diff --git a/src/components/site-header/hy-desktop-menu-links/hy-desktop-menu-links.scss b/src/components/site-header/hy-desktop-menu-links/hy-desktop-menu-links.scss
index 7321fd04f1a87123152fe04e05d5858689ae5be3..2113b48f62ccb0b7b09f374578cbf2004d060e78 100644
--- a/src/components/site-header/hy-desktop-menu-links/hy-desktop-menu-links.scss
+++ b/src/components/site-header/hy-desktop-menu-links/hy-desktop-menu-links.scss
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
           align-items: center;
           color: var(--brand-main-nearly-black);
           display: flex;
+          flex-direction: row;
           font-family: var(--main-font-family);
           text-decoration: none;
           width: 100%;
@@ -111,7 +112,9 @@
         a {
           @include breakpoint($extrawide) {
             @include font-size(24px, 32px);
+            align-items: flex-start;
             background-color: var(--grayscale-background-box);
+            flex-direction: column;
             letter-spacing: -0.75px;
             margin-bottom: 4px;
             padding-left: 32px;
@@ -131,6 +134,14 @@
             border: none;
             margin-left: 14px;
           }
+          .hy-menu-item__description {
+            @include font-size(16px, 24px);
+            @include font-weight($semibold);
+            color: var(--grayscale-dark);
+            letter-spacing: 0;
+            margin-left: 14px;
+            margin-bottom: 28px;
+          }
 
           span.heading-icon-first {
             position: absolute;
@@ -154,6 +165,8 @@
         a {
           @include breakpoint($extrawide) {
             @include font-size(15px, 22px);
+            align-items: center;
+            flex-direction: row;
             letter-spacing: -0.47px;
             padding-left: 24px;
             padding-right: 24px;
diff --git a/src/components/site-header/hy-desktop-menu-links/hy-desktop-menu-links.tsx b/src/components/site-header/hy-desktop-menu-links/hy-desktop-menu-links.tsx
index c31477cc30a3ffea39f883ca20cbf597d7774f3d..b13b5d9efb90a7d1fe5a76d3a7e36a873ca440e9 100644
--- a/src/components/site-header/hy-desktop-menu-links/hy-desktop-menu-links.tsx
+++ b/src/components/site-header/hy-desktop-menu-links/hy-desktop-menu-links.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
+export interface ShortcutLinks {
+  shortcut_title: string;
+  shortcut_url: string;
+  shortcut_is_external: string;
+  shortcut_aria_label: string;
+}
+
 export interface DesktopLinks {
   label: string;
   url: string;
+  description: string;
   menuLinkId: string;
   items: Array<DesktopLinks>;
+  shortcuts: Array<ShortcutLinks>;
 }
 
 import {ColorVariant} from '../../../utils/utils';
@@ -109,69 +118,89 @@ export class HyDesktopMenuLinks {
 
