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GSR Launches Foundation with $10m Pledge Celebrating 10 years of Business

Stuart Mitchell

GSR, the global crypto market maker and liquidity provider, has pledged an initial $10m to establish the GSR Foundation, an independent grantmaking charity that will support non-profit organisations across the world. This donation serves to formalise and grow an integral and long-standing commitment by the firm to ESG and positive social impact, alongside building a best-in-class trading business. With a pedigree of established tech and financial leaders at the helm, GSR understands the importance existing and emerging technologies play in accelerating progress toward, and solving, some of the world’s problems.…

The Coca-Cola Company in North America Collaborates with Rise Up Crowdfunding LLC to Launch an Equity Crowdfunding Resource for Women and Minority-Owned Small Business

Stuart Mitchell

The Coca-Cola Company is proud to support the launch of Rise Up Crowdfunding. The equity crowdfunding portal empowers investors from the general public to invest in women and minority-owned small companies and startups looking to raise capital.  Coca-Cola’s commitment to supplier diversity focuses on maximizing procurement opportunities and proactively engaging and building partnerships with diverse suppliers. The Rise Up Crowdfunding funding portal offers a new solution for business owners to gain access to a process for raising capital from the crowd, which could be a community of their customers, fans,…

The Business Banking Resolution Service (BBRS) reaches its second anniversary

Stuart Mitchell

The Business Banking Resolution Service (BBRS), an independent and free service established to resolve disputes between SMEs and their bank, has now been in operation for two years. It gives eligible SMEs the opportunity to have their banking complaint heard, without the need for litigation or external legal support, with a view to delivering fair, reasonable and independent outcomes. The BBRS was established in response to the commitments made by the banking and finance industry following the Simon Walker Review, which identified the need for an independent service to resolve…

Ford Takes Next Steps to Transform European Business

Stuart Mitchell

Ford in Europe has announced it is taking the next steps in the transformation of its business, responding to rapidly changing market conditions and a growing field of electric vehicle competitors entering the market. The company today outlined actions that will revitalize its business in Europe and will enable Ford to profitably compete with a new line-up of iconic passenger vehicles, while also extending Ford Pro’s position as the best-selling brand in the commercial vehicle sector. “We are completely reinventing the Ford brand in Europe. Unapologetically American, outstanding design and…

Businesses, entrepreneurs, green growth groups and leading climate NGOs welcome EU Green Deal Industrial Plan and call on bloc to increase its speed, scale and focus

Stuart Mitchell

Over forty organisations representing business innovation, green growth associations, clean tech entrepreneurs, think-tanks, institutes and NGOs are calling on the EU to make a success of the proposed Green Deal Industrial Plan. Read the letter In a letter to EU leaders, signatories offer guidance and call for rapid action on ten priority measures before this week’s Special European Council meeting which will help chart the EU response to the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Together these suggested measures can ensure public funding is accessed more quickly across all EU budget…