(IN BRIEF) Wood has provided a further update on its potential takeover discussions with Sidara. While Sidara had originally indicated a possible cash offer of 35 pence per share in April 2025, it has now stated, following completion of its … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged acquisition, audited accounts, cash offer, Dar Al-Handasah Consultants Shair and Partners Holdings, due diligence, John Habgood, partnership, reduced possible offer, refinancing, Rule 2.7, Rule 2.8, shareholders, Sidara, Takeover, Takeover Panel, Wood
(IN BRIEF) ISS has entered into a global partnership with Social Value Portal to introduce the first worldwide framework for measuring social sustainability impact across its 60 markets. Using the Global TOM System and its unique International Dollar metric, ISS … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Denmark, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Society, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Australia, Denmark, facility services, Global TOM System, Guy Battle, International Dollar, ISS, Margot Slattery, Netherlands, Norway, partnership, responsible business, social sustainability, social value measurement, Social Value Portal, Spain, sustainability, sustainable business practices, workplace experience
(IN BRIEF) The University of Liverpool is relaunching its unique master’s degree in The Beatles, Heritage and Culture as an online programme, beginning in September 2026. The part-time course will examine the continuing influence of the Beatles on Liverpool’s cultural, … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Business, Education, Entertainment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Beatles Legacy Group, Beatles studies, creative industries, cultural legacy, heritage, Holly Tessler, Liverpool City Region, Liverpool University Press, MA The Beatles Heritage and Culture, The Journal of Beatles Studies, TOURISM, University of Liverpool, urban regeneration
(IN BRIEF) The University of Glasgow, working alongside leading African and European research institutes, has launched VectorGrid-Africa, the first coordinated observatory network dedicated to mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases across Africa. Backed by €6.1 million from the EU’s HORIZON/EDCTP programme, the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Environment, Financial, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Cambridge Institute of Public Health, climate change, disease forecasting, Dr Ally Olotu, EDCTP programme, EU Horizon, genomic research, Ifakara Health Institute, insecticide resistance, Kenya, Madagascar, mosquito surveillance, Mosquito-Borne Diseases, Mozambique, partnership, Professor Fredros Okumu, South Africa, sustainability, Tanzania, University of Glasgow, vector control, VectorGrid-Africa, World Health Organization
(IN BRIEF) TotalEnergies, Equinor and Shell have officially started operations at Northern Lights, the world’s first merchant CO₂ transport and storage project. The first volumes of CO₂ were shipped from Heidelberg Materials’ cement factory in Brevik to the Øygarden terminal … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Norway, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Arnaud Le Foll, Brevik cement plant, carbon capture and storage, CCS, Climate Strategy, CO₂ storage, CO₂ transport, Equinor, European decarbonization, Hafslund Celsio, Heidelberg Materials, North Sea, northern lights, Norway, partnership, Shell, Stockholm Exergi, sustainability, TotalEnergies, Yara, Ørsted, Øygarden terminal
(IN BRIEF) Northern Lights, the world’s first open-access CO₂ transport and storage network, has officially started operations by injecting the first CO₂ volumes into the Aurora reservoir 2,600 meters beneath the North Sea. Owned by Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies, the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Norway, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Anders Opedal, Aurora reservoir, Brevik cement plant, carbon capture and storage, CCS, CO₂ storage, CO₂ transport, energy transition, Equinor, EU CEF Energy, European decarbonization, Heidelberg Materials, Irene Rummelhoff, Longship project, North Sea, northern lights, Norway, partnership, Shell, sustainability, TotalEnergies, Øygarden
(IN BRIEF) DNV has been awarded a three-year contract to provide quality assurance and inspection services for Net Zero Teesside Power and the Northern Endurance Partnership, two cornerstone CCS projects in North East England. Covering everything from equipment inspections to … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Norway, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged BP, carbon capture, carbon storage, CCS, DNV, East Coast Cluster, Equinor, Humber, inspection services, low-carbon electricity, Mariagrazia Silva, Mohamed Houari, Net Zero Teesside Power, Northern Endurance Partnership, partnership, quality assurance, sustainability, Teesside, TotalEnergies, UK energy transition
