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£100 million investment in The Alan Turing Institute announced

Stuart Mitchell

The Chancellor has announced a £100 million investment in The Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s national institute for data science and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The investment will build on the work of the Alan Turing Institute (The Turing) to-date, helping it to bring the AI community together to address national and international challenges in areas such as: health environment and sustainability defence and security The Turing is funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) through the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). At the forefront UKRI Chief Executive Professor…

New advertising business group states it is set to disrupt the agency landscape

Stuart Mitchell

A new agency group is set to disrupt the agency landscape. Over the next 12 to 18 months, ONQOR Group intends to acquire agencies across the UK, EU and US creating a 1,500 headcount full service agency group. The new group, a venture in partnership with an investment fund, will be acquiring agencies across marketing, creative, production and PR space, based out of their incoming head office in Farringdon, London. ONQOR Group CEO Joe Kaul, says: “At present, the agency landscape is incredibly fragmented and ripe for a new group to service…

One in five adults did not act when concerned about a child being abused or neglected

Stuart Mitchell

Almost a third of UK adults (30%) have had concerns that made them think a child may be experiencing abuse or neglect. A You Gov survey of 3,999 adults, commissioned by the NSPCC, also reveals that one in five adults who have had a concern did not take any action. Survey results show that the main barriers that prevented people from acting are: 38% said they weren’t sure what was happening was abuse. 37% said they couldn’t prove it. 32% said they were worried they had got it wrong. 29%…

New Funding to Uncover and Celebrate Working Class Heritage

Stuart Mitchell

The untold stories of a bacon factory in Wiltshire, a Grade II listed former rhubarb farm in Leeds’ ‘Rhubarb Triangle’, and the tradition of pigeon racing in North Yorkshire are among 56 new projects that Historic England will be funding across the next 2 years to celebrate working class histories through its Everyday Heritage Grant programme. Historic England received over 380 applications and has chosen to fund 56 community-led projects that will explore diverse stories of people and places at the heart of English history. The total amount of funding…

Climate Group and partners join forces to push for a renovation revolution in Europe

Stuart Mitchell

The EU must prioritise the renovation of millions of buildings every year to meet its 2050 net zero target, Climate Group warns. The EU has enshrined in law net zero by 2050. Currently, EU renovation rates to make buildings more energy efficient are around 1% each year, meaning the EU has less than six years to get to the 2.5% annual renovation rate that the IEA says needs to be achieved by 2030 to be on track for net zero.  Today’s warning comes as Climate Group, in partnership with CBRE, Danfoss, ROCKWOOL, Signify, and VELUX, launches a new…