(IN BRIEF) TÜV Rheinland, an independent testing and certification organization, has been accredited as a new product certification body for the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) in the UK. Initially focusing on solar panel products, the partnership aims to expand into … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Management, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Dr. Christos Monokroussos, Ian Rippin, Kimmo Fuller, Li Weichun, Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS, partnership, solar panel, sustainability, sustainable energy, TÜV Rheinland, UK
(IN BRIEF) Business confidence in the UK fell by six points to 31% in July, mainly due to lower economic optimism, reaching a five-month low. Rising interest rates have become a major concern for businesses, and the retail sector showed … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Management, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Business, economic uncertainty, Hann-Ju Ho, Lloyds Bank, Paul Gordon, Rising Interest Rate, UK
(IN BRIEF) According to research by Aviva, financial advisers in the UK are largely prepared to evidence their work on Consumer Duty outcomes, with over 90% indicating that they have either completed or are currently working on providing evidence for … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Industrial, Insurance, Investment, Management, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Al Ward, Aviva, Consumer Duty, financial advisers, UK
(IN BRIEF) Logicor, a prominent logistics real estate owner and manager in Europe, is embarking on its largest redevelopment project in the UK. The site, located in the Midlands, within the Golden Triangle logistics hub, will be transformed into Logicor … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) A recent independent poll conducted by Opinium Research for RenewableUK revealed that the majority of swing voters want more action on renewable energy. Among voters who supported the Conservatives but plan to switch to Labour, 67% believe the … Read the full press release
Posted in Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Politics, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged green economy, Nathan Bennett, Opinium Research, renewable energy, RenewableUK, Rishi Sunak, Sam Hall, Sir Alok Sharma, swing voters, UK
(IN BRIEF) The University of Exeter has been nominated for prestigious national awards, the UK Social Mobility Awards, in the Leadership of the Year and University of the Year categories. The university’s initiatives aim to improve access to higher education … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Education, Industrial, Management, Media, News, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Awards, Nicola Sinclair, Sir Kenneth Olisa OBE, Social Mobility Awards, society, students, Tim Quine, UK, University of Exeter
(IN BRIEF) NatWest has announced the availability of Tap to Pay on iPhone for eligible businesses across the UK. Through the NatWest Tap to Pay iOS app, businesses can seamlessly accept contactless payments using their iPhone, without the need for … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Industrial, Insurance, Management, News, Small Business, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Apple Pay, businesses, contactless payments, iPhone, Mark Brant, NatWest, SMEs, Tap to Pay, Tap to Pay iOS app, Tyl by NatWest, UK
(IN BRIEF) Southampton’s port in the UK welcomed a historic arrival of green fertiliser, marking a significant milestone in the country. Grupo Fertiberia’s Impact Zero product line, known for its use of renewable energy during production, was imported by Bartholomews … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Chemicals, Environment, Industrial, Management, News, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged ABP, Bartholomews Agri Food, Clive Thomas, Colin Burton, fertiliser, Grupo Fertiberia, net zero, partnership, shipment, Solent Stevedores, Southampton Port, sustainability, Tom Dynes, UK
(IN BRIEF) Alstom, a global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, releases its 2023 Economic Impact Report, revealing its significant contribution to the UK and Ireland. With roots tracing back to the world’s first locomotive works in Newcastle, Alstom has … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, France, Industrial, Management, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Alstom, economic, INNOVATION, Ireland, Nick Crossfield, recyclability, renewable energy, sustainability, train, UK, waste recovery
(IN BRIEF) Vattenfall has inaugurated the South Kyle Onshore Wind Farm in southwest Scotland, its largest onshore wind farm in the UK. Once fully operational, the wind farm will have a capacity of 240MW, equivalent to powering 187,000 homes annually. … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Rolls-Royce has successfully completed the first tests of its UltraFan technology demonstrator in Derby, UK. The tests were conducted using 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), marking a significant milestone for the company. The UltraFan technology offers a 10% … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, Government, Industrial, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged aero engine, Aerospace Technology Institute, ATI, Axel Krein, Clean Sky programmes, Derby, Gary Elliott, Innovate UK, Kemi Badenoch, LuFo, Rolls-Royce, SAF, sustainable aviation fuel, Trent XWB, Tufan Erginbilgic, UK, UltraFan, UltraFan technology demonstrator