(IN BRIEF) The University of East Anglia (UEA) has appointed Professor Claire Pike as its new Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Student Experience and Education, starting this autumn. She joins from Anglia Ruskin University, where she was Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education Enhancement) and played a … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Advance HE, Anglia Ruskin University, appointment, Claire Pike, Education, Equity Diversity and Inclusion, higher education, Innovate Cambridge, leadership, National Teaching Fellow, Office for Students, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Quality Assurance Agency, Royal Society of Biology, Skills England, student experience, TEF Gold, UEA, University Alliance, University of East Anglia
(IN BRIEF) Rolls-Royce SMR has been selected by Vattenfall as one of only two finalists in Sweden’s nuclear technology procurement process. Following its shortlisting in 2024, Rolls-Royce SMR successfully completed detailed evaluation and will now work with Vattenfall on the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Sweden, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Awards, CEZ Czech Republic, Chris Cholerton, clean energy, energy transition, Great British Energy Nuclear, leadership, low-carbon electricity, modular nuclear technology, net zero, nuclear power, partnership, Ringhals site, Rolls-Royce SMR, small modular reactor, SMR, sustainability, Sweden energy demand, UK-Sweden collaboration, Vattenfall
(IN BRIEF) RWE and Siemens Gamesa have begun the large-scale installation of recyclable rotor blades at the Sofia Offshore Wind Farm, marking a UK first and a milestone in offshore wind sustainability. A total of 150 blades will be deployed … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Cadeler, circular economy, Darren Davidson, Dogger Bank, Hull blade factory, net zero, Offshore wind, partnership, recyclable blades, renewable energy, RWE, SG 14-222 turbines, Siemens Gamesa, Sofia Offshore Wind Farm, sustainability, Thomas Michel, UK energy transition, Wind Peak vessel
(IN BRIEF) The Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) has delivered the UK’s first training course dedicated to seaweed nursery cultivation through its Seaweed Academy programme. The course covered practical skills including nursery construction, biosecurity, and selective breeding, helping participants … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged aquaculture, Beth Marshall, biosecurity, Câr-y-Môr, DAERA, DAFM, HIE, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Jenny Black, Michael Uren Foundation, regenerative aquaculture, SAMS, SAMS Enterprise, Scottish Association for Marine Science, Seaweed Academy, seaweed farming, seaweed nursery, selective breeding, sustainable aquaculture, training programme, Wales, WWF UK
(IN BRIEF) Marks & Spencer (M&S) has announced a £340 million investment in a new automated National Distribution Centre (NDC) in Northamptonshire, marking the largest supply chain investment in its history. The 1.3 million sq ft facility, opening in 2029, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Retail, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged Alex Freudmann, automation, BREEAM Outstanding, Craig Mitchell, Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal, distribution automation, distribution centre, grocery sector, jobs creation, logistics, M&S, M&S Food, Marks & Spencer, Northamptonshire, partnership, Paul Weston, Plan A warehouse, Prologis, retail growth, supply chain, sustainability, TGW Logistics, UK retail, weekly shop
(IN BRIEF) STRABAG SE, working with Equitix and GLIL Infrastructure, has achieved financial close on the £3 billion Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme (HARP). The project will upgrade the 110-kilometre aqueduct that carries water from the Lake District to Greater Manchester, … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Construction, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Cascade Infrastructure Limited, concession model, construction, Cumbria, Direct Procurement for Customers, DPC model, environmental resilience, Equitix, GLIL Infrastructure, Greater Manchester, HARP, Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme, infrastructure investment, Lancashire, Louise Beardmore, North West England, partnership, PPP, Public Private Partnership, Stefan Kratochwill, STRABAG SE, STRABAG UK, sustainability, United Utilities, water infrastructure
