Day: 4 May 2024

Top 10 UK housebuilder commits to reducing carbon emissions by more than half by 2032, as annual results are announced

Stuart Mitchell

Keepmoat, one of the UK’s leading partnership homebuilders, has released its Group financial results for the year ending 31 October 2023. The business has once again performed well delivering a record number of new homes and a strong financial result against the backdrop of economic uncertainty, which characterised much of the year.  Keepmoat Key Stats at a glance: Revenue increased by over 11% to £864.6m (12 Months to October 22: £778.1m) EBITDA  £101.4m Average selling price increased by 3.4% to £211,000 Delivery of 4,074 new homes Continuing 5-star builder status…

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Search engines most used sources of information for policy makers

Stuart Mitchell

New research from the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has found that traditional media and search engines are dominant sources for policy makers looking for evidence-based information. Published today, the report’s findings demonstrate that issuing press releases, publishing articles on websites, and sharing information on social media should form part of a wider policy engagement strategy. Authored by Dr Caroline Wood, Research Communications Manager at the University of Oxford, the report – ‘Communicating evidence to policy makers – what works best?‘ – surveyed 132 policy makers across the UK. It…

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Thousands of potentially fraudulent banking copycat websites reported in 2023, Which? warns

Stuart Mitchell

More than 2,000 suspected banking copycat websites were reported in 2023 alone, new Which? research has found, as the consumer champion calls for new legal duties to force domain registrars to do more to prevent these scams appearing in the first place.  Banking copycat websites masquerading as real banks in a calculated attempt to part unsuspecting consumers from their hard-earned cash has been a persistent scam for a number of years.  The consumer champion teamed up with the DNS Research Federation (DNSRF), an Oxford-based non-profit that does data-driven policy research…

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The Carbon Trust’s first podcast series explores insights on Net Zero innovation

Stuart Mitchell

Can the aviation industry ever reach Net Zero? Are we on the brink of a green steel revolution? In the latest episode of the Carbon Trust’s podcast series, our hosts explore emerging solutions to the hardest decarbonisation challenges, with Faustine Delasalle, CEO of Mission Possible Partnership, Rob Trezona, Co-founder of Kiko Ventures, and Ross Bruton, Head of Ventures at the Carbon Trust.  The discussion concludes the four-part series on the innovation needed to achieve Net Zero. Throughout the series, Simon Retallack and Nina Foster from the Carbon Trust’s Net Zero…

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PRCA Digital Awards 2024 winners announced

Stuart Mitchell

The PRCA Digital Awards 2024 ceremony held at Andaz London Liverpool Street brought together PR professionals from all over the UK to acknowledge and honour the exceptional standards set in the digital field of the industry. This year’s sponsors include CARMA, Polimonitor, and Reuben Sinclair. We are proud to recognise the excellent achievements of these individuals and teams. Best Digital Marketing Campaign Highly Commended: ilk agency and Generation Logistics Generation Logistics Digital Marketing Campaign Winner: Fight or Flight Frontify Real or Not Real Best Social Media Campaign – sponsored by…

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