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Neighbourhood health is taking shape
Neighbourhood health is about more than place, estates and digital connectivity. It is also about how services are commissioned, contracted and delivered, and how organisations position themselves to participate in emerging neighbourhood models of care. Over recent months, our neighbourhood health team has explored these issues in a series of articles for Healthcare Markets, examining the implications for estates, digital infrastructure and new contracting models.
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トップ マネー マーケット 気候テックVCと商業化のギャップ、崖に向かって加速する投資環境 アーリーステージの気候テック投資家は、売上がまだない企業に小切手を切る前に、常に基本的な問いを発するべきである。この技術がうまくいった場合、それを広く普及させる実際の事業を誰が資金面で支えるのか。 今週、今回も大盛況となった「ニューヨーク・気候ウィーク（NYCW）」での対話の中で、私は技術的ブレークスルーに対する多くの熱意を耳にした。すでに規模を拡大しているグロースステージの事業を支援したい投資家も数多く存在する。しかし、最初の商業的成功を実際に反復可能な販売へとつなげようとする起業家にとって、投資資金ははるかに見つけにくい。 反復可能な売上と実証された成長を達成することは、投資家にとってかなり重要であるはずだ。だからこそ、「最初の販売」から「10件目の販売」への移行を達成することは、投資家が喜んで後押ししたくなるようなバリュエーションの変曲点であるべきだ。 残念ながら、現時点ではまったくそうなっていない。...
Passing Credit Card Fees To Customers: What Changed Under The New Swipe Fee Settlement
Robert Day is the MP at weAudit.com and the author of The Great American Heist: How Credit Card Processors Steal Businesses’ Profits. American merchants paid $198.25 billion in credit and debit card swipe fees in 2025, up 5.9% from the year before. When an owner sees that line on a statement, the instinct is often the same: Pass it to the customer. A new swipe-fee settlement with Visa and Mastercard gives companies more room to do that than merchants have had in years.
Accelerating Over A Cliff? Climate VCs And The Commercialization Gap
That next step's a doozy... Universal Images Group via Getty Images Early-stage climate investors should always ask a basic question before writing a check into a pre-revenue company: If this technology works, who will finance the actual business that gets it into widespread use? In my conversations this week at the once again jam-packed NY Climate Week, I hear plenty of enthusiasm for technological breakthroughs.
Are Climate Allocators Ignoring Early Deployment Capital?
Group of participants in an obstacle course climbing a net. Draw your own analogy... getty Climate entrepreneurs are being quite clear about what they need, and are not getting: They need help putting more projects and equipment into the field. After all, that’s the only way they can grow. But venture capital can’t fund that on its own. A new founder survey out today from CTVC and Elemental Impact makes the point crystal clear.
Understanding Illinois’ Swipe Fee Law And What It Means For Merchants
Robert Day is the MP at weAudit.com and the author of The Great American Heist: How Credit Card Processors Steal Businesses' Profits. In July, the Merchants Payments Coalition (MPC) asked the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) to withdraw an interim final rule blocking Illinois from banning swipe fees on sales tax and tips.
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気候イノベーション企業のIPO（新規株式公開）をめぐる最近の盛り上がりは、当然のものだ。 気候関連企業がようやく、公開市場に確かな形でアクセスできる規模の事業へと成熟しつつある。また、電化、エネルギー・レジリエンス、脱炭素化へのエクスポージャーを提供する上場企業に対して、機関投資家と個人投資家の需要が明確に存在している。 いずれも朗報である。...
Why Are Climate Investors So Disconnected Right Now?
"Holy mixed metaphors, Batman!" getty The recent excitement about climate innovation IPOs is deserved. We are finally seeing more climate companies mature into substantial businesses that can credibly access the public markets. There is also clearly institutional and retail investor demand for publicly traded companies offering exposure to electrification, energy resilience and decarbonization. That is all good news. But we’ve seen this movie before.
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気候変動資本のサイクルが再び加速している。しかし今回は、誇大宣伝や政策への期待、技術革新によって推進されているのではない。それよりもはるかに根本的な要因、すなわち世界経済全体でのエネルギー価格上昇によって推進されているのだ。 この分野の経験豊富な観察者たちが最近、非常にタイムリーな報告書「気候変動資本リセット・プロジェクト」を発表した。3兆5000億ドル以上の資本を代表する数十人のリーダーへのインタビューに基づき、著者らは、この分野への資本配分戦略を根本的に変えなければならないと主張している。しかし、これらのインタビューが行われて以降、世界は突如として劇的に変化した。これにより、報告書に含まれる優れた考察に特別な緊急性が加わり、大小の投資家がその教訓を直ちに実践に移す必要性が生じている。 直接的な要因:システム全体でのエネルギー価格急騰 原油、天然ガス、電力市場全体で、価格は単に上昇しているだけでなく、変動が激しく構造的に脆弱な状態にある。...
