Day: 21 December 2025

Lenovo Leads the Circular IT Shift with a New Chapter to Extend Lifecycles for Aging Tech

Stuart Mitchell

Lenovo recently introduced Lenovo Certified Refurbishment Services, a new addition to its IT sustainability and lifecycle solutions portfolio, available in EMEA. The service gives organizations the ability to refurbish their existing Lenovo devices, restoring useful life and enabling redeployment to deliver cost savings, maximize IT budgets and reduce e-waste. Most businesses still follow a binary model for their device lifecycle and refresh strategies: extend the warranty or buy new. However, Lenovo’s Certified Refurbishment Services introduce a powerful third option, refurbishing existing Lenovo devices to be reused or repurposed internally, to…

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Co-op and The Hacking Games Launch Inspire Session to Help Young People Use Digital Skills For Good

Stuart Mitchell

Co-op and The Hacking Games have recently hosted the first Inspire Session at Co-op Academy Walkden in Salford, marking the first in a planned series of events under their partnership to help young people put their digital skills to constructive use and explore ethical career paths in cybersecurity. The event brought together 300 students aged 13–14 for a live session with leading cybersecurity experts including Mivy James, Chief Digital and Technology Officer at the Ministry of Defence, Greg Francis, cyber offender prevention consultant at 4D Cyber Security and former SOCA…

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GoodGym named Grand Prix winner of the 2025 Sky Zero Footprint Fund

Stuart Mitchell

Sky Media has announced charity GoodGym as the overall winner of the Sky Zero Footprint Fund, receiving an additional £500,000 in media value to further amplify their sustainability mission. Chosen from six inspiring finalists – Fussy, GoodGym, GUPPYFRIEND, PÄRLA, Tony’s Chocolonely, and WRAP – the Grand Prix winner was announced at a special showcase event held at Soho Hotel on Thursday afternoon. Each brand had the opportunity to share their final TV creative along with a pitch to why they felt they should secure the additional funds. All finalists were…

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Skipton, Age UK and National Energy Action unite to expose the escalating crisis of fuel poverty

Stuart Mitchell

An ice sculpture of classic two-up, two-down terraced homes has been unveiled – shining a spotlight on the millions of people living in fuel poverty across the UK. The installation designsymbolises households left ‘frozen’ by the harsh reality of rising energy costs, many of whom will feel the chill this winter despite any forecast changes to today’s [Friday 21 November] energy price cap. Measuring three metres wide and one and a half metres tall, the sculpture was displayed in London’s Borough Yards to capture the attention of passers-by It is…

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SocialBox.Biz Calls on Companies to Support Reuse of Expired Windows 10 Laptops and Desktops

Stuart Mitchell

With support for Windows 10 ending, SocialBox.Biz is urging UK businesses to embrace responsible tech disposal as part of the European Week for Waste Reduction, which runs from November 22 to 30 this year. SocialBox.Biz, a Community Interest Company, collects usable laptops and IT equipment, upgrades them with open-source software for reuse, and then distributes them through its network of national charity partners. Nearly half of all Windows computers worldwide, and millions here in Britain, still run Windows 10. Because many older devices do not meet the strict hardware criteria…

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