The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has introduced an additional green label under its Sustainability Disclosure requirements and investment label regime, after the UK regulator confirmed further details of its plans to tackle greenwashing of asset managers in a new policy statement today (28 November). to grab.
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Future proofing people’s retirements and high quality way of life is paramount
More than a retirement property, Dr Ed Gladman ensures that Adlington Retirement Living builds communities that centre around happiness, safety and physical wellbeing. He shares the journey of the family owned and run company with Business Matters …
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The UK is a global leader in fintech. Other than the US and India, there is no other country attracting the numbers of VC investment in the sector.London is the world’s fintech epicentre, with £7.8 billion thrown at its start-ups last year – more than...
The government plans a £4.5 billion green production increase from 2025
Billions of pounds earmarked to support clean technology manufacturing industries including electric vehicles, batteries, renewables, carbon capture and hydrogen over the next Parliament
- by Michael Holder (@michaelholder)
'Insufficient ambition and not enough action': UN warns world on track for...
Customers and businesses banking with HSBC UK are facing disruption on one of the busiest days for online purchasing after the lender's mobile and digital services were hit by an outage.
The group said it was investigating the situation “urgently” after thousands of customers complained about problems with online banking.
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London is a prime location for fintech unicorns – including Revolut, Wise and Oaknorth.Fintech companies are among the most successful in the world. According to fintechlabs.com, a respectable 334 fintech unicorns have been named in the 21st century alone.To save you a search through...
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt today underlined the importance of the green economy to Britain's long-term competitiveness as he unveiled a package of tax cuts and supply-side reforms aimed at revitalizing the country's flagging economy .
In his autumn statement to Parliament, Hunt promised that cuts to national insurance and the "largest...
Deliveroo drivers are not entitled to collective bargaining over pay and conditions, Britain's top court has ruled, in a blow to gig economy campaigners and the unions that represent them.
The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB) has been fighting through the courts since 2017 to classify Deliveroo delivery...
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt uses his autumn statement to announce plans for a venture capitalist fellowship program aimed at helping fund the UK's scientific and technological innovations.Britain aims to become a science and technology superpower by 2030, but there is a trend among promising British start-ups...
'Structural decline': China's carbon emissions could peak this year after record clean energy surge
Carbon emissions from the world's biggest polluter are on the cusp of a 'period of structural decline', a new analysis claims.
- by Stuart Stone (@steen26)
Octopus and housebuilder Bellway plan thousands of UK homes with 'zero...