(IN BRIEF) EE has set an ambitious target to bring 5G standalone coverage, branded as 5G+, to 99% of the UK population by the end of FY30, outpacing rival operators by four years. The company is leveraging groundbreaking technologies, including … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Entertainment, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Internet & Online, Investment, News, Technology, Telecom, United Kingdom
Tagged 5G, 5G standalone, Advanced RAN Coordination, ARC, BT, Cheltenham Festival, connectivity, digitalisation, economic growth, EE, EE leads UK mobile innovation with Europe-first deployments and vision for nationwide 5G+, Ericsson AIR 3284, Massive MIMO, mobile market review, Oasis Wembley, SailGP, small cells, spectrum, UK mobile network
(IN BRIEF) Samaritans has announced a major programme of change to strengthen its suicide prevention service, focusing on reshaping its branch network, expanding its online chat to 24/7 availability, and piloting remote volunteering opportunities. The charity, whose 23,000 volunteers answered … Read the full press release
Posted in Healthcare, Internet & Online, Ireland, Management, News, Non Profit, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged crisis support, helpline, Julie Bentley, mental health, online chat service, pathfinder branches, remote volunteering, Samaritans, Samaritans outlines major changes to ensure faster support and reach more people in crisis, Samaritans sets out future vision to reduce waiting times and expand life-saving support across the UK, Samaritans unveils transformative plans to expand support and strengthen its life-saving service, Scotland, south east England, suicide prevention, suicide prevention charity, UK, volunteer engagement, Yorkshire and Humberside
(IN BRIEF) Wood has developed a conceptual study in northern Chile that demonstrates how acid-impacted water from copper mining could be reclaimed, treated, and returned to the environment to meet irrigation-grade standards. Using a multi-stage process of high-density sludge treatment, … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Metals and Minerals, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged acid water, Chile, circular water strategies, climate change, Conceptual framework from Wood shows how circular water strategies can reshape future of mining, copper, critical minerals, environmental stewardship, HDS, High Density Sludge, hydrology, irrigation-grade water, mining, NCh 1333, regenerative mining, resource scarcity, reverse osmosis, RO, softening, sustainable mining, water scarcity, water treatment, Wood, Wood advances sustainable mining with innovative water stewardship study in Chile, Wood study in Chile explores regenerative water solutions to balance mining growth with sustainability
(IN BRIEF) RWE and Co-op Group have entered a seven-year Power Purchase Agreement that will see Co-op source 33 GWh of renewable electricity annually from the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm, enough to power around 140 Co-op food stores … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Retail, United Kingdom
Tagged Climate Action Plan, Co-op Group, decarbonisation, electricity, Gwynt y Môr, Heather Thomas, Irish Sea, Macquarie GIG, net zero, North Wales, Offshore wind, Olaf Lubenow, Power Purchase Agreement, PPA, renewable energy, RWE, RWE and Co-op Group sign seven-year renewable energy agreement to power UK stores with offshore wind, RWE partners with Co-op Group through long-term renewable energy supply deal, RWE supplies Co-op Group with renewable power from Wales’s largest offshore wind farm to support net zero targets, SBTi, Science Based Targets initiative, Stadtwerke München GmbH, sustainable energy, UK energy security, Wales
(IN BRIEF) Scientists at the University of Liverpool have developed two new handheld blood test devices that could make Alzheimer’s disease testing faster, cheaper, and more widely accessible. By combining polymer-based biosensors with AI, the devices can detect the Alzheimer’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Education, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged ACS Sensors, Advanced Healthcare Materials, AI, Alzheimer’s disease, AMED, artificial intelligence, biosensors, blood test, dementia, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Dr Sanjiv Sharma, Early Detection, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Healthcare Accessibility, Institute of Systems Molecular and Integrative Biology, low-cost diagnostics, molecularly imprinted polymers, MRC, p-tau181, Scientists at University of Liverpool develop portable blood test to expand Alzheimer’s screening access, SIMOA, UK Japan collaboration, University of Liverpool, University of Liverpool scientists pioneer affordable blood test for early Alzheimer’s detection, University of Liverpool unveils affordable handheld blood test for early Alzheimer’s detection, WHO
