Day: 7 September 2025

ILO launches Global Policy Tracker on Digital Labour Platforms

Stuart Mitchell

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is launching a new global policy tracker to provide a comprehensive overview of legislative initiatives concerning digital labour platforms.  The growth of digital labour platforms has opened up new markets for businesses and created new jobs and income opportunities globally. In many countries, governments are taking steps — or are engaged in discussions — to regulate work on digital platforms. The global policy tracker is designed to equip governments, and employers’ and workers’ representatives, with information to facilitate discussions and foster decent work in the platform economy. The digital transformation of the workplace,…

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Families help unearth everyday treasures at home of Isaac Newton’s mother, close to the famous apple tree that inspired the scientist’s work on gravity

Stuart Mitchell

Archaeologists from the National Trust have revealed a selection of everyday objects from the site of a house built for Isaac Newton’s mother, in a field next to the famous apple tree which inspired some of his great scientific advances. Searching for the exact location of the house, the archaeologists discovered rubble from its demolition – and intriguingly some objects which might have been in the house when the Newton family was there. They included: decorative Staffordshire slip tableware along with other pottery pieces; a fragment of a 17th century…

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The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) is helping pave the sector’s way to a more sustainable food system with the release of its new Ambition 2030 member toolkits

Stuart Mitchell

FDF has announced the next phase of its Ambition 2030 initiative, which includes aims to help halve emissions across the entire agri-food supply chain by 2030. With food consumption accounting for over a fifth of the UK’s total carbon emissions; half of the UK’s Plastic Pacts targets not looking likely to be met; and 18% of food waste occurring during the manufacturing stage the stakes are high when it comes to sustainability. To help advance the sector’s progress further, FDF has now launched five new member toolkits covering each strategic…

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Frugalpac launches £5m investment round

Stuart Mitchell

Frugalpac, the British clean technology company behind the world’s first and only commercially available paper wine and spirits bottle, has today launched an equity fund-raising to raise up to £5m to support its next phase of global growth, including developing paper paint pots. Frugalpac, the British clean technology company behind the world’s first and only commercially available paper wine and spirits bottle, has today launched an equity fund-raising to raise up to £5m, using the crowdfunding platform Crowdcube, to support its next phase of global growth, including developing paper paint…

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New £13m nuclear programme to boost UK energy security through sustainable graphite innovation

Stuart Mitchell

The University of Manchester has been awarded a major grant to lead a new programme that will transform the lifecycle of graphite in nuclear energy – an essential material for the future deployment of nuclear power. The award brings together world-leading expertise led by The University of Manchester in collaboration with the Universities of Oxford, Plymouth, and Loughborough. Nuclear energy is expected to play a central role in the UK’s net zero goals as it emits nearly zero carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gas emissions – but it comes with challenges. The…

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