(IN BRIEF) Nucleus Financial Platforms has appointed Gail Bragg as Transformation Committee Chair and Alastair Clarkson as Risk Committee Chair, filling two Non-Executive Director roles. Bragg brings deep transformation and governance expertise from leading UK financial services and public-sector boards, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Non Profit, United Kingdom
Tagged Aberdeen Group, Alastair Clarkson, Alliance Trust Savings, appointment, AXA, board appointments, business transformation, Clare Bousfield, Curtis Banks, Friends Life, Gail Bragg, Gordon Wilson, Governance, Interactive Investor, leadership, NatWest, Non-Executive Director, Nucleus Financial Platforms, RBS, Risk Committee, risk management, Scottish Provident, Standard Life, The Finli Group, Transformation Committee
(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) Expanding Horizons has acquired Enable Care Services (South Wales) Ltd, adding three care homes in Cwmbran and Argoed to its portfolio. This move, financed by a £3.25 million loan from NatWest, also funds refinancing and infrastructure upgrades to … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged acquisition, Argoed, Cwmbran, Ellis Jenkins, Enable Care Services South Wales Ltd, Expanding Horizons, infrastructure upgrades, learning disabilities, NatWest, Neil Williams, partnership, personalised support services, Public Health Network Cymru, refinancing, residential care, severe mental illnesses, South Wales, supported living, £3.25 million loan
(IN BRIEF) Co-op has arranged a £350 million sustainability-linked term loan over five years with HSBC UK, Barclays, ING, Lloyds, NatWest, and Rabobank. This facility reflects Co-op’s strong financial performance—including a 35 percent boost in operating profit, a return to … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Environment, Financial, Food & Beverage, Marketing, Retail, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Barclays, Co-op, credit rating upgrade, Fiona Parkes, five-year term, food waste reduction, Francesca Mosca, HSBC UK, ING, Lloyds, membership growth, NatWest, Net Zero 2030, Nioami Reddington, Rabobank, Rachel Izzard, Renée Marais, Robert King, Science Based Targets, sustainability-linked financing, £350 million loan
(IN BRIEF) NatWest has named Dr. Maja Pantic as its first Chief AI Research Officer to spearhead the bank’s AI-driven transformation and simplification strategy. Dr. Pantic, formerly Professor of Affective & Behavioural Computing at Imperial College London and a leader … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged 'Cora', AI Research, AI Transformation, appointment, AskArchie+, automation, bank-wide simplification, Chief AI Research Officer, customer satisfaction, deepfake detection, GenAI platform, generative AI, Imperial College London, ledership, Maja Pantic, Meta London, multimodal AI, NatWest, OpenAI partnership, Responsible AI, Samsung AI Research Centre, Scott Marcar, virtual assistants
(IN BRIEF) NatWest has announced an extension of its partnership with Team GB and a new collaboration with ParalympicsGB, becoming the official banking partner for both teams through the Milano-Cortina 2026 and Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. This … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Entertainment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Sports, United Kingdom
Tagged 2024 Paris Olympics, Andy Anson, athlete empowerment, banking support, collaboration, community programs, David Clarke, inclusivity, Los Angeles 2028, Marg Jobling, Milano-Cortina 2026, NatWest, Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, ParalympicsGB, partnership, sponsorship, Team GB, UK athletes
(IN BRIEF) British Gas has joined a consortium with NatWest, Places for People, Sero, and Tallarna to pilot a new approach to decarbonizing up to 1,000 social housing units. The initiative will test financial models that make retrofitting more affordable, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Real Estate, United Kingdom
Tagged British Gas, Centrica, Dan Rosenfield, decarbonizing, Greg Reed, Miatta Fahnbulleh, NatWest, partnership, Places for People, Sero, social housing, sustainability, Tallarna
(IN BRIEF) NatWest has completed a £1.1 billion securitisation deal, backed by Nuveen Infrastructure and Christofferson Robb & Company, to increase its lending capacity in the renewable energy sector. The transaction, which provides credit protection for a portfolio of around … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Alberto Abascal, Christofferson Robb & Company, Claudio Vescovo, David Fitoussi, lending, NatWest, Nuveen Infrastructure, partnership, renewable energy, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) We have introduced Generative AI to our Ask Archie chatbot, improving how it answers employee HR queries by delivering more targeted responses and providing easier access to relevant information. This upgrade enables human agents to focus on more … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Banks, Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Archie Chatbot, Employee Support, generative AI, Graham Smith, NatWest
(IN BRIEF) NatWest and the UK Infrastructure Bank have committed significant financial support to Quickline Communications to enhance broadband connectivity in rural areas of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. This initiative, part of the UK government’s Project Gigabit, aims to provide full-fibre … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Andrew Blincoe, Ian Brown, Lincolnshire, NatWest, Northern England, partnership, Paul Howard, Quickline, Rural Broadband, Sean Royce, UK Infrastructure Bank, Yorkshire
