Mitesh Sheth, outgoing CEO of leading independent investment consultant Redington, has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours lists for services to diversity and inclusion within the financial services sector. Mitesh, who stepped back from his role as Redington CEO at the end of 2021 following […]
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AMRITPAL MAAN AWARDED AN OBE FOR HIS SERVICES TO CHARITY AND COMMUNITY
Amritpal Singh Maan, known to most as Amrit Maan, is among those named on the New Year’s Honours List 2022. Amrit has been awarded an OBE in recognition for his services to Charity and Community. Those who know Amrit will most likely know him as the MD of the institution […]
10 year old from Bolton climbs Ben Nevis for Charity!
10 year old Aamira Hajee from Bolton never stops and whoever knows her will know that she’s always up for a challenge. In late August 2021 she decided to challenge herself for a worthy cause by climbing Ben Nevis, the tallest mountain in the UK to raise funds for her brothers […]
Religious leaders stand united as COP26 gets underway
COP26 is underway, and as the conference officially opened, the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) joined Islamic Relief Worldwide and religious leaders from a range of faiths and traditions gathered in Glasgow to express shared, urgent calls for climate justice. Convening at Garnethill Synagogue on Sunday, religious leaders from no less […]
Cathay Pacific Pilots facing the heat of unemployment
Covid 19 pandemic brought dark black clouds of storm in the career of Cathay Pacific pilots . Hong Kong based airline Cathay Pacific decided to shut down it’s various overseas pilots base. Due to the pandemic many pilots have not been flying on duties since April 2020. Cathay said in […]
UK’s net zero strategy must deliver more help for switch to green manufacturing – academics
The UK government, trade bodies and multinational corporations must offer greater support to smaller businesses around making the transition to green manufacturing, academics have warned ahead of COP26 and following the publication of the UK’s net zero strategy today. Steven McCabe and Beverley Nielsen, Associate Professors at Birmingham City University […]
University of Birmingham partners with UAE Ministry policymakers to support national growth
University signs collaboration agreement with Ministry of Economy of the UAE University will build on its economic expertise to develop tools and measures based on economic analysis targeted for growth of the UAE economy Knowledge exchange, scholarships and research will support development of UAE talent and policy measures for national growth […]
Shakespeare’s works ‘inspiration’ for terrorists including 9/11 and Gunpowder Plot conspirators, new research reveals
New studies by Dr Islam Issa, Reader in Literature and History at Birmingham City University, examined how terrorists throughout the centuries have responded to Shakespeare’s writings, and why the iconic playwright’s work has been linked to acts of terror, or influenced terrorists. Among those found to have been influenced by […]
David Sullivan completes life-saving challenge
Twelve weeks, over 1,100 miles, a quarter of a million golf shots, more than 920 lost golf balls and an estimated 30,000 people trained in life-saving CPR skills. This is what former Armed Forces trainer, David Sullivan aged 58 from Oxted in Surrey, has accomplished after setting off from John […]
Nottingham brewery apologizes after Hindu protest over goddess Kali image on beer
Langley Mill (Nottingham, England) based Bang the Elephant (BTE) Brewing Co. has apologized after Hindu protest over using Hindu goddess Kali’s image on its East India Porter beer can; calling it “highly inappropriate”. BTE Brewing Co., in emails to Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, who spearheaded the protest, wrote: …we would […]