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Four Black-owned businesses secure over half a million pounds of Channel 4 advertising airtime and business mentoring from Lloyds

Stuart Mitchell

Four Black-owned businesses have been selected as the winners of Channel 4’s Black in Business 2024 initiative, backed by Lloyds to connect Black entrepreneurs with the transformative power of TV advertising and business mentoring. Now in its second year, the 2024 edition saw an exceptional standard of applicants, with an original shortlist of 20 businesses in the running for a combination of free advertising airtime, business support and their own Channel 4 TV advert. The four winning businesses of Black in Business 2024 will each receive £150,000 worth of TV…

Tetra Pak wins Environmental Initiatives Award at SEAL Business Sustainability Awards 2025

Stuart Mitchell

Tetra Pak has received the Environmental Initiatives Award at the 2025 SEAL Business Sustainability Awards for its Approach to Nature framework. The SEAL (Sustainability, Environmental Achievement and Leadership) Award recognises Tetra Pak’s framework as an industry-leading example of how major companies can leverage their expertise to guide and collaborate with partners throughout the value chain to realise their own sustainability goals and address regulatory requirements.   Tetra Pak launched its comprehensive Approach to Nature framework in 2024 to address nature-related impacts across the value chain. This ambitious approach is built…

HRC Foundation’s 2025 Corporate Equality Index Shows Enduring Business Commitment to LGBTQ+ Inclusion & Equitable Benefits

Stuart Mitchell

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRCF) released the 2025 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the nation’s leading benchmarking survey and report measuring company policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality for more than two decades. A record 1,449 businesses were rated this year, including 72 first-time CEI participants. In total, 765 companies – a 28 percent increase from last year – earned a score of 100 and will be honored with HRC Foundation’s Equality 100 Award as Leaders in LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion.  “At its core, the work of the CEI is…

ABB to acquire power electronics business of Gamesa Electric

Stuart Mitchell

ABB has announced it has signed an agreement to acquire the power electronics business of Gamesa Electric in Spain from Siemens Gamesa to strengthen ABB’s position in the growing market for high-powered renewable power conversion technology. The acquisition will significantly expand ABB’s existing power conversion product and service offering to renewables OEMs and end users, with new portfolio and engineering assets that will support the profitable growth strategy of ABB’s Motion business area. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions and is expected to close in…

Sodexo ends 2024 with more accolades for business excellence and commitment to social impact

Stuart Mitchell

Sodexo UK & Ireland closes 2024 with more wins and industry recognition demonstrating its market leading position for delivering excellence in food and FM services and as a purpose-led business. At the recent annual edie net-zero awards Sodexo was named winner in the Net-Zero Strategy of the Year category for its net zero 2040 roadmap and the Supply Chain Decarbonisation Project of the Year category for its net zero supply chain engagement strategy. The awards recognise and reward the individuals and organisations spearheading the UK’s transition towards a net-zero carbon economy.…