(IN BRIEF) NatWest plans to accept up to 2,500 entrepreneurs into its accelerator program in September, urging business owners seeking growth opportunities to apply. As the largest bank for startups in Great Britain, NatWest Group serves around one in five … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Management, Small Business, United Kingdom
Tagged accelerator program, Accelerator programme, Amazon, application deadline, British Gas, coaching, Darren Pirie, Diageo, entrepreneurs, GoJoe, NatWest, Networking, Phil Steele, social fitness app, start-ups, Startups
(IN BRIEF) The latest Regional PMI® survey data from NatWest reveals continued growth in business activity across most UK nations and regions in April, with London leading the expansion. Despite this positive trend, employment remains mixed, with only half of … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Employment Challenges, Financial, investment, NatWest, Sebastian Burnside, UK Regional Business Activity
(IN BRIEF) NatWest Social & Community Capital (S&CC), a charity funded by NatWest since 1999 to support social enterprises, is launching a new investment policy known as the ‘Total Impact Approach’. This strategy will guide all investments to generate both … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) The latest NatWest SME PMI® Tracker reveals a robust expansion in business activity among UK SMEs during the first quarter of the year, with a Business Activity Index of 52.6 in March, indicating growth. This growth is largely … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Small Business, United Kingdom
Tagged Investment Plans, James Holian, NatWest, Sebastian Burnside, SME PMI® Tracker, sustainability, UK SMEs
(IN BRIEF) Lloyds Banking Group spearheads a £3 million investment in Coadjute, a groundbreaking fintech aimed at streamlining the home buying journey by connecting all stakeholders. Joined by NatWest, Nationwide, and Rightmove, Lloyds’ investment underscores its commitment to leveraging technology … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Coadjute, Dan Salmons, Home Buying Process, investment, Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest, partnership, Rightmove, Robin Scher
(IN BRIEF) The latest NatWest Regional PMI® survey reveals that business activity expanded across most UK regions in February, accompanied by an uptick in business confidence fueled by rising demand. While regions such as London saw robust growth, others like … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Business Activity, Financial, investment, NatWest, Regional PMI® Survey, Sebastian Burnside, UK
(IN BRIEF) In the last quarter (1 Dec 2023 – 1 Mar 2024), Europe’s cybersecurity scene was marked by significant strides, with Thales and Ericsson leading initiatives to enhance digital security. Thales’ TrustNest R-Cloud received European Restricted certification, bolstering secure … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Awards, Banks, Business, Defence, European Union, Financial, France, Germany, Government, Internet & Online, Management, News, Security & Safety, Spain, Sweden, Technology, Telecom, Turkey, United Kingdom
Tagged 5G Security, 6G, 6G Networks, 6point6, Accenture, acquisition, AI, ANSSI, Applied Risk, Aristeo, avionics, Christoph Ruffner, Cisco Cyber Security Defender Award 2024, cloud security, CrowdStrike, CVE Numbering Authority, cyber intelligence, cyber security, cyber threats, Cybersecurity, Deutsche Telekom, digital threats, distributed intelligence, DNV, Enea, Ericsson, Ericsson Research Türkiye, eSIM management, European Commission, HORSE, iboss, identity protection, Imperva, IoT deployments, Magenta Security on Net, Microsoft Intelligent Security Association, military intelligence, ML, Mobile World Congress, NatWest, Nixu, Nostradamus, Open Banking, Payit™ by NatWest, Post-quantum cryptography, PQC, privacy protection, Quantinuum, quantum key distribution, SCC, SK Telecom, Stuart Perkins, Telefónica Tech, Thales, TrustNest R-Cloud, vodafone, Zero Trust
(IN BRIEF) UN Women, with support from the Vodafone Foundation, conducted research under the HeForShe initiative, examining FTSE 100 companies’ support for employees facing domestic violence and abuse. The report, ‘Small Steps, Big Difference’, highlights the importance of workplace support … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Management, Society, Technology, Telecom, United Kingdom
Tagged Anglo American, Corporate Policies, Diageo, domestic violence, EIDA, FTSE 100 Companies, gender equality, HeForShe, HSBC UK, Jen Tippin, Leanne Wood, NatWest, REPORT, Small Steps Big Difference Report, Spirax Group, Susan Bright, Tabitha Morton, Testimonies, UN Women, UN Women UK, Vodafone Bright Sky App, Vodafone Foundation, Workplace Support, Zahira Quattrocchi
(IN BRIEF) The latest NatWest Regional PMI® survey reveals a positive start to the year for most areas of the UK, with business activity expanding across ten out of twelve regions and nations. London and the West Midlands led the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, United Kingdom
Tagged economic growth, Financial, investment, NatWest, PMI Survey, Sebastian Burnside, UK Regions
(IN BRIEF) The NatWest and Beauhurst Startup Index released today unveils a landmark year for entrepreneurship in the UK, with over 900,000 new companies incorporated, marking a record high. Despite economic challenges such as inflation and operational costs, the surge … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Small Business, United Kingdom
Tagged Beauhurst, Henry Whorwood, James Holian, NatWest, partnership, SMEs, sustainability, UK Entrepreneurship
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