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CAP Code extended to ensure consistency in regulation of online ads

Stuart Mitchell

The Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP), author of the UK Code of Non-broadcast Advertising and Direct and Promotional marketing (the CAP Code), has extended the remit of the Code. From today it applies to non-paid-for online marketing communications targeted at UK consumers by advertisers who are subject to licensing conditions from a UK public authority or other UK public body requiring compliance with the CAP Code – even where the advertiser does not have a UK-registered company address. This amendment brings into scope social media marketing communications targeted at UK…

Most British businesses do nothing to support charities

Stuart Mitchell

Most of Britain’s businesses do nothing to support charities, new research by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) has found. Only 25% of British businesses donated to charities in the form of time, cash or goods last year. CAF’s Corporate Giving Report 2025 reveals that from those that do support charities, an estimated £4.2 billion was donated by British business in 2024, with nearly half donated by FTSE 100 companies. Charitable donations by FTSE 100 companies totalled £1.85 billion last year. If donations had kept up with inflation, charities would have…

Largest social science festival shows research’s impact on lives

Stuart Mitchell

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Festival of Social Science returns for its 23rd year, offering hundreds of free events across the UK. From artificial intelligence transforming workplaces to climate protests reshaping politics, social scientists are uncovering the forces that define modern Britain. Now everyone in the UK can discover these insights first-hand. Forty-one universities and research organisations will open their doors from 18 October to 8 November to reveal how social science research influences everything from government policy to workplace culture. The future of work under the microscope…

LEGO Manufacturing Vietnam signs direct power purchase agreement with VSIP to support sustainability ambition

Stuart Mitchell

LEGO Manufacturing Vietnam today announced it has signed a Direct Power Purchase Agreement (DPPA) with Vietnam–Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) as part of its ambition to operate the new factory, which opened in April 2025, on 100% renewable energy. The agreement is for the first large-scale renewable energy solution specifically designed for industrial use in Vietnam. Under the agreement, renewable electricity generated from VSIP’s large-scale solar panels will be supplied to the factory through an industrial battery energy storage system, enabling a stable and consistent renewable electricity supply. Jesper Hassellund Mikkelsen,…

Low-emissions hydrogen projects are set to grow strongly despite wave of cancellations and persistent challenges

Stuart Mitchell

Amid steady rise in world hydrogen demand, global pipeline for low-emissions projects has shrunk, but robust expansion to 2030 still expected Despite a recent wave of project delays and cancellations, low-emissions hydrogen production is still set to see robust growth to 2030 as the nascent sector continues to develop – though at a slower pace than the burst of announcements earlier this decade had previously signalled – according to the latest IEA analysis. The 2025 edition of the IEA’s annual Global Hydrogen Review, published today, tracks developments across the hydrogen…