Day: 28 January 2022

Sign Roberto Carlos and Eni Aluko to your Sunday League team for a fiver on eBay

Stuart Mitchell

This Transfer Window Season, eBay UK is giving football fans across the country the chance of a lifetime to sign football legends Roberto Carlos and Eni Aluko to their Sunday League teams for one unforgettable match.  The Dream Transfer means that anyone from a humble Sunday League teamcan throw their hat in the ring to sign a legend off eBay for only £5 – the price of a pint – all to support Football Beyond Borders, a charity that helps disadvantaged young people in the community. Carlos and Aluko will…

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2022 Legacy Futures Awards Launched

Stuart Mitchell

Legacy Futures Awards are pleased to announce that applications are now open for the Legacy Futures Awards 2022. Now in its second year, the 2022 Legacy Futures Awards have been expanded to recognise and reward six winners across three categories, up from three bursary winners in 2021. The winners will be offered a package of legacy qualifications, training, mentoring or consultancy expertise from across the Legacy Futures Group, designed to further their development and accelerate innovation in the sector. There are three Award schemes, two of which are open to…

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Creative UK CEO Caroline Norbury on Creative Coalition Festival 2022

Stuart Mitchell

If 2022 heralds a new creative direction for you, then Creative UK CEO Caroline Norbury took time to write a piece on their website (copied below – original is here) on the Creative Coalition Festival which runs from from 1st – 3rd February, where you can hear directly from people who provoke ideas and stimulate change.  What is Creative Coalition Festival?  Creative Coalition Festival brings together some of the most exciting and leading figures across the UK to celebrate the creative industries and to address pressing questions facing our sector. At the heart of the virtual festival is our belief that connection and collaboration are the keys to both creativity and change, and so,…

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Haldor Topsoe signs €45 million funding deal with European Investment Bank to drive green energy transition

Stuart Mitchell

In line with its strategy to become the global leader in carbon emission reduction technologies by 2024, Danish technology provider Haldor Topsoe has signed a €45 million loan agreement with the EIB to support its R&D investments in that domain. The EIB financing is supported under the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the main pillar of the European Commission’s Investment Plan for Europe. The European funding highlights the company’s commitment to developing new technologies to support a wide range of energy intensive industries in their transition towards a low-carbon…

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€47 million fund to protect intellectual property of EU SMEs in their COVID-19 recovery and green and digital transitions

Stuart Mitchell

The Commission and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has launched the new EU SME Fund, which offers vouchers for EU-based SMEs to help them protect their intellectual property (IP) rights. This is the second EU SME Fund aiming at supporting SMEs in the COVID-19 recovery and green and digital transitions for the next three years (2022-2024). Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager, in charge of competition policy, said: “Small is beautiful, but if SMEs want to grow or take the lead in new technologies, they need to protect their inventions…

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