(IN BRIEF) Skanska has announced the appointment of Katy Dowding as the new Business Unit President for Skanska UK, taking up her position from May 2, 2023. Dowding has been with the company for over 20 years, holding a variety … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Industrial, Management, News, Sweden
Tagged Anders Danielsson, appointment, Gregor Craig, Katy Dowding, leadership, President, retirement, Skanska, UK
(IN BRIEF) The University of Warwick has been named ‘Esports University of the Year’ for the fifth consecutive year by National Student Esports, beating 111 other institutions. The university’s dedication to promoting esports and supporting student gamers was praised, with … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Education, Entertainment, Management, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged 'Esports University', Adele Browne, Award, Caity Emery, UK, Warwick
(IN BRIEF) Maersk, a global logistics company, has leased a 685,000 sq ft facility at SEGRO Logistics Park East Midlands Gateway in the UK, which is set to be completed by June 2023. The facility is constructed with low GHG … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Denmark, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged A.P. Moller - Maersk, cargo, Doncaster, electric fleet, EV trucks, HGV, Kettering, logistics, logistics park, Maersk, Paul Woolass, SEGRO Logistics Park East Midlands Gateway, SRFI, Strategic Rail Freight Interchange, Tamworth, UK, warehouses
(IN BRIEF) YURiA-PHARM, a leading Ukrainian pharma company, has acquired Reka-Med, a pharmaceutical company in Uzbekistan, with the help of €10 million of finance repurposed from an existing loan made by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Pharma & Biotech, United Kingdom
Tagged ACQUIRES, EBRD, financing, Matteo Patrone, Reka-Med, UK, UKRAINE, Uzbekistan, YURiA-PHARM
(IN BRIEF) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a €10 million loan to ProCredit Bank Moldova to support investment financing for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Moldova. The loan will help businesses upgrade their … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, European Union, Financial, Investment, Management, News, Small Business, United Kingdom
Tagged Adam Grodzicki, businesses, EBRD, EU, finance, Irina Coroi-Jovmir, Mark Bowman, Moldovan, MSMEs, partnership, ProCredit Bank Moldova, UK
(IN BRIEF) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a €100m loan to Banca Intesa Belgrade to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Serbia. The loan will be on-lent to local businesses and improve their access … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Investment, Management, News, Small Business, United Kingdom
Tagged Aleksandra Vukosavljevic, Banca Intesa Belgrade, Darko Popović, EBRD, financing, Intesa Sanpaolo Group, SERBIA, SME, UK
(IN BRIEF) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has provided a €140 million capex bridge loan to Fraport TAV Antalya Yatirim for the Antalya Airport expansion project in Turkey. The loan is part of a financing package that … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Banks, Business, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Antalya Airport, Burcu Geris, EBRD, Michael Reusch, Nandita Parshad, UK
(IN BRIEF) BAE Systems and Heart Aerospace are collaborating to develop a lightweight and innovative battery for Heart Aerospace’s ES-30 regional electric airplane. This will be the first of its kind to be integrated into an electric conventional takeoff and … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Defence, Electronics & Machinery, Environment, Industrial, Management, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged BAE Systems, battery system, eCTOL, Ehtisham Siddiqui, electric regional aircraft, ES-30 aircraft, Heart Aerospace, partnership, Sofia Graflund, UK
(IN BRIEF) Loughborough University has been awarded additional funding from UKRI’s Research England to continue its twinning initiative with Beketov National University in Ukraine. The project aims to support academics, students, and university leaders during the conflict in the region. … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Loughborough University London and the Institute of Sports Humanities have announced the launch of a new Master’s in Leadership in Sport, set to begin in Autumn 2023. The course is designed for professionals in the sports industry and … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Management, News, Sports, United Kingdom
Tagged Ed Smith, Education, ISH, Loughborough University, partnerhip, Professor Tony Edwards, sport, UK
(IN BRIEF) EY has announced a deepened collaboration with Microsoft to develop the EY Intelligent Payroll Chatbot as part of the Next Gen Payroll Platform. Using Azure OpenAI Service and EY payroll offerings, the generative AI chatbot is designed to … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Management, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Azure OpenAI, Eric Boyd, Ernst & Young, Intelligent Payroll Chatbot, Ken Priyadarshi, Marna Ricker, Microsoft, partnership, Sheri Sullivan, UK
(IN BRIEF) Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal visited ABP’s Port of Ipswich to commission Horace & Hannah, a 1906 Great Yarmouth Shrimper, which has been refurbished by Excelsior Trust. The commissioning event took place at The Old Custom House, … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) UK ports group Associated British Ports (ABP) has announced changes in senior roles to enhance its strategic outlook and engagement, and to boost the growth of its Wales and Short Sea Ports business. After nine years as Regional … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, Management, News, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged Andrew Harston, appointment, Associated British Ports, Julian Walker, leadership, UK
