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RNIB revolutionise data and analytics capabilities to provide better services and support

Stuart Mitchell

The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has partnered with leading digital transformation provider and data and AI specialist, ANS, to implement a modern data platform in Microsoft Azure. This will support RNIB in maturing their organisational data and analytics capability and, the pursuit of their vision to create a world without barriers where people with sight loss can lead full lives. Since being founded in 1868, RNIB has worked tirelessly to help blind and partially sighted people build the essential skills, knowledge, and confidence they need. The charity…

Co-op becomes first retailer to launch a £1m ‘warm spaces’ funding boost to support vital services and keep UK communities warm this winter

Stuart Mitchell

As winter looms, Co-op becomes first retailer to launch a £1 million ‘Warm Spaces’ funding boost, to provide urgent support to local community organisations across the UK, as they help communities navigate rising energy costs during the cold winter months. This funding comes as a welcome boost, with insight from more than 1,600 local community causes across the UK showing that nearly two-thirds (59%) of projects have experienced a shortfall in funding over the past 12 months. Over three- quarters (84%) of local causes have seen an increase in demand,…

Retailers and returns services potentially breaking law on returns for disabled consumers, Which? finds

Stuart Mitchell

Some retailers and returns services are potentially breaking the law over returns for disabled consumers, a Which? investigation has found. Which?’s joint survey with the Research Institute for Disabled Consumers (RIDC) found one in two (49%) disabled consumers who needed to return an item in the last year experienced issues. One in seven (14%) said they could not return the item via the retailer’s suggested returns method, while one in five (22%) felt the retailer did not make reasonable adjustments to facilitate their return. One in two (50%) of those…

METRON, DALKIA, BNP PARIBAS and Amazon Web Services launch “Decarb Fast Track”, a unique European programme to help decarbonise the industrial sector thanks to energy efficiency savings

Stuart Mitchell

The companies METRON, DALKIA, BNP PARIBAS and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have joined forces to launch the “Decarb Fast Track” programme. The programme has been jointly designed to subsidise easy access for selected corporates to an energy management and optimisation toolbox for industrial facilities, and aims to save up to 100,000 tons of CO2 by equipping 100 industrial companies with an energy management and optimisation solution. Against the backdrop of climate change and rising energy costs, METRON, DALKIA, BNP PARIBAS and AWS have decided to collaborate and mobilise their advanced…

CAP – Don’t pay later when it comes to advertising ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ services

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called:  Don’t pay later when it comes to advertising ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ services. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. Buy Now, Pay Later’ (BNPL) services are a form of credit that allows consumers to borrow money to purchase goods and pay for them later – typically in several equal instalments or as one repayment after…