(IN BRIEF) Shell UK has begun production at the Victory gas field in the North Sea, located northwest of the Shetland Islands. The field, operated via a single subsea well connected to existing pipelines, will deliver gas to the Shetland … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Adura, domestic energy, energy security, Equinor, natural gas, North Sea, operational emissions, Peterhead, pipeline network, Renewable Transition, Shell UK, Shell UK begins production from Victory gas field to support domestic energy supply, Shell UK launches North Sea Victory gas project to help power nearly 900000 homes, Shell UK starts Victory gas field production to enhance domestic supply and energy security, Shetland Gas Plant, Shetland Islands, Simon Roddy, St Fergus, subsea well, UK gas supply, UK North Sea production, Victory gas field
(IN BRIEF) LSEG Risk Intelligence has launched World-Check On Demand, a platform delivering real-time sanctions, PEPs, adverse media, and enforcement actions data through flexible APIs. The service aims to cut false positives, speed up onboarding, and reduce operational costs while … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Economy, Financial, Industrial, International Trade, Investment, Management, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged adverse media, AI-enabled data, compliance, David Wilson, enforcement actions, financial institutions, fraud prevention, LSEG, LSEG launches World-Check On Demand to deliver real-time risk intelligence, LSEG unveils World-Check On Demand to provide real-time risk intelligence for compliance and fraud prevention, onboarding, PEPs, real-time data, regulatory compliance, Risk Intelligence, sanctions, transaction monitoring, World-Check, World-Check celebrates 25 years with launch of On Demand real-time platform to tackle compliance bottlenecks, World-Check On Demand
(IN BRIEF) The EBRD is providing €35 million in financing to modernise Kazakhstan’s port of Aktau, with up to €10 million in additional support expected from the EU, creating a total package of €45 million. The funds will extend berths … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, European Union, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged Aktau Port, Aktau Port to double container capacity with EBRD loan and EU grant support, Asia Pacific Investment Facility, Caspian Sea, container handling, EBRD, EBRD and EU commit €45 million to expand Kazakhstan’s Aktau Port and boost Transcaspian trade, EBRD backs Caspian infrastructure with €35 million loan for Aktau Port expansion, EU Global Gateway, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Union, infrastructure investment, Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan Railways, Odile Renaud-Basso, regional trade, Samruk-Kazyna, Transcaspian Corridor
(IN BRIEF) PATRIZIA has agreed to acquire Statkraft Varme, the district heating business of Statkraft AS, in a deal worth up to EUR 312 million. Statkraft Varme operates 13 plants in Norway and Sweden, supplying low-carbon heating to households, businesses, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Norway, Real Estate, Sweden, United Kingdom
Tagged circular economy, decarbonisation, district heating, Ecotermica Servizi, energy transition, Fredrik Naesse, Graham Matthews, Greenthesis, Henrik Sætness, Kinland, low-carbon energy, Norway, PATRIZIA, PATRIZIA acquires Statkraft Varme to expand district heating leadership in Norway and Sweden, PATRIZIA acquires Statkraft Varme to expand sustainable infrastructure footprint in the Nordics, Renergia, renewable heat, SAREN Energy, Statkraft, Statkraft Varme, Statkraft Varme acquisition strengthens PATRIZIA’s European circular economy portfolio, sustainable infrastructure, Sweden, Trondheim
(IN BRIEF) Expro (NYSE: XPRO) has completed the first full deployment of its Remote Clamp Installation System (RCIS), an automated solution that reduces risk and enhances efficiency in offshore well completions. Developed by Frank’s Tubular Running Services, RCIS eliminates manual … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged automation, BP, clamp installation, control line clamps, digitalisation, energy services, Expro, Expro Achieves First Full Deployment of Remote Clamp Installation System in North Sea, Expro Launches Automated RCIS Technology with Successful North Sea Deployments, Frank’s Tubular Running Services, hands-free completion, Jeremy Angelle, North Sea, NYSE XPRO, offshore efficiency, offshore safety, production optimization, RCIS, Remote Clamp Installation System, Remote Clamp Installation System Sets New Safety and Efficiency Benchmark for Offshore Wells, TRS, well completions, well integrity
