Day: 18 June 2026

Tesco launches 2026 Agri-tech Challenge to help future-proof British farming

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco, in partnership with Leading Edge Only (LEO), the global innovation marketplace, has today opened applications for the 2026 Tesco Agri-tech Challenge, which invites agri-tech innovators from around the world to submit solutions that can help farmers and suppliers build more resilient, sustainable and productive food supply chains. Winners will receive support including direct access to Tesco’s Sustainable Agriculture and Fisheries team, alongside fast-track introductions to relevant supplier partners. The refreshed competition, previously known as the Agri T-Jam, aims to identify promising technologies that could help address some of the…

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EcoSafi launches a £600,000 clean cooking campaign, putting the Paris Agreement to work in Kenyan kitchens

Stuart Mitchell

Energise Africa, the UK’s leading impact investment platform for clean energy access in sub-Saharan Africa, has launched the first of two £300,000 clean cooking campaign, beginning with the first bond offer for EcoSafi, a Kenyan clean-cooking venture transforming household energy across the region. The first bond offer has already attracted significant investor interest, with over 80% of its £300,000 target raised since launch. The first of two bond offers is now open to UK retail investors, seeking to raise £300,000 with a minimum investment of just £50, a 24-month term…

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Michelin-starred chefs and music stars raise £140K for brain tumour charity

Stuart Mitchell

A ground-breaking multi-sensory dining event for 300 guests has raised more than £140,000 for The Brain Tumour Charity – the UK’s largest dedicated funder of research into primary brain tumours.  The concept for SENSORA was created by Mark Tuttiett, head chef at Da Terra in London’s Bethnal Green, and his brother James, in collaboration with The Charity and with music especially curated by electronic DJ duo Bicep.  Alongside Mark an incredible line up of chefs, holding six Michelin stars between them, cooked up a course each: Cal Byerley of Restaurant Pine in Cumbria; Holly Middleton-Joseph from Hausu in Peckham; Mark Donald from Glenturret in Scotland;…

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Winners Announced for the 18th Annual Shorty Awards

Stuart Mitchell

The Shorty Awards, the leading international awards program honoring excellence in digital and social media, tonight announced the winners of its 18th annual season at a live ceremony in New York City. Centered around this year’s theme, “Claim Your Era,” the 18th Annual Shorty Awards recognized a year where podcasts, episodic storytelling, and community-driven experiences emerged as the industry’s new center of gravity.  Among this year’s winners were The Walt Disney Company, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Spotify, e.l.f. Cosmetics, Chipotle, Crocs, White Claw, and Ritz-Carlton, alongside agencies including Edelman, Code and…

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Area 23 NY and NY Times Magazine Top 2026 ADC Global Creative Rankings

Stuart Mitchell

Area 23 New York and The New York Times Magazine New York are among the top firms in the Art Directors Club’s ADC 2026 Global Creative Rankings, based on point totals for wins at last week’s ADC 105th Annual Awards ceremony during Creative Week in New York. Area 23 New York was named 2026 ADC Global Agency of the Year on the strength of a Best of Discipline win in Pharma for EarliTec Diagnostics “The EarliShow”, working with Aardman Animations Bristol, an ADC Fusion Cube for Gavião Kyikatejê FC “Kyikatejê”,…

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