Comcast Marks Step Toward Carbon Neutral Goal with 250 MW Solar Agreement

Comcast announced an agreement to purchase 250 megawatts (MW) of solar electricity from Constellation that will power approximately 12 percent of its U.S. operations and the vast majority of its Mid-Atlantic operations with clean, renewable energy. The agreement will support construction of the Blue Sky Solar Project, currently being developed by Scout Clean Energy in Illinois, creating local jobs and bringing additional clean electricity to the U.S. power grid. “This marks the first of many major green investments that are already underway or on the immediate horizon which demonstrate our…

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PR agency acts against cost of living

From April 1 technical and STEM PR agency Stone Junction has raised the salary of everyone in the company by £1,000 per annum, to counter the UK cost-of-living crisis. The increase took effect on April 1, coinciding with the National Insurance increase of 1.25 per cent, which will cost a Stone Junction team member on the agency’s mean salary £360 per year. In addition, Ofgem has announced a 54 per cent increase to the energy price cap, which will cost a typical household on a default tariff, £693. Food and…

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WeTravel Launches Engineering Tech Internship Program to Open Opportunity in Travel Tech

WeTravel—the world’s only integrated-payment and booking platform for multi-day travel businesses, used by thousands of organizers—is introducing today a paid Engineering Tech Internship Program in its business to hire workers who might not otherwise have opportunities in the tech field through peer recommendations, industry partnerships and active recruitment in communities. The inspiration for the paid Engineering Tech Internship Program came from Nubar Khalidova, one of WeTravel’s back-end developers, and her personal experience working as a woman in technology. She believes many people have “… the talent to succeed in technology…

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Increased Use of Technology and Product Personalization Fuel Investor Trust, CFA Institute Investor Trust Study Reveals

CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals, today published Enhancing Investors’ Trust – the 2022 CFA Institute Investor Trust Study, the fifth in its biennial series, which measures trust levels and explores the factors that drive trust in financial services among retail and institutional investors in 15 markets globally. The study reveals that trust in financial services has reached an all-time high. The study reveals five factors driving higher trust in financial services: strong market performance, fee compression, tech-enabled transparency, greater access to markets, and new personalized products. The…

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£1m-Plus Funding Boost To Help UK Charities Transform Lives

UK charity projects to tackle food poverty, break down barriers for people with physical and learning disabilities, support better mental health and help people into jobs and training will be able to reach more people than ever before thanks to a funding boost of more than £1 million from the ScottishPower Foundation. A total of 19 of the UK’s most inspiring and innovative charities have been awarded £1.1 million from the Foundation’s 2022 funding allocation to drive positive change across England, Scotland and Wales and give people and communities the…

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