All posts tagged: partners

Cheltenham’s Skyborne Academy partners with DHL Air UK

Cheltenham’s Skyborne Academy partners with DHL Air UK

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Cheltenham-based Skyborne Airline Academy has announced it is to partner with DHL, one of the world’s biggest logistics companies, on a fully funded Integrated Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) programme for DHL Air (UK) employees.   The first candidates have joined Skyborne to begin their UK CAA Integrated ATPL course, before becoming First Officers on one of DHL Air (UK)’s fleet of Boeing aircraft.  Lee Woodward, CEO, Skyborne, said: “At Skyborne, we’re strong advocates of making pilot training accessible for all, regardless of background. Our partnership with DHL Air (UK) continues this drive to remove financial barriers to entry and encourage greater diversity in our industry.” Debbie Moore, Head of Talent Management and Development, DHL Air (UK), added: “We’re delighted to be partnering with Skyborne for our first ever sponsored flight training initiative. With graduates from the academy already flying with DHL, we knew we were making the right choice.  This cadet pilot programme gives an opportunity of a lifetime to our team members who could not otherwise afford the dream. Thanks to our funding and Skyborne’s expertise, our employees …

Cain International partners with Olympian Homes to expand PBSA platform with St James House redevelopment in Bristol

Cain International partners with Olympian Homes to expand PBSA platform with St James House redevelopment in Bristol

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Alternative asset manager Cain International which specialists in real estate investment solutions, has acquired St James House in Bristol which it will redevelop with Olympian Homes. The scheme, set to be the tallest in Bristol at 28 storeys, will provide 574 beds and bring Cain’s Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) equity platform to a total gross development value of approximately £800 million. This represents the delivery of 3,000 beds across the UK, following the development of five PBSA assets completed in 2023. Developed by Olympian Homes, St James House will comprise two towers: one featuring 442 beds, and the other offering 132 larger co-living units. The asset will include approximately 15,000 sqft of premium amenity space, including a cinema room, a fitness suite, study areas, a games room, and group dining facilities. The development is targeting BREEAM Excellent and WiredScore Platinum certifications. Completion is targeted for the 2028/29 academic year. RG Group have been appointed to deliver the scheme, further extending the relationship between Olympian & RG group. Located in the heart of Bristol, St James …

Horror Studio Blumhouse Partners With Meta to Use Its AI Video Generator

Horror Studio Blumhouse Partners With Meta to Use Its AI Video Generator

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Blumhouse goes AI. Speak No Evil A major horror movie studio seems to be turning into a bit of an industry horror show. As Variety reports, Blumhouse Productions, best known for franchises like “Halloween” and “The Purge,” has announced a partnership with Meta that grants it access to an early version of the tech company’s recently-unveiled video generation AI model Movie Gen. “Artists are, and forever will be, the lifeblood of our industry,” Blumhouse founder and CEO Jason Blum said in a statement, as quoted by Variety. “Innovation and tools that can help those artists better tell their stories is something we are always keen to explore, and we welcomed the chance for some of them to test this cutting-edge technology and give their notes on its pros and cons while it’s still in development.” Given the major rifts between artists and AI companies, though, the fact that yet another movie studio is promoting the technology will undoubtedly prove controversial. Happy Death Day Blumhouse, which is also behind acclaimed features like “Get Out” and “Split,” …

Holman Bibles partners with Our Daily Bread Publishing to launch The CSB Oswald Chambers Bible

Holman Bibles partners with Our Daily Bread Publishing to launch The CSB Oswald Chambers Bible

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Featuring the full text of My Utmost for His Highest devotional, study helps, and complete text of the Christian Standard Bible NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Holman Bible Publishers is partnering with Our Daily Bread Publishing (ODBP), the authorized publishing partner for The Oswald Chambers Publications Association, Ltd., to create a new Bible resource, The CSB Oswald Chambers Bible, which arrives October 2024. This new volume features the full text of Oswald Chambers’ devotional My Utmost for His Highest (published in the easy-to-understand Modern Classic Edition) along with a reading plan, study helps, and the full text of the Christian Standard Bible (CSB). “Oswald Chambers’ beloved devotional My Utmost for His Highest has inspired millions of readers since it was first published in 1924,” says Andy McLean, Publisher, Holman Bible and Reference. “Featuring Chambers’ timeless reflections on Scripture found throughout his collected works, alongside the highly reliable and readable CSB translation, the Oswald Chambers Bible is sure to point readers to Jesus – the One who deserves our very utmost!” Chriscynethia Floyd, Vice President and ODBP Publisher, echoes that …

The 3 Most Devastating Ways Partners Gaslight You

The 3 Most Devastating Ways Partners Gaslight You

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As a therapist, I frequently hear painful stories from clients who are grappling with the confusing and often subtle dynamics of gaslighting in their relationships. Gaslighting, a form of emotional manipulation, is designed to make someone question their perception of reality. It’s insidious because it can be so gradual and covert that you don’t even realize it’s happening—until your sense of self is deeply damaged. Below are the three most common ways relationship partners gaslight each other, drawn from real-life counseling experiences. 1. Denying Your Reality: “That Never Happened” Esther, a 32-year-old marketing professional, came into therapy because her once-loving relationship with Matt had turned toxic. “I would bring up things he said or did—things I know happened,” Esther whispered. “But every time, he’d look at me like I was crazy. He’d say, ‘I never said that,’ or ‘You’re imagining things.’” Over time, Esther began questioning her memory, often apologizing for things she wasn’t even sure she did wrong. This form of gaslighting involves outright denial of facts. Matt’s constant refutation of Esther’s experiences slowly …

