(IN BRIEF) PwC’s latest Protecting People & Prosperity report finds that 32 percent of semiconductor output will rely on copper sources exposed to severe drought by 2035, rising to 58 percent by 2050 without emissions cuts. As semiconductors underpin digital … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged AI, chip manufacturing, circular economy, climate adaptation, climate disruption, copper supply, desalination, drought risk, ESG, Glenn Burm, global trade, Lynne Baber, material innovation, Protecting People & Prosperity, PwC, renewable energy, Semiconductor industry, supplier diversification, supply chain resilience, sustainability, water recycling
(IN BRIEF) University of Bristol researchers and partners have created the first international Core Information Set (CIS) for innovative surgical procedures, published in the British Journal of Surgery. Arising from the 2018 “First Do No Harm” review, the CIS comprises … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Financial, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Angus McNair, British Journal of Surgery, clinical governance, Core Information Set, First Do No Harm review, informed consent, innovative surgery, NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, partnership, patient empowerment, patient safety, pelvic mesh, regulatory standards, shared decision-making, surgical ethics, University of Bristol
(IN BRIEF) The University of Liverpool has been awarded £1.46 million by UKRI to lead SCHOUSE, a collaboration with the University of Cambridge and local partners. The project will explore why social-housing residents in Liverpool have poorer diets—examining income, employment, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Financial, Food & Beverage, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Non Profit, United Kingdom
Tagged Alchemic Kitchen, Alexandra Rose Charity, Charlotte Hardman, dietary inequality, epidemiology, Feeding Liverpool, food vouchers, health economics, Health Equalities Group, health geography, interactive food-access mapping, Liverpool, Liverpool City Council, mobile greengrocer, NHS Cheshire and Merseyside, Nutrition, Onward Homes, partnership, public health, Rachel Loopstra, Riverside Group, SCHOUSE, social housing, Supporting Communities in social Housing and Optimising Urban food System interventions for Equity, Torus Foundation, UKRI, University of Cambridge, University of Liverpool
(IN BRIEF) The University of Glasgow has launched a city-wide Children’s Choir in collaboration with the National Schools Singing Programme, aiming to provide hundreds of state school pupils with professional-grade vocal training. Directed by choral scholar David Wynn-Evans, the choir … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Entertainment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Anton Muscatelli, Children’s Choir, choral scholarship, civic mission, Community Engagement, CREATE programme, David Wynn-Evans, Douglas Hutchison, Glasgow, grid, higher education access, Living Laboratory, music education, National Schools Singing Programme, NSSP, Roisín Coll, Sir John Rutter, state school pupils, University of Glasgow, vocal tuition, Youth Music Initiative
(IN BRIEF) At the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome (10–11 July 2025), the EBRD will present a comprehensive €410 million financing package for urban development and sustainable tourism via the Ukraine FIRST Cooperation Fund, co-managed with the EIB. Funds flow … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Italy, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged affordable housing, Arcano Partners, Buenavista Infrastructure, capital markets, distributed generation, EBRD, energy security, European Investment Bank, geological data digitalisation, graphite development, human capital resilience, IFC, municipal finance, NextGenerationEU, Odile Renaud-Basso, partnership, Regional Resilience Fund, renewables, risk sharing facility, Rome URC, stock exchange MoU, sustainable tourism, tech fund, Ukraine FIRST Cooperation Fund, Ukraine Recovery Conference, urban development, Yuliia Svyrydenko
(IN BRIEF) Barclays has appointed Khaled El Dabag and Walid Mezher as Co-CEOs for its Middle East region, reporting to BBPLC President Stephen Dainton. El Dabag, with 25 years of investment banking experience in Dubai and New York, has led … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged appointment, Barclays, BBPLC President, corporate clients, Dubai, global markets, institutional investors, Khaled El Dabag, leadership, MENA, private wealth, Stephen Dainton Investment Banking, Walid Mezher
(IN BRIEF) Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm, owned by RWE with partners Stadtwerke München and Macquarie GIG, has marked ten years of operation off North Wales, delivering 576 MW of renewable capacity. Since June 2015, it has generated around … 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 18 000 GWh, 576 MW capacity, Abergele Actions, Awel y Môr extension, Becky Gittins, Building Brighter Futures, Coleg Llandrillo, Crew Transfer Vessels, Dame Nia Griffith, electric vehicle journeys, Green Links Cycle Trail, Gwynt y Môr Community Benefit Fund, Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm, homes powered, LED bulbs, Macquarie GIG, North Wales, Operations and Maintenance base, partnership, Port of Mostyn, RWE, Stadtwerke München, sustainability, wind turbine technician apprenticeship