When Small Deals Add Up: Antitrust Scrutiny of Serial Acquisitions in Veterinary and Dentistry, and Implications for Private Equity Investments
[co-author: Martin Graham] On 24 March 2026, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published its final report following its market investigation into veterinary services for household pets. The CMA’s final remedies include price lists, prescription fee caps, a price comparison website and disclosure of whether the practice is part of a larger corporate group. The CMA will issue implementing Orders in the next six months, with most remedies coming into force over the following 3-12 months.
When Small Deals Add Up: Antitrust Scrutiny of Serial Acquisitions in Veterinary and Dentistry, and Implications for Private Equity Investments
When Small Deals Add Up: Antitrust Scrutiny of Serial Acquisitions in Veterinary and Dentistry, and Implications for Private Equity Investments Copyright © 2026 The respective authors. Distributed by JD Supra, LLC. All rights reserved. On 24 March 2026, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published its final report following its market investigation into veterinary services for household pets. The CMA's final remedies include price lists,...
When Small Deals Add Up: Antitrust Scrutiny Of Serial Acquisitions In Veterinary And Dentistry, And Implications For Private Equity Investments
Proskauer Rose LLP are most popular: within Insurance topic(s) with readers working within the Banking & Credit industries On 24 March 2026, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published its final report following its market investigation into veterinary services for household pets. The CMA's final remedies include price lists, prescription fee caps, a price comparison website and disclosure of whether the practice is part of a larger corporate group.
The Climate Capital Reset Is Here: How To Do It Right This Time
A person points at a page on the Marinetraffic website that shows commercial boats traffic on the edge of the Strait of Hormuz near the Iranian coast, in Paris on March 4, 2026. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images The climate capital cycle is heating up again. But this time, it’s not being driven by hype cycles, policy enthusiasm or technology breakthroughs. It’s being driven by something far more fundamental: Rising energy prices across the global economy.
ガソリン価格急騰で再燃するEVシフト 商用フリートに好機到来 | Forbes JAPAN 公式サイト（フォーブス ジャパン）
問題はガソリン価格の高騰だけではない。その不確実性こそが問題なのだ。 産油地域で地政学的緊張が高まるたび、同じ経済現実がすぐに顔を出す。車両フリートに依存する企業（米国にはそうした企業が350万社ある）は、自らでは制御できない力にさらされ続けるのだ。イランに対する戦争をめぐる経済・物流の混乱が最新の局面でエスカレートし、すでに世界の石油市場に震えが走っている。アナリストは、世界の石油のおよそ5分の1が通過する要衝ホルムズ海峡を通る供給が、途絶する可能性があると警告している。 自社ロゴを入れたセダンから「クラス8」の大型トラックまで、車両フリートを運用する企業にとって影響は即座に現れる。原油価格のボラティリティは、ガソリンやディーゼル価格の上昇に素早く直結する。そして再び、内燃機関車に大きく依存する企業は、近いうちに高くつく教訓を学び直すことになるかもしれない。燃料費はフリート運用のコストのなかでも最も予測しづらい項目の1つであり、ひいては事業コストのなかでも同様だからだ。...
Another Gas Price Spike, Another Boost To EV Adoption?
It’s not just the high gas prices themselves, it’s also the uncertainty. Every time geopolitical tensions spike in an oil-producing region, the same economic reality quickly reasserts itself: businesses that depend on fleets of vehicles (there are 3.5 million such businesses in the U.S.) remain exposed to forces entirely outside their control.
Will Foreign EV OEMs Buy Ford And GM, Or Just Bypass Them Altogether?
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - JANUARY 09: BYD Sealion 7 battery electric mid-size crossover SUV on display at the AutoSalon press preview on January 09, 2026 in Brussels, Belgium. The 102nd Brussels Motor Show has firmly established itself on the international calendar, featuring over 60 car brands and more than 20 motorcycle brands, and visited by over 270,000 people.
