Year: 2023

Sky’s the limit! Octopus Energy Generation’s Sky fund surpasses £1bn mark

Stuart Mitchell

The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) commits £80 million to Octopus Energy Generation’s Sky fund (ORI SCSp). With this latest investment, the Sky fund has now raised over £1 billion, as it accelerates the drive towards a green energy system globally. ISIF, managed and controlled by the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA), is a sovereign development fund with a unique mandate to invest on a commercial basis in a manner designed to support economic activity and employment in Ireland. So far, ISIF has committed over €500 million as part of…

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M&S Food donates one million fresh and healthy meals to families in new partnership with FareShare

Stuart Mitchell

Marks & Spencer has recently announced a new partnership with FareShare, the UK’s largest charity fighting food insecurity and waste. Working with one of its biggest fresh food suppliers, 2 Sisters Food Group, M&S will donate one million freshly prepared, nutritious ready meals from its ‘Eat Well’ range in the eight weeks leading up to Christmas. In an industry first, the meals will be made at three 2 Sisters Food Group manufacturing sites and donated to FareShare directly from the M&S Food supply chain. M&S Food’s deep supplier partnerships and…

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Life-changing uses for old Laptops and Macs – social enterprise announces Christmas drive to get businesses, universities and colleges to sign up

Stuart Mitchell

SocialBox.Biz, an innovative tech-focused social enterprise based in the UK dedicated to repurposing unwanted computers and related technology, is embarking on a mission to deliver batches of laptops and functional IT to partner charities in November and December just before Christmas. This initiative aims to extend its reach to more organisations willing to contribute their unused IT equipment. Since 2014, donated technology has been pivotal in bridging the digital divide, providing refugees, homeless individuals, and older people who cannot afford computers access to IT technology and communication tools. Partner organisations…

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UK hospitality leaders unite to transform industry perceptions and attract the next generation

Stuart Mitchell

Five of the UK’s biggest hospitality powerhouses boasting a combined UK workforce of more than 110,000, are uniting to change perceptions of the industry and encourage more young people to consider a career in hospitality.  This autumn, Nestlé Professional, Compass, Sodexo, Elior and Punch Pubs along with UKHospitality Chief Executive Kate Nicholls and esteemed hospitality charity Springboard will take part in a series of nationwide Choose Hospitality school visits, aimed at reshaping perceptions of the hospitality sector and igniting a passion for hospitality careers among young people. Together, they aim…

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Specsavers Partners With Rick Astley To Launch ‘The Misheard Version

Stuart Mitchell

In partnership with Specsavers, Rick Astley has re-recorded his iconic hit single “Never Gonna Give You Up” with the lyrics people have misheard for years. Developed by creative agency Golin, ‘The Misheard Version’ sees Astley re-record his iconic 1987 smash hit ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’, using the ‘amusing lyrics’ that people have apparently misheard for years – such as “never gonna run around with dessert spoons” instead of “never gonna run around and desert you”, or even: “you wouldn’t catch nits from any other guy” and “your aunt’s been…

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