Day: 24 October 2026

GFI launches new Transition Finance Lab to drive investment into UK infrastructure, economic transition and growth, and support first-of-a-kind projects

Stuart Mitchell

The Green Finance Institute (GFI) today announces the launch of the GFI Transition Finance Lab, a new initiative established to accelerate investment into first-of-a-kind (FOAK) transactions for companies and projects critical to the UK’s clean energy and industrial resilience. Delivered in partnership with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and external partners, the GFI Transition Finance Lab, or ‘GFI Lab’, will bring together project sponsors, government, public finance institutions, regulators and private capital to address the specific barriers preventing transition-critical projects from securing investment and helping turn…

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Seven in ten Londoners would invest their own pension or savings to help tackle homelessness – more than anywhere in the country

Stuart Mitchell

New regional analysis from the Better Society Index, Better Society Capital’s research platform exploring impact investment in public services, reveals that seven in ten Londoners (70%) would be willing to invest their pension or savings in solutions to social issues such as homelessness, provided it had minimal negative impact on returns. That is the highest of any region, and well above the UK average (52%). The Index findings also point to mounting pressure in the capital. London councils recorded the steepest rise in homelessness spending of any UK region, up…

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From seed to screen: how Out of Home locations are being returned to nature

Stuart Mitchell

An experiment to ‘rewild’ Manchester’s Chester Road Roundabout by the outdoor advertising company Ocean Outdoor is creating a blueprint to help transform other city centre roadside locations into rich, biodiverse habitats. Over the hottest, driest summer on record, gardeners transformed a plot of around one acre surrounding one of Manchester’s busiest interchanges from parched grass into a flowering meadow, introducing a new feeding ground and home for insects and birds. Landscapers populated the areas surrounding three large format outdoor advertising screens with more than 150 species of high density nectar…

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Strategic thinking is the biggest skills gap for marketing, WFA research

Stuart Mitchell

World’s biggest companies say there’s an acute shortage of people who can deliver judgement, prioritisation and insight development. Brands need to upskill existing staff rather than trying to hire their way out of the problem AI is redefining the way brands work with talent and develop their skill base, requiring a new approach that balances human skills with technical expertise, according to a new report from the WFA and its strategic partner mediasense. The report identifies strategic thinking as marketing’s biggest talent gap, with 72% naming it as the No.…

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Purina highlights the importance of supporting UK farmers as weather pressures grow

Stuart Mitchell

Pet care company Purina is highlighting the importance of supporting UK farmers to help them adopt regenerative practices, as new research points to increasing British farming from difficult weather and rising costs.   Through Landscape Enterprise Networks (LENs), Purina is providing funding, technical expertise and practical support for 110 UK wheat farmers across 8,000 hectares of UK farmland, helping them to trial measures including cover crops, crop rotation, reduced soil disturbance, improved nutrient management and tree and hedgerow planting. New research commissioned by Purina among 100 UK farmers reveals 87%…

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