“I am delighted that our work lobbying the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) to revisit their work on the fashion industry, with the support of our wider community, has been effective.”

The UK has left the EU, and the transition period after Brexit comes to an end this year. Take action now to get ready for new rules from January 2021.

From April next year in England, the government will be offering adults of any age - previously only those up to twenty-three years of age were eligible - who do not currently have an A-Level or equivalent qualification, a free college course to help them train for a new job.

There are under 100 days to go until the United Kingdom leaves the Single Market and the Customs Union and businesses, citizens and Government need to prepare.

Women have been shown to be more at risk of job losses, which has been the same since Austerity began over a decade ago. Young women are the backbone of the UK fashion industry and we at Fashion Roundtable continue to lobby government to support extended furlough schemes as a second lockdown looms.

The UK has left the EU and the transition period comes to an end this year. The following resources have been issued by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to provide the latest information for your business.

This week’s updated government resources- including information on funding for people on low incomes who need to self-isolate. Plus guidance on commuting and car sharing.

This week’s updated government resources- including guidance about the close contact services (hairdressers, barbers, beauticians, tattooists, sports and massage therapists, dress fitters, tailors and fashion designers) which reopened in England on 15 August.

Tamara Cincik discusses the pressures facing women during the pandemic. Many are bearing the brunt of household duties and homeschooling: “What does this tell us about how we are valued as women both in the home, in the workplace and in society in 2020?”

After a series of debates, meetings, headlines and speeches monitoring Theresa May’s progress in deciding the fate of Europe and the UK, the Prime Minister announced her resignation as Party Leader after three years in office on the 24th of May.

April marked the first Extinction Rebellion occupation, with Rebels setting up camp in Oxford Circus, Marble Arch, Waterloo Bridge and around Parliament Square. What is interesting about the group and their demands is that they are predominantly policy facing rather than consumer-oriented, demanding truth and legislation from politicians, and the creation of a Citizens’ Assembly to deliberate on climate change proposals.