Day: 1 May 2026

Howden announces new charity partnership with The Felix Project and FareShare

Stuart Mitchell

Howden have announced a new two-year national partnership with The Felix Project and FareShare, bringing together a shared commitment to tackling food waste and food insecurity across the UK.  The partnership will see Howden employees volunteering at The Felix Project and FareShare locations nationwide, making a valuable contribution to the redistribution of surplus food to communities who need it most. Alongside hands on volunteering, Howden colleagues will raise vital funds through a range of fundraising activities, charity events, challenges and employee-led initiatives, to help strengthen the charities’ reach and impact.   The UK’s leading food redistribution charity,…

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Discovery Education Releases Free Resources to Help Educators Bring 250 Years of U.S. History into Classrooms

Stuart Mitchell

Discovery Education, the edtech leader trusted by 45% of U.S. K-12 schools, today introduced a free collection of cross-curricular resources designed to help educators engage students with the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence, while delivering inquiry-driven, standards-aligned instruction.  The downloadable resource guide equips educators to turn this historic milestone into meaningful civics and social studies learning across all grade bands. Featuring ready-to-use resources that connect history to real-world topics, the collection supports flexible instruction while building students’ critical thinking, literacy, and civic awareness skills. The sampler draws from both Social Studies Essentials and Discovery Education Experience, giving any educator a hands-on feel…

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£50m research and innovation programme launched to make Britain’s streets safer for everyone

Stuart Mitchell

New research and innovation programme set as part of the Safer Streets Mission. Funding to go to projects to help reduce violence against women and girls, and knife crime. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has launched five Safer Streets Challenges backed by £50 million of funding, as part of the government’s £500 million Research and Development Missions Accelerator Programme (R&D MAP). This will bring together researchers, innovators, communities, policing and frontline practitioners to tackle the crimes that affect people’s daily lives, using research and innovation to create solutions. The R&D…

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Are Scotland’s roads too quiet? New study reveals Britain’s best areas for roadside ads

Stuart Mitchell

A new study from promotional products company Pens.com has identified the UK’s most trafficked roads, revealing the best locations for businesses to maximise exposure through roadside advertising. The analysis of Department for Transport data shows that Hounslow in west London offers advertisers the greatest potential audience, with an average of 232.2 vehicles passing over each kilometre of road every hour – nearly 50 times more than the least trafficked area. Hillingdon, another west London borough, ranks second with 225.2 vehicles per hour per kilometre of road. This high volume reflects…

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