(IN BRIEF) A University of Dundee student has nominated Girlguiding Scotland for the university’s annual ‘Organisation of the Year’ award. The award recognises the contributions of organisations that students volunteer for. The nomination was made by a molecular biology student, … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Education, Management, News, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Awards, Elaine Rough, Girlguiding Scotland, Katie Tonks, UK, University of Dundee, volunteering award
(IN BRIEF) Dr James Cantley from the University of Dundee’s School of Medicine has been awarded a Senior Research Fellowship by the Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge. The £50m funding for the Grand Challenge was donated by the Steve Morgan … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) The McGhee Award, a £25,000 prize for new business ideas, has been introduced by the Centre for Entrepreneurship at a University in Dundee. The award was donated to the university by alumni Christopher McGhee and Dr Jo-Ann Nugent, … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) New research led by the University of Bristol shows that countries need to improve their tracking of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) incidence among people who inject drugs, in order to meet the UNAIDS and WHO targets … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Management, Media, News, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged Dr Adelina Artenie, eliminate, HCV, high-risk populations, HIV, inject drugs, NIHR, Peter Vickerman, UK, UNAIDS, University of Bristol, WHO
(IN BRIEF) Professor Michael Banissy, a social neuroscientist at the University of Bristol, has released a new book titled ‘When we touch’, which explores the science behind the human sense of touch. Touch is a critical component of our development … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Management, Media, News, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged 'touch hunger', book, modern epidemic, Professor Michael Banissy, Touch, UK, University of Bristol
(IN BRIEF) Standard Chartered has been appointed to lead a $89.6 million sustainability-linked loan for Vista Shipping, a joint venture between Hafnia and CSSC Shipping Hong Kong, to finance the purchase of its first pair of liquefied natural gas (LNG)-dual … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Loughborough University research finds that young people’s exercise attitudes and habits are influenced by parents, peers, and social media. The ongoing research focuses on how social influences are linked with compulsive exercise in under-16s. The research team has … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) BAE Systems will supply its next-generation electric power and propulsion systems for three hydrogen fuel cell buses in Rochester, New York, to run emission-free. The company will provide its Gen3 electric drive system for ElDorado National (California)’s Axess® … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is launching a new financing facility to help Kazakhstan reduce energy consumption and promote the use of renewable energy sources. The EBRD is providing funds of up to $150m to … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Construction, Economy, Environment, Financial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, United Kingdom
Tagged EBRD, Financial, Green Economy Financing Facility II, Kazakhstan, UK
(IN BRIEF) University of Exeter undergraduate student Elizabeth Chandler, who recently won the Women in Tech Award and Innovate UK’s Young Innovators Award for her AI start-up The Good Robot Company, has had a research paper on ethical AI accepted … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) A new survey by Aviva has found that over 80% of advisers in the UK believe that the upcoming Consumer Duty regulation feels like a rebranded version of TCF (Treating Customers Fairly). However, the Consumer Duty ranks low … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Insurance, Investment, Management, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Al Ward, Aviva, Consumer Duty, insurance, UK
(IN BRIEF) The University of East Anglia will hold a conference discussing the loss of coastal heritage due to climate change, and how it can be addressed in policy. Despite the growing realisation that heritage losses due to climate change … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) A new study by the University of East Anglia warns that continued warming of the climate would cause a rise in the number and spread of potentially fatal infections caused by bacteria found along parts of the coast … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Newcastle University has partnered with New Writing North to sponsor the Gordon Burn Prize for three years. The prize, which recognizes and celebrates bold writing that often finds its readers outside the mainstream, was launched in 2012 by … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Therese Chambers and Steve Smart as joint Executive Directors of Enforcement and Market Oversight to expand the FCA’s enforcement and market oversight leadership team following Mark Steward’s departure. Chambers and Smart … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Aviva has paid out more than £1bn ($1.39bn) across life insurance, critical illness, income protection, and other individual protection policies, exceeding £2.9m being paid out every single day in 2022. The claims paid rate of 98.3% across all … Read the full press release
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