BMW partners with Redwood Materials for EV battery recycling

BMW partners with Redwood Materials for EV battery recycling

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Battery recycling specialist Redwood Materials has just gained another major automaker as a client, signing a partnership with BMW of North America. Redwood will help recover and recycle end of life lithium-ion cells and their rare materials from BMW Group marques like MINI and Rolls-Royce. Today’s latest partnership announcement only helps solidify Redwood Materials’ current status as the industry leader in battery recycling. The company, founded in 2017 by Tesla co-founder and former CTO JB Straubel, has found quick success in creating a more circular economy around lithium-ion batteries and their precious materials, such as cobalt, copper, lithium, and nickel. In the past few years especially, Redwood has earned the business of several major OEMs, including Ford, Volkswagen Group, and Volvo. In turn, Redwood has recycled those brand’s batteries and resold their materials and components to companies like Panasonic and Toyota for a new life in EVs. The company is quite good at what it does, too. In 2023, it was touting 95% efficiency in a battery recycling pilot, which helped it garner huge government …

AI SPAC iLearningEngines Plunges 55% After Hindenburg Alleges “Artificial Partners And Artificial Revenue”

AI SPAC iLearningEngines Plunges 55% After Hindenburg Alleges “Artificial Partners And Artificial Revenue”

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Shares of SPAC iLearningEngines, Inc. are down more than 50% heading into the cash open after short seller Hindenburg Research alleged that the artificial intelligence company has “artificial partners and artificial revenue”. In the short seller’s second report this week, following its piece on Super Micro Computer, the firm headed by Nathan Anderson said that iLearningEngines “was borderline insolvent when it merged with a desperate SPAC sponsor that was quickly running out of time to get a deal done.” The report focuses on an unnamed “Technology Partner” crucial to AILE’s business, stating “nearly all of company’s revenue and expenses (~96% of revenue and ~100% of CoGs in 2022) seem to be run through an undisclosed related party, an unnamed ‘Technology Partner’.” The company then told the SEC the technology partner was not a related party in a comment letter, Hindenburg says. It alleges that it “unmasked” the partner to be a related party…one which, at one point, shared a listed address with AILE’s CEO’s home residence.  Hindenburg writes: The American contact for “Technology Partner” Experion was listed …

Morgan Sindall partners with Reading’s measurable.energy

Morgan Sindall partners with Reading’s measurable.energy

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measurable.energy has launched a strategic partnership with national construction group Morgan Sindall. The Reading firm provides small power device monitoring, energy savings and carbon reduction solutions to help eliminate wasted small power – energy consumed by devices left on standby or idle. This wasted energy can account for up to 40 per cent of total electricity usage in commercial buildings and 95 per cent in site accommodation. measurable.energy’s system includes dual-gang wall sockets, fused spurs for higher-powered devices, extension leads for desks and an online dashboard for monitoring, reporting and remote control. These tools will be applied across Morgan Sindall’s own offices and site accommodation. Dan Williams, co-founder and CEO of measurable.energy, said: “We’re thrilled to partner with Morgan Sindall to advance sustainability efforts within the construction and infrastructure sectors. “Our collaboration will empower Morgan Sindall to achieve significant and tangible reductions in energy consumption and carbon emissions, aligning with their commitment to lead the industry in reducing environmental impact.” Graham Edgell, director of sustainability and procurement at Morgan Sindall, added: “We’re pleased to integrate …

OpenAI partners with Stack Overflow to make models better at coding

OpenAI partners with Stack Overflow to make models better at coding

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Discover how companies are responsibly integrating AI in production. This invite-only event in SF will explore the intersection of technology and business. Find out how you can attend here. A week after partnering with the Financial Times, OpenAI has announced it is teaming up with Stack Overflow – the open platform to discuss and vote on common coding challenges – to improve its models’ ability to handle programming-related tasks. Under the engagement, the terms of which remain undisclosed, OpenAI developers will have access to Stack Overflow’s vetted technical knowledge, code and community to improve the performance of their models. The partnership will also make ChatGPT better at programming, both companies confirmed in a statement. Since ChatGPT has taken the world by storm, Stack Overflow traffic has declined as programmers are using ChatGPT to help them complete code and address questions and issues, reducing the need for Stack Overflow. The development also comes more than a year after Stack Overflow banned ChatGPT-generated code and content on its platform over concerns of inaccurate information hitting the site. …

Investor’s Lawsuit Accuses 777 Partners of 0 Million Fraud

Investor’s Lawsuit Accuses 777 Partners of $600 Million Fraud

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The American investment firm 777 Partners, whose bid to buy the English Premier League soccer team Everton has been on hold for months amid doubts about the company’s finances, was accused by one of its lenders on Friday of running a yearslong fraud scheme worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The accusation came in a lawsuit filed Friday in federal court in New York by Leadenhall Capital Partners, a London-based asset management company. It said that it had provided 777 Partners with more than $600 million in financing, only to discover that roughly $350 million in assets serving as collateral for the loans either were not in 777’s control or had already been pledged to other lenders. The lawsuit is the latest, most serious claim against 777 Partners, which has for years made bold assertions about its financial health — it has previously claimed $10 billion in assets — even as it was trailed by a string of lawsuits, corporate failures and unpaid bills. The suit could have immediate implications for 777’s stalled bid to …