Day: 1 October 2026

Atom bank launches ‘Natural Capital’ proposition to help unlock new housing through habitat creation

Stuart Mitchell

Atom bank, one of the UK’s top-rated banks on Trustpilot1, has launched a ‘Natural Capital’ lending proposition which will support development of new housing and infrastructure across the UK. This follows a successful initial rollout, where Atom bank provided secured funding for the creation of three Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) habitat banks. Across the three sites, 480 BNG units were created and registered with Natural England. This is enough to deliver the biodiversity net gain required for around 2,410 new homes.  Essential for housebuilding targets BNG habitat banks are areas…

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Care-experienced young people reveal the books that best reflect their lives, as Barnardo’s issues plea

Stuart Mitchell

With the new school term now in full swing, thousands of children and young people will be finishing library reading challenges. For many children, books offer the chance to discover new worlds and perspectives. They can also provide something equally important: the opportunity to see their own experiences reflected in stories about friendship, family, belonging and growing up. Barnardo’s supports thousands of children, young people and families in and leaving care. To mark the end of the summer reading season, the charity asked some of these children and young people…

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CIM and Henley Business School convene top marketers to solve leadership challenges and the AI ROI dilemma

Stuart Mitchell

As AI adoption shifts from experimentation to a core requirement, marketing leaders face mounting pressure to deliver measurable financial returns. To tackle this challenge, the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and Henley Business School are announcing their fourth annual collaboration event, themed: ‘The Human Edge: When AI is everywhere, what wins?’. Exploring AI and competitive advantage Co-organised by CIM, its South East Committee and Henley Business School, the event at the CIM Business Centre on Thursday 8th October will bring together marketing practitioners, business leaders and academics to solve a…

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Magenta launches accredited Carbon Literacy course for built environment communicators

Stuart Mitchell

Magenta Associates has launched a Carbon Literacy course built specifically for marketing and communications professionals in the built environment. Accredited by the Carbon Literacy Project, it gives communicators a confident grasp of the science and the practical skills to talk about climate action honestly, at a time when green claims face growing scrutiny. The built environment is both exposed to a warming climate and holds some of the largest opportunities to cut emissions – embodied carbon alone accounts for around 20% of UK built-environment emissions and is currently unregulated. Yet…

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The James Hutton Institute launches ambitious new Corporate Plan, laying out strategy from 2026 to 2031

Stuart Mitchell

The James Hutton Institute, Scotland’s pre‑eminent interdisciplinary research institute for sustainable land, crop and nature management, has launched a new Corporate Plan, detailing the organisation’s ambitions and strategy from 2026 to 2031. The new plan explains how the Hutton will continue to address the climate and nature crises, strengthen rural communities and support sustainable land, crop and natural resource management across Scotland and the wider world throughout the next five years. The new plan follows the 2025 BiGGAR Economic Impact Report, which found that every £1 invested by the Scottish…

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