Month: May 2025

Mastercard Foundation and UNHCR launch $300m partnership for refugee education and livelihoods

Stuart Mitchell

The Mastercard Foundation has announced a landmark $300 million strategic partnership with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, that will enable more than half a million refugees and displaced youth across Africa to complete their education and 200,000 young people to transition into dignified work by 2030. “This extraordinary commitment comes at a time of unprecedented displacement across Africa, and globally,” said Kelly T. Clements, UNHCR Deputy High Commissioner. “Its scale and long-term focus – on education for refugee children and youth, and on livelihoods for adults – lay the foundation…

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New Look onboards 100% of core suppliers to TrusTrace DIGITAL platform

Stuart Mitchell

New Look, one of the UK’s leading womenswear brands in the 18-44 sector, today announces the successful onboarding of its core supplier base to TrusTrace, the global leading platform for supply chain traceability and compliance data management. As of the end of April, 100% of New Look’s core suppliers are now live on the TrusTrace platform. Moving forward, New Look is also committed to ensuring that all future suppliers are onboarded to the platform. This milestone marks a significant step in New Look’s journey to use technology and data to…

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UK’s first hydrogen-powered live aircraft turnaround takes place at Exeter Airport

Stuart Mitchell

In a first of its kind for the UK, the trial, delivered by a partnership of Exeter Airport, TUI, Cranfield University, ULEMCo, MULAG and Boeing and supported by the UK Civil Aviation Authority’s Hydrogen Challenge programme, saw a TUI Boeing 737 passenger aircraft undergo a turnaround using ground support equipment powered by green hydrogen. The live demonstration involved a hydrogen-powered baggage tug, pushback tug and ground power unit. It is the first time in the UK – and possibly the world – that multiple pieces of hydrogen-powered equipment have been…

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Digital Inclusion Under the Microscope as Digital Poverty Alliance launches NHS Sector Inquiry

Stuart Mitchell

The Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA) has launched an inquiry into digital inclusion in the healthcare sector amid government announcements to allocate billions to digital transformation. At a time where healthcare is moving online, discerned by the 20 per cent decrease in physical GP services, it’s vital that the healthcare industry evolves in line with technological advancement – but whilst tackling digital exclusion and not leaving millions behind. With the NHS undergoing significant digital transformation under the current administration’s new ten-year plan, shifting towards digital-first services, the Inquiry seeks to understand…

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JLR Drives Over £100m Of Value From Reuse Initiatives To Cut Waste As It Transforms Its Industrial Operations For Electrification

Stuart Mitchell

JLR is reducing waste across its industrial operations in the UK and Europe through a £100m reuse, refurbishment, repurposing and recycling drive.   As its electrification transformation progresses to the next stage, with the upcoming launch of Range Rover Electric, JLR’s industrial operations are readying themselves for the next generation of electric vehicles and undergoing a revamp across all facilities. As a result, tens of thousands of pieces of equipment and tools – spanning from entire production lines to screwdrivers – have been put back in circulation, when possible, after…

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