opportunities will be the focus of an international trade mission taking place later this month. The City of Mentor, in Northeast Ohio, will host a delegation of Midlands Life Science companies from October 22 to October 24. This will help promote trade and investment between the Midlands and the USA, as…