Lockdown powers for local authorities, Nightingales in place until 2021 & business shows to restart
Prime minister Boris Johnson has updated the UK on further changes to the COVID-19 response…
Call for social care funding as councils & providers face escalating costs of £6.6bn by September
Stark new analysis highlights adult social care services providers may face more than £ billion…
Trade Thoughts
2020 Vision: The Retailers’ Visions
Does Black Friday have a place in the mobility sector?
Does industry need to introduce formal qualifications?
How can mobility suppliers support their retail network?
Is the high street sustainble for mobility retailers?
What does Betterlife’s ecommerce exit mean for industry?
Does social media marketing work for mobility retailers?
2020 Vision: The Suppliers’ Visions
Charities collectively criticise government for allowing disabled people to “fall through the cracks”
Ten of the UK’s national disability charities are criticising the government for failing to protect…
£10 million emergency funding to help disabled children access vitally needed equipment
The government has confirmed that an emergency fund of £10 million has been set up…
Grant funding up for grabs to help SMEs accelerate healthy ageing technology development
Small to medium-sized companies in the mobility industry with innovations that could make a difference…
Councils given additional funding to award grants to small businesses hit-hard by lockdown
The government has set up a discretionary fund for local authorities to award additional financial…
Newlife appeals for emergency government funding or risks halting vital services
Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children has pleaded to chancellor Rishi Sunak in an open…
Budget 2020: The need-to-know for mobility retailers, manufacturers and importers
As the government moves to protect businesses in the wake of the coronavirus, THIIS has…
No Disabled Facilities Grant increase for local authorities as £505m confirmed for 2020-21
The Department of Health and Social Care has informed local authority chief executives that £505m…
West Suffolk Trust to invest £120k in Changing Places after grant & donation boost
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust has promised its new state-of-the-art Changing Places toilets will benefit…