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The latest developments in business and travel
Lockdown Leader: Mini Food Bank Project
A local artist has created a series of beautiful miniature buildings modelled on real shops that serve as food banks for the community.
Lockdown Leader: H&M
High street fashion brand H&M has just launched a free 24-hour rental service to help young people young in the post-lockdown job market.
Lockdown Leader: Full time meals
Marcus Rashford MBE and Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge have joined forces to launch ‘Full Time Get Cooking with Marcus & Tom’
Lockdown Leader: Hershesons
London Salon Hershesons have launched nationwide campaign Hair for Heroes to give NHS frontline nurses free haircuts.
Lockdown Leader: Superdrug and Beauty banks
Beauty Banks and Superdrug launch four limited edition cosmetics bags. All proceeds go towards combatting hygiene poverty
Lockdown Leader: Lance Birchall
Lance Birchall, from Stoke-on-Trent restores unwanted trainers and donates them to the homeless
Lockdown Leader: AESSEAL plc
Yorkshire business AESSEAL donates £400,000 to tackle the homeschooling digital divide
Lockdown Leader: Ray Burmiston
Photographer Ray Burmiston and mental health charity Mind have launched new exhibition Take a Moment
Lockdown Leader: Co-op
Steve Murrells has sent an open letter to Prime Minister stating that Co-op will extend its free school meal scheme asking him to do the same.
Lockdown Leader: The Lanesborough Hotel
Each Friday since the start of lockdown, The Lanesborough has been picking out a lucky winner from public nominations of heroic healthcare workers to enjoy a different experience from the hotels repertoire of treats.
Lockdown Leader: Marcus Rashford
Today the government announced that a “Covid summer school fund” is being set up, to help feed children during the six week summer holiday.
Lockdown Leader: Beauty 76 and Massage Warehouse
Beauty 76 and Massage Warehouse, have launched a campaign for massage, physical and complementary therapists to donate treatments to NHS workers after Covid-19.
Lockdown Leader: Vodafone
Vodafone are giving free unlimited data for six months to NHS workers, carers and other vulnerable customers
Lockdown Leader: The Langham Hotel
As The Langham Hotel celebrates its 155th birthday, it decided to give something back by rewarding everyday heroes with a “global virtual Afternoon Tea”.
Lockdown Leader: Johnstons of Elgin
Johnstons of Elgin’s new, limited edition Rainbow Cashmere scarf celebrates the work of the NHS with £100 from each sale going to NHS Charities Together
Lockdown Leader: Dr Patrick Tarrant
Dr Patrick Tarrant has gone above and beyond to make sure his patients are super protected and ready for his return to the surgery.
Lockdown Leader: Vaughtons
Vaughtons’s team of highly skilled silversmiths have been using traditional methods to create rainbow badges with proceeds going to NHS Charities Together
Lockdown Leader: Roque Sevilla
When Covid-19 hit, philanthropist and businessman Rogue Sevilla set his sights on helping the vulnerable Galápagos Islands
Lockdown Leader: J K Rowling
J.K Rowling’s latest project, The Ickabog raises money for people affected by Covid-19
Lockdown Leader: Brewdog
BrewDog has crafted a beer called ‘Barnard Castle Eye Test’, poking fun at government advisor Dominic Cummings and his alleged lockdown breach.