(IN BRIEF) Wood has secured $18 million in contracts to provide project management consultancy for Turkey’s largest polypropylene plant and terminal facility, part of the Ceyhan project in Adana province. Deploying more than 70 experts, Wood will oversee EPC works … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Turkey, United Kingdom
Tagged Adana, carbon reduction, Ceyhan project, EPC, Gerry Traynor, Hydrogen Fuel, partnership, Petrochemical Industry, PMC, polypropylene plant, polypropylene production, Project Management Consultancy, propane storage, renewable electricity, Rönesans Holding, Sonatrach, Stolt-Nielsen, sustainability, Turkey, Wood
(IN BRIEF) Aviva has finalised a £700 million bulk purchase annuity buy-in with the ABB Plan, securing pension benefits for more than 7,300 members. The transaction, completed in July 2025, included a £620 million in-specie transfer of corporate bonds and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Industrial, Insurance, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged ABB Limited, ABB Plan, Andy Morley, automation, Aviva, BPA, bulk purchase annuity, buy-in, Carolan Dobson, corporate bonds, deferred members, electrification, Eversheds, in-specie asset transfer, Julie Priestley, LCP, Lee House, partnership, pension risk management, pension security, pensioner members, Ricky Patel, Shelly Beard, UK gilts, WTW
(IN BRIEF) Aviva and Tesco Insurance & Money Services have partnered to launch a new life insurance product for Tesco customers and Clubcard members. The plan, available online and in stores, features cover starting at £5 per month, a 5-star … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Industrial, Insurance, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Aviva, Ban Mahsoub, Clubcard, customer rewards, Daren Boys, Defaqto 5-star rating, financial protection, insurance partnership, life insurance, partnership, Tesco, Tesco Insurance & Money Services, tescoinsurance.com, UK families, wellbeing services
(IN BRIEF) The Institute of Cancer Research, London, has published two major studies demonstrating how pairing a cancer-killing reovirus with targeted therapies such as talazoparib and palbociclib can greatly strengthen immune activity and tumour destruction. By disrupting cancer cell defences … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Financial, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Cancer Research UK, immune activation, immune checkpoint inhibitors, Joan Kyula-Currie, Kevin Harrington, London, Nature Communications, oncolytic virus, Oncolytics Biotech, Palbociclib, PARP-1, personalised cancer therapies, reovirus, RIG-I, Royal Marsden, talazoparib, The Institute of Cancer Research, tumour stress response, Victoria Roulstone, virotherapy
(IN BRIEF) Benchmark Capital, part of the Schroders Group, has formed a partnership with Insignis to provide advisers with enhanced cash management solutions for their clients. Through Insignis’ platform, advisers can access savings products from more than fifty banks and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Economy, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged advisers, AML, Benchmark Capital, Cash Management, client relationships, Ed Dymott, Financial Planning, financial services, Giles Hutson, Insignis, KYC, partnership, pensions, Power of Attorney, risk management, savings solutions, Schroders, trusts, UK market, wealth management
(IN BRIEF) KBR and BMT have entered into a strategic partnership to strengthen maritime sustainment for the Royal Australian Navy, combining KBR’s program management and engineering expertise with BMT’s naval engineering, assurance, and asset management capabilities. The collaboration focuses on … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Defence, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged Amphibious Combat and Sealift fleet, asset management, BMT, cost efficiency, data-informed sustainment, defence industry, engineering, Graeme Nayler, HMAS Stirling, KBR, maritime sustainment, Naval Engineering, Nic Maan, Osborne Naval Shipyard, partnership, platform availability, Royal Australian Navy, Sarah Kenny OBE, sovereign capability
(IN BRIEF) National Grid has connected the UK’s largest battery storage system, the 300MW Thurrock Storage project developed by Statera Energy, to its transmission network at Tilbury substation in Essex. With 600MWh of capacity, the facility can power up to … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged battery energy storage, BESS, clean power, Cleve Hill Solar Park, coal to clean energy, energy transition, grid stability, John Twomey, London, national grid, renewable energy, Solar, south east England, Statera Energy, sustainability, Thurrock Flexible Generation, Thurrock Storage, Tilbury substation, Tom Vernon, UK Electricity Network, Wind
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