Full-service law firm Shakespeare Martineau has welcomed its first-ever cohort of solicitor apprentices, who have now embarked on a six-year journey to becoming qualified lawyers.

Wolverhampton Business School at the University of Wolverhampton is inviting employers, training providers, and education leaders to its upcoming Festive Breakfast on Local Skills, taking place in December 2025.

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has signed a facility agreement with NBS Bank Plc Malawi (NBS Bank) to provide NBS Bank with a US$100 million Afreximbank Trade Facilitation Programme (AFTRAF) line of credit to support the bank’s growing trade finance portfolio and enable it to continue to effectively meet its trade clients’ needs.

ISS, a leading global workplace experience and facility services company, has signed a seven-year contract with COWI, a global engineering and consulting business headquartered in Denmark, to deliver innovative and sustainable integrated facility services.

Amidst UK consumer concern around inflation, interest rates and a potential recession, leading professional body and educational charity the CISI will join the Financial Planning Standards Board Ltd (FPSB) and its global network to support the ninth annual World Financial Planning Day (WFPD), on 8 October 2025.

The African Development Bank Group Board of Directors has approved a $10 million trade finance transaction guarantee facility for Exim Bank Tanzania Limited to unlock and de-risk trade deals.