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Piyush Goyal and UK-India FTA Negotiation Teams Honoured at 10th Anniversary of IGF UK-India Awards

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Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Uday Kotak, the Premier League, Grant Thornton, Wockhardt, the British Asian Trust and the British Council were also recognised at the annual IGF UK-India Awards 2026 for their outstanding contributions to the UK-India corridor.

LONDON and NEW DELHI, June 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, and the joint UK-India FTA negotiating teams were honoured with the Exceptional Leadership in Elevating UK-India Ties award at the UK-India Awards 2026 on Thursday, 25 June 2026. Held at The Peninsula London during the 10th anniversary of India Global Forum’s UK-India Week, the awards recognised the leadership behind the historic UK-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA), following its ratification earlier this year.

Opening the evening, IGF’s Founder and Chairman Manoj Ladwa reflected on the journey of UK-India Week over the past decade, saying:

“Ten years ago, we set out to create a platform worthy of the modern UK-India relationship. One that connected leaders across business, government, capital, innovation and culture. A place where conversations became collaborations, introductions became investments, and relationships became lasting partnerships. That was the vision. And I called it – perhaps ambitiously – a Winning Partnership. I believed it then. I believe it even more tonight.”

The ceremony brought together senior ministers, high commissioners, diplomats and global business leaders to celebrate the individuals and institutions that have helped strengthen the UK-India partnership and advance it into a new phase of economic cooperation.

Biotechnology pioneer and Chairperson of Biocon Group Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw was presented with the Lifetime Contribution to UK-India Relations award for her global leadership in science and entrepreneurship. The financial corridor’s deep capital flows were celebrated next as banking titan Uday Kotak received the award for Exceptional Leadership in UK-India Financial Services, delivering his acceptance via a special video message.

Grant Thornton was honoured for its Decade of Contribution to Consulting, recognised for shaping advisory excellence and influential corridor research. The evening’s narrative smoothly transitioned from economic engines to societal impact, honouring forces that deliver meaningful progress beyond the boardroom. Wockhardt was recognised for its Decade of Contribution to Lifesciences and Health Resilience, particularly through vaccine infrastructure, while the British Council was honoured for its Decade of Contribution to Education.

The diaspora’s vital role was cemented with the British Asian Trust receiving the award for A Decade of Contribution to Social Impact, followed by the Premier League, which was celebrated for connecting millions of Indian fans to British football through grassroots youth initiatives like Premier Skills.

The gala reached its peak as the focus returned to the architects of the trade deal. In a rare and powerful public moment of joint celebration, the UK-India FTA Negotiating Teams took the stage together to receive their Exceptional Leadership in Elevating UK India Ties award, earning a standing ovation for the years of tireless determination spent navigating complex policy chapters across changing governments.

Concluding the evening, the final Exceptional Leadership in Elevating UK-India Ties award was presented to Chief Guest Piyush Goyal, India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, by IGF Founder and Chairman Manoj Ladwa and UK Business and Trade Secretary Peter Kyle MP.

Accepting the honour, Piyush Goyal said:

“I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that this will be a success, and this CETA will become a template, a role model for many other free trade agreements in the future.”

The historic evening drew to a close with a grand finale group photograph of all laureates on stage, marking a decisive, unified entry into the next decade of the modern UK-India partnership.

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Perkins Coie and Ashurst Finalize Combination, Creating Ashurst Perkins Coie – A Firm Built for What’s Next

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NEW YORK, June 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Perkins Coie and Ashurst today announce the successful completion of their combination, forming Ashurst Perkins Coie, a globally integrated law firm with differentiated strengths in technology, energy and infrastructure, and financial services. The legacy firms both bring strong financial momentum and a shared tradition of innovation, including early integration of AI. Now combined, Ashurst Perkins Coie has a footprint of 52 offices across 20 countries and regions, over 950 partners and 3,500 client-facing practitioners, with flagship hubs in Seattle, London, Sydney, and New York.

Capitalizing on its deep and broad experience with the key sectors and technologies shaping the future, Ashurst Perkins Coie will seamlessly advise the companies leading that charge, whether in negotiating complex transactions, handling complicated litigation, or interpreting intricate regulations. As the world’s foremost financial institutions, energy companies, and tech innovators navigate the trends and issues defining tomorrow’s global business landscape, Ashurst Perkins Coie will be at their side.

As previously announced, Bill Malley and Paul Jenkins are Global Co-CEOs of Ashurst Perkins Coie, with Karen Davies and Brian Eiting as Global Co-Chairs.

Bill Malley, Global Co-CEO, said: “With the launch of Ashurst Perkins Coie, we are focusing on the sectors driving global economic transformation – particularly technology, energy and infrastructure, and financial services, all of which will be central to our strategy. As AI brings these sectors closer together, we are uniquely positioned to help clients navigate this convergence so they can move forward with confidence.”

Paul Jenkins, Global Co-CEO, said: “Ashurst Perkins Coie enters the market with a clear ambition: to be the leading global advisor to the companies shaping the future economy. We have built a firm with the scale, capability, and sector focus to combine deep global market insight with practical execution, helping clients tackle complex, cross-border challenges.”

Karen Davies, Global Co-Chair, said: “At Ashurst Perkins Coie, we know that our success will be defined by our people – that’s why we’re building the global destination for top talent. Across our offices, practices, and sectors, our lawyers and business professionals share a commitment to collaboration, sound judgment, and delivering for our clients. Those values will define how we navigate an evolving marketplace together.”

Brian Eiting, Global Co-Chair, said: “From the early foundations of the aerospace industry, to establishing the blueprint for NewLaw, innovation is our tradition. With our experience and insight at the forefront of technology, Ashurst Perkins Coie will continue to build upon a centuries-long legacy of enabling progress.”