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トップ 経済・社会 経済 2026年、気候変動投資は「正常化」へ回帰するか 2026年の幕開けとともに、北米ではこの分野の低迷に目を奪われがちだ。政策と規制の逆風、そして政策の混乱によって目に見えて動揺する気候変動専門投資家たち。 しかし、こうした地域的かつセクター特有のネガティブな見方は誤解を招くものだ。実際、2026年は安定化と再投資の年になる態勢が整っている。実のところ、2026年は待望の「正常化への回帰」を迎える可能性があると私は考えている。 市場は見出しではない 無視できない真実が一つある。2025年の不確実性は米国市場に大きく集中しており、より広範な市場のファンダメンタルズというよりも、政策の逆風と浅薄なジャーナリズムによって形作られたものだった。...
Will 2026 See A “Return To Normal” For Climate Investing?
Marching into 2026 like... ChatGPT As 2026 dawns, in North America it’s easy to fixate on the sector’s doldrums: policy and regulatory headwinds, and climate-specialist investors visibly shaken by policy turmoil. Yet that regional and sector-specific negativity is misleading. In fact, 2026 is poised to be a year of stabilization and reinvestment.
Climate Investing And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year
As we stand at the close of 2025, it’s tempting to consign the year in climate investing to the dustbin of disappointment. Headlines have been dominated by shrinking investment dollars, fundraising freezes, skittish specialist investors and massive retrenchment on policy. Yet beneath the surface are the seeds of next year’s growth: This was a year that tested climate private markets, not one that broke them.
Are We Celebrating The Wrong Kind Of Success?
Robert Day is the MP at weAudit.com and the author of The Great American Heist: How Credit Card Processors Steal Businesses' Profits. Recently, my company applied for the second time to a major business list. We didn’t make it. Before you assume this is sour grapes, let me be clear: I have enormous respect for the company that publishes this list and what it has done for entrepreneurship. The publication has helped countless founders dream bigger and think bolder.
Harpoon Brewery Reclaims Its Heritage with a Modern New Look for Its Flagship Craft Beer - Harpoon IPA
Harpoon Brewery Reclaims Its Heritage with a Modern New Look for Its Flagship Craft Beer — Harpoon IPA Heritage Meets Modern Design Elements Firsts Are Forever Can Reveal The design refresh proudly declares Harpoon IPA as “Boston’s IPA,” charting the brand’s next chapter of growth while honoring its legacy, loved by generations Seeing this design come to life is both nostalgic and energizing.
How Fundamental Investors Should Play The Looming “EV Market Collapse”
Look out below! Via ChatGPT The headlines about the U.S. electric vehicle markets are going to be ugly over the next six months or more. Don’t fall for it. Experienced investors know to look at underlying fundamentals when evaluating opportunities, and to take the long view. The U.S. market for EVs is in a classic “Trough of Disillusionment” right now, and it will feel even worse temporarily as price declines start to hit in earnest.
Checkbooks Open, But Risk-Off. What Should Climate Entrepreneurs Do?
Octopus as a businessman and his business plan for more money. Cartoon ilustration. getty The climate solutions sector got the clarity it was waiting for, at least in the U.S market. With the biggest questions around the One Big Beautiful Bill (OB3) now answered - which tax credits were taken away, what are the new the rules of the road - we're entering a new phase.
Three Point Shot - August 2025
On June 18, 2025, Nike, Inc. (“Nike”) and Dominic Ciambrone (“Ciambrone”), founder of the shoe customization outfit, The Shoe Surgeon, entered into a confidential settlement and agreed to an accompanying consent judgment in New York district court, signaling the end of a trademark dispute over The Shoe Surgeon’s alleged sale of unauthorized Nike-branded shoes and DIY kits to create custom lookalikes that had the sneaker and IP communities watching every step.
Silicon Valley Is Nearing A Breaking Point
American comedian Gallagher (born Leo Gallagher Jr) moving fast and breaking things at the Rosemont ... More Horizon, Rosemont, Illinois, July 10, 1981. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images) Getty Images “Move fast and break things.” The current mood in Silicon Valley seems to be dominated by this sentiment, originally popularized by Facebook.
This Is... Our Independence Day
The end of the beginning, not the beginning of the end getty “Mankind, that word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can’t be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interest. Perhaps it's fate that today is the 4th of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom. Not from tyranny, oppression or persecution, but from annihilation. We're fighting for our right to live, to exist.
