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Asda carparks provide alternative location for vital breast screening services in England

Stuart Mitchell

A cross-sector collaboration with Breast Cancer Now, NHS England and Asda, will provide new, alternative locations for the mobile breast screening units, to be used by the NHS Breast Screening programme, run by NHS England. Asda has made their car parks, in specific regions, available, in a bid to increase convenience and visibility of vital breast screening services in England. The announcement was made as part of an Asda Parliamentary event, hosted by Matt Vickers MP, which focussed on supporting community organisations, utilising store space and fundraising for national charities.…

Descartes’ Study Reveals 60% of Consumers Quite/Very Interested in Sustainable Home Delivery Services

Stuart Mitchell

Descartes Systems Group, the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, released findings from its 2023 Home Delivery Sustainability Report: Consumers Expect More! survey, which examined consumer sentiment of retailers’ sustainability practices around their delivery operations. The survey found that only 43% of consumers felt retailers were doing a good job of using sustainable delivery practices. Over 60%, however, indicated they were quite/very interested in environmentally friendly delivery methods. Additionally, 59% said they are willing to act if they’re not satisfied with retailers’ sustainable delivery efforts. The study of 8,000 consumers across nine European countries, Canada and the…

Energy tech giant Kraken lands first US licensing deal with energy manager Tenaska Power Services

Stuart Mitchell

Kraken Technologies, one of the world’s fastest growing energy tech companies, has signed its first deal in the US with energy manager Tenaska Power Services (TPS). The initial implementation will manage certain TPS customer battery sites in Texas but could grow across the company’s US portfolio. This strategic collaboration will give TPS greater operational flexibility, enhance grid stability, and optimize its customers’ revenue streams in an increasingly dynamic energy landscape. Kraken’s cloud-based platform offers its clients end-to-end management of the whole energy supply chain, from flexible energy device management all…

2021 UK Exports of Advertising and Marketing Services Reach £15bn

Stuart Mitchell

The Advertising Association reports the UK exported £15bn in advertising and market research services in 2021, according to latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data. The figures highlight a strong rebound from 2020 and represent a 32.5% increase in year-on-year growth – the highest seen since Credos, the advertising industry’s think tank, began tracking the industry’s export figures in 2018. These new figures bring export value back in line with the industry’s pre-COVID trajectory, making the UK second only to the USA for exports worldwide. The surge in advertising exports…

ICO Sandbox publishes its exit report following work with ‘Good With’ – a startup aiming to give young adults fairer access to financial products and services

Stuart Mitchell

The ICO’s Regulatory Sandbox aims to support organisations who are creating products and services which utilise personal data in innovative and safe ways. Good With, a fintech and edtech start-up, entered the Sandbox as part of its work to develop mobile applications which will help educate young adults on personal finance. It plans to develop a Financial Virtual Assistant (FVA) app which will combine various personal data sources to produce a ‘financial readiness score’. Good With hopes this readiness score will help to provide the FVA’s users (18-24-year-olds), who might…