(IN BRIEF) The University of Exeter’s HistoryCity project has won the Virtual and Augmented Reality category at the Heritage in Motion Awards for its innovative use of AR in cultural tourism. Led by Professor Fabrizio Nevola and Dr David Rosenthal, … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Awards, Education, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged AR, augmented reality, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Cultural Heritage, cultural tourism, David Rosenthal, digital storytelling, European Museum Academy, Exeter Researchers Win Heritage in Motion Award for Innovative Digital History Project, Fabrizio Nevola, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Forum of Slavic Cultures, Heritage in Motion Awards, Hidden Trento, Hidden Venice, HistoryCity, HistoryCity Project Led by Exeter Scholars Celebrated for Transforming Heritage with AR, immersive technology, living history, museum without walls, University of Exeter, University of Exeter Heritage Team Honoured for Immersive Augmented Reality Trails, University of Trento, Virtual Reality
(IN BRIEF) The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Exeter have launched the RAPID-IBD study to speed up diagnosis of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, conditions that affect 1 in 100 people in the UK. … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Sports, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Catherine Winsor, Crohn's disease, Crohn’s & Colitis UK, early diagnosis, EX postcode, Exeter City FC, gut health, IBD, inflammatory bowel disease, Jack Fitzwater, Know Your Sh*t campaign, Know Your Sh*t Campaign Backs Exeter-Led Study to Improve Early Detection of IBD in Young People, New Exeter Research Aims to Transform Diagnosis and Treatment Pathways for Crohn’s and Colitis, NIHR, patient volunteers, RAPID-IBD, RAPID-IBD Research Project Invites Volunteers to Speed Up Diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, stool test, Tariq Ahmad, Ulcerative colitis, University of Exeter
(IN BRIEF) The University of Exeter has unveiled its Sports Physiology and Exercise Training (SPET) service, giving athletes from all levels access to advanced physiological testing and expertise normally reserved for elite performers. The programme is led by world-leading specialists … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Science, Sports, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Andy Jones, athletic performance, carbohydrate fuelling, Cutting-Edge Sports Science Service from University of Exeter Helps Athletes Optimise Training and Recovery, cycling physiology, Eliud Kipchoge, endurance sport, injury prevention, New Exeter SPET Programme Brings Elite Performance Science to Amateur and Professional Athletes, nutrition strategies, performance testing, recovery, running, SPET, Sports Physiology and Exercise Training, Sports Science, Tim Podlogar, training optimisation, triathlon, University of Exeter, University of Exeter Launches Sports Physiology Service to Help Athletes Train Smarter and Perform Better
(IN BRIEF) ORLEN VC has invested in UK start-up OXCCU, which has developed innovative catalyst technology to produce synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (e-SAF) from green hydrogen and captured CO₂. The move supports ORLEN Group’s strategy to decarbonize aviation and comply … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Investment, Poland, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Aramco Ventures, Aviation Decarbonization, aviation fuels market, British Airways, carbon neutrality, CO2 capture, e-SAF, energy transition, Eni Next, Grzegorz Jóźwiak, hydrogen, International Airlines Group, Ireneusz Fąfara, New Partnership Between ORLEN VC and OXCCU Accelerates Aviation Decarbonization Pathways, ORLEN, ORLEN Expands SAF Leadership with Investment in UK Start-Up Developing Cost-Efficient e-SAF Production, ORLEN VC, ORLEN VC Invests in OXCCU to Advance Synthetic Aviation Fuel from Hydrogen and Captured CO₂, OXCCU, ReFuelEU Aviation regulation, SAF, Safran Corporate Ventures, Series B funding, sustainable aviation fuel, synthetic fuels, Trafigura, United Airlines Ventures, University of Oxford
(IN BRIEF) A research team at the MRC–University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research has launched Viro3D, the world’s most extensive AI-powered database of virus protein structure predictions. Containing 85,000 protein models from 4,400 human and animal viruses, Viro3D expands … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Education, Healthcare, Industrial, News, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged 000 structural models, AI powered database, AI-powered Viro3D expands virus protein knowledge thirtyfold with 85, AlphaFold, antivirals, Centre for Virus Research, common cold, COVID 19, Evolutionary Scale Modelling Metagenomic Atlas, hepatitis, herpesvirus, HIV, Joe Grove, Medical Research Council, Medical Research Foundation, Molecular Systems Biology, MRC, SARS-CoV-2, the largest AI-driven database of virus protein structures, the world’s largest AI-powered virus protein database, University of Glasgow, University of Glasgow researchers unveil Viro3D, University of Glasgow scientists launch Viro3D, vaccines, Viro3D, Viro3D launches as a new AI-powered platform to transform virus research and drug discovery worldwide, Viro3D sheds light on virus evolution and ancestry with the world’s most comprehensive protein structure predictions, virus evolution, virus protein structures, virus research, Wellcome
