Day: 12 November 2023

OnePlanetCapital leads £1.7m round into MDF Recovery

Stuart Mitchell

The OnePlanetCapital Climate Change EIS fund has led a £1.7m round into the groundbreaking technology company MDF Recovery. MDF Recovery has a patented solution for the only effective industrialized process to recycle Medium Density Fibreboard (MDF) at scale.  Over 75 million tonnes of MDF is being manufactured globally every year. At end of life, MDF is either incinerated or sent to landfill, making it a huge environmental problem and emitter of C02. The MDF Recovery solution means that recycled MDF can now be provided back to industry at a lower…

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WARC expands global strategy and effectiveness awards with five new regional competitions

Stuart Mitchell

Changes are being introduced to the WARC Awards for Effectiveness 2024, in association with LIONS, making the awards bigger than ever before. Now in their fourth year, the WARC Awards honour the best marketing campaigns from around the world that deliver strategic brilliance and effective impact to drive business success.  Five new regional awards: Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America, Middle East & Africa, and North America. Gold winners will compete at a global level  Entrants compete in one of five regional awards: Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America, Middle East & Africa, and…

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The IN Group Partners with the Change Awards to celebrate the unsung heroes transforming organisations

Stuart Mitchell

The IN Group, a collection of specialist talent brands, has partnered with the Change Awards to highlight the value of the change management profession. Change management is a structured approach many organisations employ to navigate transitions effectively and organisations with effective change management practices in place are 3.5 times more likely to outperform industry peers, according to recent reports. As platinum sponsors and partners in moving the industry forward, The IN Group will support the Change Awards in hosting various events and webinars, including the Change Talks, which are set…

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Charity partnership sets sights on delivering 170,000 breakfasts for hungry children

Stuart Mitchell

A charity partnership between esteemed children’s charity, Magic Breakfast, and sustainable cosmetics company Soap₂o, is set to provide 170,000 essential school breakfasts to children living in food insecurity nationwide. The partnership comes after figures from the Food Foundation highlight a 1.4m rise in the number of children living in food-insecurity across the UK since last April. September figures released from Kantar show that despite a recent drop in supermarket inflation, 95% of consumers are still worried about the impact of rising grocery prices, with further pressure added from concern over…

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Pre-retirement money woes set to worsen the gender pensions gap

Stuart Mitchell

Worries around pre-retirement living costs will likely worsen the gender pensions gap, as a greater number of women than men expect to access their retirement pot earlier than planned to support their income*. Research by Phoenix Insights, Phoenix Group’s longevity think tank, surveyed 2,500 adults over 45 who are not yet retired** and found 4 in 10 (40%) women expect to dip into their retirement savings earlier than planned, compared to 3 in 10 (32%) of men. This was despite 44% of women over 45 acknowledging they currently have insufficient…

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