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Channel 4 and Lloyds Bank launch Black in Business offering more than half a million pounds of free advertising to Black entrepreneurs

Stuart Mitchell

Channel 4 and Lloyds Bank have launched Black in Business – a new initiative to help boost up to five Black owned businesses with TV advertising airtime worth £100,000. In addition to receiving £100,000 worth of airtime, each of the five business owners will also have a creative bespoke TV advert made for them and six months of tailored marketing and business support from Channel 4, Lloyds Bank and social enterprise, DOES. The initiative will offer support to small businesses that are new to TV advertising and comes after research…

47 businesses urge EU leaders to stick with 2035 phase out of petrol and diesel cars

Stuart Mitchell

The European Union’s status as climate leader is at stake as a group of Member States, led by Germany, seeks to overturn a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2035, 47 businesses warned in a letter to the European Commission. Read the letter here. Any delay of the ban would have a devastating impact on air quality and the environment across the bloc, and would call into question the EU’s ability to reach its climate commitments, Climate Group added. The 47 leading businesses, including Volvo…

ILO equips women-led micro and small businesses with digital skills with Microsoft’s support

Stuart Mitchell

More than 30,000 women entrepreneurs in 10 countries will be helped to digitize their businesses, through a programme developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO) with Microsoft Corporation’s support. The Women in Digital Business (WIDB) initiative aims to bridge the gender digital gap and support women-led micro- and small businesses through tailored support services that take into account their different cultural, educational, and financial challenges. The ILO’s International Training Centre in Turin (ITC-ILO) has helped design the programme, which includes a range of learning paths that provide participants with a…

Three new sustainability-focused businesses join CISL’s startup hub in Cambridge

Stuart Mitchell

Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) welcomes three new, impact-led businesses as official members of its Canopy innovation hub.  Rural Voices, ClimateNode and Archipel&Co are the latest to join the entrepreneurial community, with a range of focus from standing up for farming communities in the world’s supply chains and using AI to calculate climate risk, to consulting with businesses to accelerate the transition to a sustainable economy.  Sam Laakkonen, Director of The Canopy at CISL said:  “It’s exciting to see the different kinds of sustainability startups drawn to joining the Canopy: from those working in social responsibility to using…

We Mean Business Coalition Pen Letter to G7 Ministers

Stuart Mitchell

Ahead of an important summit in Hiroshima, Japan, the We Mean Business Coalition has penned a letter to global leaders urging them to make significant climate commitments. The coalition highlights several issues such as the war in Ukraine, inflation, food and energy crises, extreme weather events, and biodiversity loss, which are causing suffering among Ukranians. The group emphasizes that transitioning to clean energy and achieving net-zero emissions can not only improve citizen well-being but also boost the economy. The coalition urges the leaders to acknowledge the fact that fossil fuels…