Day: 10 September 2026

Unity Trust Bank continues its growth journey with deposits exceeding £2bn for the first time

Stuart Mitchell

Unity Trust Bank’s half year results show its customer base reached a record high of over 11,800 while deposits surpassed £2bn for the first time. Organisations choosing business banking with Unity supported £155.7m in new lending in the first six months of 2026 – up seven per cent from the same period last year. Almost half of this financing met the ABC of Enterprise Impact ‘C – Contribute to Solutions’ grade, meaning the loans actively addressed social or environmental challenges. As the award-winning social impact bank continues to make a…

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Climate tech platform Zevero appoints Nick Donoghue as Head of Product

Stuart Mitchell

Carbon management platform Zevero has appointed Nick Donoghue as global Head of Product. Based in London, Nick brings nearly two decades of experience in corporate sustainability, supply chain management, and product development. As Zevero continues its rapid global expansion, he will be responsible for leading product development and accelerating innovation to meet growing client and industry demand.  Nick joins Zevero from Novata, where he served as Lead Product Manager. He previously spent 10 years at supply chain decarbonisation platform Manufacture 2030 (now Secaro), where he grew the team from inception…

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Effectiveness under threat in shift to social-first marketing

Stuart Mitchell

As brands pour ever more of their marketing budgets into social and creator content, new research from WARC warns that this strategy alone will not scale growth. The Pace Principle 2.0 finds that social and creator marketing – for all its speed and cultural relevance – hits three structural ceilings that no amount of additional content or paid media can break through alone.    The findings build on WARC’s landmark effectiveness study The Pace Principle, released last year, which found the most effective brands in Asia run at twin paces…

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In-House Creative Explored At 2026 BRAND-SIDE Conference

Stuart Mitchell

The unique opportunities and challenges faced by in-house teams is the focus of The One Club for Creativity’s upcoming BRAND-SIDE 2026 conference, taking place September 30-October 1 at the Hyatt Centric in downtown Nashville. The two-day conference features sessions for both experienced in-house leaders and those new to working at a brand.  The event focuses on the inner dynamics of best-in-class in-house creative departments, and provides an inside look at the tactics and cultures of the teams that build, maintain, and grow a brand’s presence in the market. Among the…

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Britain at risk of sleepwalking through the world’s next great resource crisis

Stuart Mitchell

From drought-stricken farmland in Bangladesh to shrinking freshwater reserves in Asia and growing concerns about water quality in North America, signs of growing pressure on the world’s water resources are becoming harder to ignore.   Climate change is making droughts longer and more severe in some regions. Floods are damaging water infrastructure in others. Conflict, population growth and rising industrial demand are placing further strain on supplies. Governments and businesses around the world are investing billions in the infrastructure needed to power artificial intelligence, increasing demand for resources such as energy, land and water. The UK is…

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