(IN BRIEF) Bentley Motors has entered into a partnership with ŠKODA AUTO Volkswagen India Private Limited, effective 1 July 2025, to manage its import, sales, marketing, and aftersales operations in India. A new Bentley India division under SAVWIPL will lead … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged Abbey Thomas, Bengaluru, Bentley India, Bentley Motors, Brand Director, Chakan Pune, importer agreement, India expansion, luxury automotive, Mumbai, New Delhi, partnership, performance craftsmanship, retail network, sales and aftersales, SAVWIPL, ŠKODA AUTO Volkswagen India Private Limited, ultra-high-net-worth customers
(IN BRIEF) Aviva Capital Partners and Moda Group, in partnership with NatWest, Homes England, and the WMCA, have secured over £200 million to develop Stone Yard, a build-to-rent community in Digbeth, Birmingham. Phase one will deliver 605 high-quality rental homes … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Insurance, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged affordable housing, Aviva Capital Partners, Birmingham, BREEAM, brownfield regeneration, Build-to-Rent, Caddick Construction, community amenities, Digbeth, Discounted Market Rent, Eastside Metro extension, Fitwel, Home Building Fund, Home Quality Mark, Homes England, HS2 Curzon Street Station, Moda Group, NatWest, partnership, Stone Yard, Strategic Place Partnership, sustainability, sustainable development, West Midlands Combined Authority
(IN BRIEF) The Leverhulme Trust is marking its 100th anniversary with the Leverhulme Centenary Awards, a £100 million boost—on top of its usual £120 million annual spend—to establish up to five interdisciplinary research centres, expand doctoral training for at least … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Non Profit, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged academic talent, Alan Jope, Anna Vignoles, blue skies research, Centenary Awards, doctoral scholarships, Equity Diversity and Inclusion, interdisciplinary research centres, Leverhulme Trust, master’s-to-PhD pathway, mid-career researchers, partnerships, postdoctoral fellowships, research leadership, UK universities, £100 million commitment
(IN BRIEF) The European Commission has approved AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi (durvalumab) combined with gemcitabine and cisplatin as neoadjuvant therapy, followed by Imfinzi adjuvant monotherapy, for adults with resectable muscle-invasive bladder cancer. This approval is anchored in NIAGARA Phase III trial data … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Security & Safety, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged adjuvant monotherapy, AstraZeneca, cisplatin, curative intent, Dave Fredrickson, durvalumab, ESMO, European Commission, event-free survival, gemcitabine, Imfinzi, immunotherapy, MIBC, Michiel Van der Heijden, muscle-invasive bladder cancer, neoadjuvant chemotherapy, New England Journal of Medicine, NIAGARA Phase III, NMIBC, overall survival, radical cystectomy
(IN BRIEF) The SDG Outcomes Fund, a USD 100 million blended-finance vehicle created by UBS Optimus Foundation and Bridges Outcomes Partnerships, has achieved final close with an additional USD 18 million anchor commitment from the EIB—backed by the European Commission … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Switzerland, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged ACP Trust Fund, Ambroise Fayolle, blended finance, Bridges Outcomes Partnerships, EIB, environmental outcomes, European Investment Bank, Global Gateway, impact investment, Jozef Sikela, Leslie Maasdorp, low- and middle-income countries, Mila Lukic, outcomes-based financing, partnerships, SDG Outcomes Fund, social impact, Tom Hall, UBS Optimus Foundation
(IN BRIEF) Thales and Curve have expanded their partnership to support Curve Pay’s new NFC contactless capabilities on iOS and Android. Leveraging Thales’ real-time D1 cloud platform, Curve users can now digitize cards within the Curve App and make secure … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, France, Government, Infrastructure & Utilities, Internet & Online, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Android, cloud-based payments, consumer choice, contactless payments, Curve, Curve Pay, D1 platform, digital wallet, François Chaffard, iOS, mobile wallet, NFC payments, partnership, payment security, real-time provisioning, Shachar Bialick, Thales
(IN BRIEF) RWE energised the 35 MW (AC) Langford Solar Farm in Devon—its first UK solar project—on 2 July 2025. The site, equipped with an innovative 35 MW (AC) hybrid battery storage system, will generate approximately 49,500 MWh per year, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged biodiversity net gain, clean electricity, Clean Power Mission, community benefit fund, CO₂ savings, Devon, hybrid battery storage, Katja Wünschel, Langford Solar Farm, partnership, renewable energy, RWE, solar power, Solar Roadmap, sustainability, UK Solar Developers Charter
