Lib Dems call for cap on SEND school profits

Private providers of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) schooling should have their profits capped to stop “shameless profiteering,” the Liberal Democrats have said. Research commissioned by the party has found some firms make tens of millions of pounds annually, with profit margins exceeding 20%. The party’s education spokesperson Munira Wilson said profits should be…

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Positive Luxury and Buyerdock partner on DPPs

Sustainability platform Positive Luxury has formed a strategic partnership with Buyerdock, a pioneering digital compliance and traceability platform. MCM And the alliance is an important one as it enables Positive Luxury’s respected Butterfly Mark accredited branding system and other luxury clients “to seamlessly adopt Buyerdock’s advanced digital product passports (DPP) technology, helping them prepare for…

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Fertility clinics must stop unproven treatments, watchdog warns

Smitha MundasadHealth reporter Getty Images Both NHS and private fertility clinics must stop offering unproven treatments that don’t help people have children, new official guidelines say. The draft guidance advises against several popular fertility “add-ons”, including so-called endometrial scratches. These add-ons can “give false hope and put people through unnecessary procedures at an already difficult…

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Confused about why you can’t upgrade to Windows 11? Microsoft has some new advice that might help… including a trick I wasn’t aware of

Microsoft recently produced some new support documents These contain some helpful advice for would-be upgraders to Windows 11 who run into problems Some of this is very handy to know – including why you may not immediately be offered Windows 11 after upgrading your CPU Microsoft recently provided some fresh troubleshooting advice for those looking…

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