What Merchants Should Know About Visa's Commercial Enhanced Data Program
Robert Day is the MP at weAudit.com and the author of The Great American Heist: How Credit Card Processors Steal Businesses' Profits. getty The credit card processing industry is undergoing a major change since Visa announced the Commercial Enhanced Data Program (CEDP), which went live in the U.S. in April. This new program replaces the legacy Level 3 and large ticket interchange structures with a system that rewards merchants for submitting cleaner, more accurate data.
Barrel One Collective Acquires Greater Good Brewing
Barrel One Collective Acquires Greater Good Brewing Dan Kenary (CEO B1C) and Paul Wengender (Founder Greater Good) Share a Pulp Daddy Dan Kenary (CEO B1C) and Paul Wengender (Founder Greater Good) Share a Beer New England’s Largest Craft Beer Collective Expands Portfolio with Nation’s Leading Imperial Beer Brand BOSTON, MA, UNITED STATES, June 25, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- New England’s Largest Craft Beer Collective Expands Portfolio with Nation’s Leading Imperial Beer Brand Barrel One...
What Are Climate Investors Saying About The State Of The Industry?
You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows getty It’s probably safe to say that 2025 has been an interesting year for climate investors everywhere. Especially in the United States. In many ways, we haven’t seen the sector face these kinds of headwinds – energy policy, trade policy, macroeconomic uncertainty – in many years.
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Intermountain Management Inc. ("Intermountain"), a company operating popular ski areas around Syracuse, New York, is appealing a state supreme court decision unsealed in March 2025 that granted summary judgment on the issue of liability in favor of the New York State attorney general.
Three Key Lessons From Warren Buffett That Climate Investors Must Learn
The news of Warren Buffett’s impending retirement has led to a flood of writings about his accomplishments and failings (yes, there have been a few), as the Oracle of Omaha holds a strong place in the hearts of many investors out there. Many over the years have looked for inspiration in his writings and actions as one of the most successful investors of our lifetime.
La suba de aranceles de Trump irrumpe en la economía con un impacto similar al del COVID Original
Las interrupciones en la cadena de suministro ya no son un riesgo hipotético: están ocurriendo. El impacto de los aranceles impuestos por Estados Unidos comenzó a sentirse con fuerza en sectores clave de la economía. Las llegadas a los puertos de la costa oeste se desplomaron y los precios de insumos esenciales volvieron a subir, como ocurrió entre 2021 y 2022.
COVID 2.0? What Investors Should Do About Supply Chain Disruptions
For private equity investors, supply chain disruptions aren’t a hypothetical risk now. They’re already here. The impact of US tariffs has begun to ripple through critical segments of the economy. Arrivals at west coast ports are way down, and prices of key material inputs are rising, similar to what happened in 2021-2022.
Policy Uncertainty: The Invisible Handbrake On Climate Investment
Climate investment in the U.S. is facing an unexpected roadblock at the moment, and it’s not technological, financial, or market-driven. It’s political uncertainty, which is causing investors to keep their powder dry at precisely the moment when momentum should be building. Let’s be crystal clear: The private sector is not abandoning decarbonization, clean energy and electric vehicles. As the most recent PwC “Annual State of Decarbonization” report shows: Far from it.
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Sport Squad, Inc. ("Sport Squad"), a pickleball paddle manufacturer, has found itself in a pickle after a Florida district court allowed various state consumer protection claims to proceed over allegations that Sport Squad sold pickleball paddles it believed were certified by USA Pickleball even though, due to an apparent administrative error and what Sport Squad deemed a later "wrongful" decertification, the final paddle products were ultimately uncertified by the national governing body.
Is “Waste-To-Value” The Next Big Private Equity Category?
In sustainability private equity, especially in the private infrastructure world, renewable energy and the electrification of transportation have gotten most of the headlines for years now. For good reason: These have been some of the fastest-growing, already-large infrastructure categories in the world, with no signs of slowing down. Here in the U.S., these categories have also been getting more recent headlines because of politics and policy shifts.
To Be Or Not To Be, That Is The (2025 Climate Solutions) Question
I considered writing a “predictions for 2025 in climate solutions private equity" post a couple of weeks back, but as recent events have shown, it really comes down to one key question, at least in the U.S.: What will happen regarding the Inflation Reduction Act and other key laws and regulations in 2025. There are really two scenarios. I describe them as the “Money Talks” and “BS Walks” scenarios.