(IN BRIEF) Wood has been selected by MNREC to lead the full feasibility study for the Khalzan Buregtei rare earth elements project, following a 2024 pre-feasibility review. The scope includes detailed design of the concentrator and refinery process plants. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Metals and Minerals, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Alan Langridge, concentrator plant, dysprosium, economic development, feasibility study, green energy technologies, heavy rare earths, Khalzan Buregtei, mineral hub, MNREC, Mongolia, Mongolian National Rare Earth Corporation, partnership, rare earth elements, REE, refinery process, supply chain, sustainability, Tsolmon Adiya, Wood
(IN BRIEF) The University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust will open the £100 million Institute for Medical Innovation at Southampton General Hospital. This new building will co-locate researchers in medicine, engineering, and computer science to tackle … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Financial, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged biomedical engineering, cancer research, Centre for Cancer Immunology, David French, dementia research, fundraising campaign, IMI, infectious diseases, Institute for Medical Innovation, interdisciplinary collaboration, medical computing, medical training, partnership, Professor Mark E. Smith, respiratory conditions, Sight Loss, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton medical hub, state-of-the-art labs, translational research, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, University of Southampton
(IN BRIEF) ValMAS, led by Plymouth Marine Laboratory and co-funded by NERC and the INSITE Programme, is a £5.6 million, four-year research collaboration involving UK and Norwegian institutions. Concentrating on the North Sea, the project will evaluate the environmental, social, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Anne-Michelle Slater, Astley Hastings, Cardiff University, clean energy, climate modeling, contaminant mobilization, decision-support tools, ecological value, economic trade-offs, fishermen’s organisations, INSITE Programme, Kate Gormley, lifecycle impacts, marine artificial structures, Marine Energy Wales, natural capital, Natural England, Nature Recovery, NERC, net zero, Nicola Beaumont, NIVA, North Sea, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Rebecca von Hellfeld, Scottish Fishermen’s Federation, Shellfish Association, SUERC, University of Aberdeen, ValMAS
(IN BRIEF) Prudential plc and its Prudence Foundation have partnered with Intellect to launch Talk It Out, a free mental health programme for underserved groups in Malaysia and Vietnam. Through the Intellect app—available in six local languages—users access self-help modules, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Non Profit, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged 24/7 helpline, Arjan Toor, at-risk youth, CCLA Corporate Mental Health Benchmark, clinical psychologists, counsellors, Diana Guzman, digital mental health, displaced communities, Intellect, live consultations, low-income families, Malaysia, mental health literacy, mental health support, partnership, peace of mind, Prudence Foundation, Prudential plc, resilience, self-guided programmes, Southeast Asia, Talk It Out, Theodoric Chew, treatment gap, Vietnam
(IN BRIEF) Marks & Spencer is fast-tracking its store refresh and expansion strategy by committing over £300 million to open 16 new outlets, extend nine existing stores and fully renew 12 sites during the current financial year. All locations will … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Business, Economy, Financial, Food & Beverage, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Retail, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged 32 million customers, Aberdeen, Abingdon, barista-style coffee, Bath Southgate, Bell Green Sydenham, Bristol airport, Bristol Cabot Circus, Cannock, Elgin, estate transformation, Exeter, Farnham, food halls, full-line stores, FY 2028 pipeline, in-store bakery, M&S, market-style produce, Marks & Spencer, new stores, Oxford Street, partnership, property deals, spacious aisles, store extensions, store renewals, store rotation, Stuart Machin, £300 million investment
(IN BRIEF) ScottishPower’s “Half Price Weekends” initiative, offering customers 50% off electricity every Saturday and Sunday from 11 am to 4 pm, has won the Behaviour Change Campaign of the Year Award at the 2025 UK Green Business Awards. Launched … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Media, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged 350 000 customers, Andrew Ward, Awards, Behavioural Change Campaign of the Year, clean energy transition, demand flexibility, grid load reduction, Half Price Weekends, Iberdrola, leadership, off-peak electricity, renewable energy, ScottishPower, smart meters, sustainability, sustainable consumption, the Brewery London, UK Green Business Awards 2025, weekend discount, £4 million, €4.7 million savings
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