(IN BRIEF) HSBC, in partnership with IBM, has delivered the first empirical evidence that quantum computers can add measurable value to financial markets, demonstrating up to a 34% improvement in predicting bond trade outcomes compared to standard classical methods. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Banks, Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Algorithmic Trading, bond trading, European corporate bond market, financial services innovation, HSBC, HSBC and IBM showcase real-world benefits of quantum computing for algorithmic bond trading efficiency, HSBC demonstrates real-world benefits of quantum computing in corporate bond trading with IBM, HSBC proves current quantum computers can enhance financial trading outcomes in European bond markets, HSBC quantum technologies, hybrid quantum classical computing, IBM, IBM Heron, Jay Gambetta, over-the-counter markets, Philip Intallura, predictive analytics, Qiskit, quantum computing
(IN BRIEF) Barclays’ latest report argues that raising SME investment to the same level as larger firms could unlock an additional £60 billion annually for the UK economy. While overall business investment reached record highs in 2024 and continues to … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Investment, Management, Small Business, United Kingdom
Tagged Abdul Qureshi, Barclays, Barclays Business Banking, Barclays report shows UK SMEs could unlock £60 billion a year with greater investment confidence, Barclays UK Corporate Bank, business investment, Business Prosperity Index, Invest to Grow hub, investment gap, Matthew Hammerstein, national investment target, New Barclays analysis highlights how SME capital spending could transform UK growth and competitiveness, OECD, Office for National Statistics, public policy, SME confidence, SME growth, SMEs, UK business growth, UK economy, UK GDP
(IN BRIEF) The Institute of Cancer Research, London, has uncovered a promising new treatment target for pancreatic cancer, identifying the protein SPP1 as a driver of tumour spread and poor survival. In studies using tumour samples, organoids, and animal models, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Healthcare, News, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Blocking SPP1 shown to stop tumour spread and extend survival in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, The Institute of Cancer Research identifies SPP1 protein as new drug target to halt aggressive pancreatic cancer
(IN BRIEF) Schroders has launched its first active ETFs in Europe, bringing two of its flagship strategies — the $24 billion QEP Global Core equity strategy and the $3 billion Global Investment Grade Corporate Bond strategy — into UCITS ETF … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Industrial, Insurance, Investment, Management, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged active ETFs, active management, Borsa Italiana, broadening access to $27bn in flagship investment strategies, corporate bonds, Deutsche Börse XETRA, ETF launch, ETFs, expanding access to flagship equity and fixed income strategies, global equity, investment-grade bonds, Johanna Kyrklund, London Stock Exchange, Lukas Kamblevicius, Meagen Burnett, QEP Global Core strategy, Schroder Global Equity Active UCITS ETF, Schroder Global Investment Grade Corporate Bond Active UCITS ETF, Schroders, Schroders enters European active ETF market, Schroders launches active ETF platform in Europe, Schroders launches active ETFs in Europe with flagship equity and bond strategies, SIX Swiss Exchange, sustainable investing, UCITS
(IN BRIEF) AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s supplemental Biologics License Application for Enhertu plus pertuzumab has been accepted for Priority Review by the FDA for the first-line treatment of HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer. The application is supported by data from the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Healthcare, News, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged ADC, antibody-drug conjugate, AstraZeneca, breakthrough therapy designation, cancer treatment innovation, Daiichi Sankyo, DESTINY-Breast09, Enhertu, Enhertu plus pertuzumab moves closer to first-line approval in HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer after FDA Priority Review acceptance, FDA, FDA grants Priority Review to Enhertu plus pertuzumab for 1st-line HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer following DESTINY-Breast09 success, HER2-positive breast cancer, Ken Takeshita, metastatic breast cancer, oncology, pertuzumab, Priority Review, progression-free survival, Real-Time Oncology Review, Susan Galbraith, THP regimen, trastuzumab deruxtecan
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