Council Post: Credit Card Processing: How A Lack Of Transparency Can Erode Businesses' Bottom Lines
Robert Day is the MP at weAudit.com and the author of The Great American Heist: How Credit Card Processors Steal Businesses' Profits. Running a business comes with enough challenges—managing operations, serving customers and staying ahead of competitors. But there may be a silent drain on your profits that often goes unnoticed: A lack of transparency from credit card processors can cost businesses. Every time a customer swipes a card, a complex web of fees is triggered.
Council Post: Is The Card Account Updater (CAU) A Good Option For Your Business?
Robert Day is the MP at weAudit.com and the author of The Great American Heist: How Credit Card Processors Steal Businesses' Profits. Card account updaters (CAUs) are handy tools that credit card companies and payment processors offer to help businesses keep their payment info current. When a customer’s card changes—due to expiration or replacement—the CAU automatically updates the card information in the business’s system.
Council Post: Strategies To Help Lower Your Business's Credit Card Fees
Robert Day is the MP at weAudit.com and the author of The Great American Heist: How Credit Card Processors Steal Businesses' Profits. As a merchant, you've probably received calls from companies promising to lower your credit card fees. What's surprising is how they make these promises without even reviewing your processing statements. How is that possible?
The “Missing Middle” Is All Everyone Can Talk About, But What Does It Mean?
This year’s New York Climate Week (NYCW) was way over-subscribed. First of all, that’s amazing to see. No matter what’s going on with the economy, the election, geopolitical tensions, etc., the amount of interest in climate opportunities among investors, entrepreneurs and policymakers is unstoppable. Secondly, from here forward the NYCW folks really need to find another week to hold their events other than the same week of the UN General Assembly — hotels were really hard to come by.
Council Post: What Merchants Should Consider Before They Surcharge
Robert Day is the MP at weAudit.com and the author of The Great American Heist: How Credit Card Processors Steal Businesses' Profits. Some companies in the credit card industry have been accused of overcharging merchants or issuing unauthorized fees, which some say is possible due to a lack of regulation. If you think about it, when major credit card processors went public, they, like most publicly traded companies, were under pressure to deliver larger profits.
The Climate Venture Capital Story Has A Major Hole Right Now
Venture capital for climate solutions appears to have weathered the storm and is slowly re-emerging. That’s encouraging for sustainability entrepreneurs. Especially right now, as I hear from many of them that they are stressed about the challenging prospects of raising new capital over the next 12 months.
Council Post: Are Credit Card Processors Inflating Your Interchange Fees?
Robert Day is the MP at weAudit.com and the author of The Great American Heist: How Credit Card Processors Steal Businesses' Profits. Some credit card processors employ a deceptive tactic known as "enhanced billing." This involves initially charging a low discount rate and then inflating the actual interchange rate (which is the fee charged for processing a credit card transaction).
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A New Report On Climate Investments Has Important Insights
The CREO Syndicate, a large investor group with scores of family office and foundation members, released a very useful report summary today with tons of interesting data about private investments into climate solutions. My team at Spring Lane Capital co-founded CREO when we were still at a family office some years back, and two of my partners still serve on the CREO board.
What Investors Actually Need To Know About Electric Vehicle Markets
The headlines about electric vehicles markets are not great right now. “Porsche waters down EV ambitions, says transition will take 'years'” “GM Slashes Electric Targets By 50,000 Cars As EV Growth Slows” “Ford abandons goal to go all-electric in Europe by 2030” There’s plenty for everyone right now when it comes to electric vehicles in the news. If you think EVs are a sham and doomed, you have all the supportive headlines you need.
Three Point Shot - Trademark - United States
If the shoe fits, wear it. Or so the Second Circuit mused in a recent decision, in which it "re-boxed" an art collective's appeal challenging a preliminary injunction that barred further sales of a limited-edition art sneaker.
Ecosystem Collaborations Bring Full Stack Software Solutions to Develop Leading-edge Automotive Applications From Day One
By Robert Day, Director of Automotive Partnerships, Arm Built on the new Automotive Enhanced (AE) IP and virtual platforms, the full stack software solutions allow automotive partners to innovate straight away. March 13, 2024 -- The advent of the software-defined vehicle (SDV) means a complete rethink in vehicle design and development for the automotive industry.
Where Are The “First-Of-A-Kind” Investors For Climate Solutions?
There’s been a lot of talk recently among climate investors around the “first-of-a-kind” or “FOAK” challenge. Billions of dollars, both private and public, have been invested into the invention and development of new climate solutions — across the energy, waste, transportation, food and water landscape. And many amazing new innovations have resulted from this effort.
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