   render() {
     return (
-      <nav role={'navigation'} class="hy-site-header__menu-desktop">
-        <ul>
-          {this.firstLevelLinksList.map((firstLevelLink) => {
-            return (
-              <li>
-                {firstLevelLink}
-                <div class="hy-desktop-menu-panel" onMouseLeave={() => this.closeDesktopMenuPanel()}>
-                  <div class="hy-desktop-menu-panel__desktop-menu">
-                    {this._dataDesktopLinks &&
-                      this._dataDesktopLinks.map((link) => {
-                        return (
-                          <ul class={'desktop-menu first'} menu-link-id={link.menuLinkId}>
-                            <li class={'first'}>
-                              <a aria-current={link.label} href={link.url} class="" menu-link-id={link.menuLinkId}>
-                                <span class="heading-icon-first">
-                                  <hy-icon icon={'hy-icon-arrow-right'} size={40} />
-                                </span>
-                                <span class="hy-menu-item__label">{link.label}</span>
-                              </a>
-                              {link.items && (
-                                <ul class="second" menu-link-id={link.menuLinkId}>
-                                  {link.items.map((subitem) => {
-                                    return (
-                                      <li class={'second'}>
-                                        <a
-                                          aria-current={subitem.label}
-                                          href={subitem.url}
-                                          class=""
-                                          menu-link-id={subitem.menuLinkId}
-                                        >
-                                          <span class="heading-icon-second">
-                                            <hy-icon icon={'hy-icon-caret-right'} size={12} />
-                                          </span>
-                                          <span class="hy-menu-item__label">{subitem.label}</span>
-                                        </a>
-                                      </li>
-                                    );
-                                  })}
-                                </ul>
-                              )}
-                            </li>
-                          </ul>
-                        );
-                      })}
-                  </div>
-                  <button
-                    onClick={() => this.closeDesktopMenuPanel()}
-                    class={{
-                      'hy-desktop-menu-panel__panel-toggle': true,
-                    }}
-                    aria-label="close"
-                  >
-                    <span class="hy-desktop-menu-panel__panel-toggle__label">
-                      CLOSE
-                      <hy-icon icon={'hy-icon-remove'} size={20} fill={ColorVariant.black} />
-                    </span>
-                  </button>
-                </div>
-              </li>
-            );
-          })}
-        </ul>
-      </nav>
+      <div class="hy-site-header__menu-desktop">
+        {this.firstLevelLinksList}
+        <div class="hy-desktop-menu-panel" onMouseLeave={() => this.closeDesktopMenuPanel()}>
+          <div class="hy-desktop-menu-panel__desktop-menu">
+            <nav role={'navigation'}>
+              {this._dataDesktopLinks &&
+                this._dataDesktopLinks.map((link) => {
+                  console.log(link.label);
+                  console.log(link.shortcuts);
+                  return (
+                    <div class="hy-desktop-menu-panel__wrapper">
+                      <ul class={'desktop-menu first'} menu-link-id={link.menuLinkId}>
+                        <li class={'first'}>
+                          <a aria-current={link.label} href={link.url} class="" menu-link-id={link.menuLinkId}>
+                            <span class="heading-icon-first">
+                              <hy-icon icon={'hy-icon-arrow-right'} size={40} />
+                            </span>
+                            <span class="hy-menu-item__label">{link.label}</span>
+                            <span class="hy-menu-item__description">{link.description}</span>
+                          </a>
+                          {link.items && (
+                            <ul class="second" menu-link-id={link.menuLinkId}>
+                              {link.items.map((subitem) => {
+                                return (
+                                  <li class={'second'}>
+                                    <a
+                                      aria-current={subitem.label}
+                                      href={subitem.url}
+                                      class=""
+                                      menu-link-id={subitem.menuLinkId}
+                                    >
+                                      <span class="heading-icon-second">
+                                        <hy-icon icon={'hy-icon-caret-right'} size={12} />
+                                      </span>
+                                      <span class="hy-menu-item__label">{subitem.label}</span>
+                                    </a>
+                                  </li>
+                                );
+                              })}
+                            </ul>
+                          )}
+                        </li>
+                      </ul>
+                      {link.shortcuts.length > 0 && (
+                        <div class="shortcuts-panel">
+                          <span class="shortcut-panel__title">{'Shortcuts'}</span>
+                          {link.shortcuts.map((shortcut_item) => {
+                            let target = shortcut_item.shortcut_is_external ? '_blank' : '_self';
+                            return (
+                              <div class="shortcut-item">
+                                <a
+                                  aria-current={shortcut_item.shortcut_aria_label}
+                                  href={shortcut_item.shortcut_url}
+                                  class="shortcut-item__link"
+                                  target={target}
+                                  aria-label={shortcut_item.shortcut_aria_label}
+                                >
+                                  <span class="shortcut-item__label">{shortcut_item.shortcut_title}</span>
+                                </a>
+                              </div>
+                            );
+                          })}
+                        </div>
+                      )}
+                    </div>
+                  );
+                })}
+            </nav>
+          </div>
+          <button
+            onClick={() => this.closeDesktopMenuPanel()}
+            class={{
+              'hy-desktop-menu-panel__panel-toggle': true,
+            }}
+            aria-label="close"
+          >
+            <span class="hy-desktop-menu-panel__panel-toggle__label">
+              CLOSE
+              <hy-icon icon={'hy-icon-remove'} size={20} fill={ColorVariant.black} />
+            </span>
+          </button>
+        </div>
+      </div>
     );
   }
 }