Ashurst Perkins Coie provides integrated solutions through eight divisions reflecting market opportunity, client needs, and the firm’s breadth of distinctive sector, practice, and operational capabilities. Additional information about the Ashurst Perkins Coie Global Leadership Team and Global Board can be found on the Ashurst Perkins Coie website.

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About Ashurst Perkins Coie
Ashurst Perkins Coie is the global law firm for the future economy. With 3,500 client-facing practitioners across 52 offices worldwide, the firm advises leading organizations in technology, energy and infrastructure, and financial services – three critical industries at the center of economic transformation. Combining global scale, sector insight, and technological capability, Ashurst Perkins Coie helps clients navigate change and unlock opportunity. For additional information about Ashurst Perkins Coie, please visit: www.ashurstperkinscoie.com.

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Mid-Year Comfort Upgrade Season: A Better Way to Support Everyday Life with Oxygen Concentrators

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NEW YORK, June 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — As the year reaches its midpoint and summer temperatures rise to their peak, many individuals and families naturally begin reassessing their daily routines, looking for ways to improve comfort, convenience, and overall quality of life. For those who rely on oxygen concentrators in daily living, this is often the moment when small upgrades can make a meaningful difference.

Whether at home, during family gatherings, or while going out for daily errands and outdoor activities, having a reliable and easy-to-use oxygen concentrator setup plays an important role in maintaining independence and confidence throughout the day.

Across many real-world user experiences, one consistent insight emerges: it is not just about oxygen delivery performance, but about how seamlessly the device fits into everyday life. Quiet operation, portability, ease of handling, and flexible usage scenarios all contribute to a more comfortable and less restrictive experience.

For many users and families, the goal is simple—continue living actively, stay connected with loved ones, and move through daily routines with greater ease and reassurance.

Introducing the Mid-Year Comfort Upgrade Season

To support this mid-year lifestyle transition, VARON is launching its Comfort Upgrade Season, a limited-time campaign designed around selected oxygen concentrators that support everyday use, home comfort, and mobility-focused lifestyles.

This seasonal event brings together a curated selection of models and configurations chosen for their practicality, usability, and suitability for both indoor and outdoor scenarios. The focus is on helping users find more comfortable and adaptable solutions for their daily needs, while also enjoying added seasonal value.

During the Comfort Upgrade Season, customers can enjoy:

Up to 40% off select VARON oxygen concentratorsFree gift card included with eligible purchasesComplimentary cannula and accessory gifts with selected ordersSpecial bundle configurations designed for different usage needs

These offers are designed not only to provide seasonal value, but also to make it easier for customers to access more flexible and well-matched solutions for their lifestyle.

Designed for Real-Life Daily Comfort

The oxygen concentrators featured in this campaign are selected with everyday usability in mind. From quiet operation at home to flexible mobility support during daily activities, each product is intended to integrate naturally into the user’s routine.

For some, this means maintaining comfort during long periods at home. For others, it means having the confidence to step outside, visit family, or complete daily errands without added complexity. In both cases, ease of use and reliability remain central to the experience.

A Mid-Year Moment for a Better Daily Routine

Mid-year is often a natural checkpoint. It is a time when many people reflect on the first half of the year and make thoughtful adjustments for the months ahead. For users of oxygen concentrators, this can mean upgrading equipment, improving comfort, or simply exploring more flexible options that better match current needs.

Rather than treating it as a single purchase moment, the Comfort Upgrade Season is positioned as a lifestyle opportunity—an invitation to improve everyday comfort with added value and carefully selected options.

Explore the Comfort Upgrade Season

The Mid-Year Comfort Upgrade Season is available for a limited time only. Explore selected oxygen concentrators, discover special bundle options, and enjoy exclusive seasonal savings designed to support everyday comfort, mobility, and independence.

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Greenhouse and hipages Group Win the 2026 TIARA Long-Term Partnership Award

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A decade-long collaboration between the hiring platform and the Australian online tradie marketplace has driven a 38% reduction in time-to-fill and $2.8M AUD in agency savings

SYDNEY, June 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Greenhouse, the leading hiring platform, announced it has been named the winner of the 2026 TIARA Talent Acquisition & Talent Tech Awards (ANZ)’s Long-Term Partnership Award with customer hipages Group, Australia and New Zealand’s top platform connecting homeowners with trusted tradies and helping build better lives for everyone. The award recognises talent acquisition (TA) teams that have built a strong, long–standing partnership with their technology provider for at least five years, demonstrating sustained success, continuous improvement, and shared transformation.

Selected for its structured hiring methodology, Greenhouse supports hipages’ ability to grow as a long-term strategic partner. Together, the two built a data-led recruitment framework that addresses hipages’ challenges of scalability, time-to-fill benchmarks, and quality of hire across all regions, and in turn elevating its TA team into a true strategic function. Greenhouse’s timely on-the-ground presence, backed by an experienced and growing team across Sydney and Singapore, has been a key strength in servicing the region and ensuring customers like hipages receive the dedicated, localised support they need.

“As employers navigate an increasingly complex hiring landscape, it’s more important than ever for TA teams to stay agile and keep optimising how they work,” said Tom Hyde, Greenhouse’s Head of Sales – APAC. “Over ten years, our partnership with hipages has been transparent, collaborative, and deeply aligned on where the future of talent acquisition is headed, all qualities that have led to our successful collaboration.”

“It was twice the thrill for hipages as we also won the Best Candidate Experience award (second year running) and this is very much enabled by the Greenhouse platform,” said Jodette Cleary, Chief People & Culture Officer, hipages Group.

For over a decade, Greenhouse and hipages’ TA team have partnered on key company initiatives, spanning hipages’ acquisition of Builderscrack and expansion into the Philippines and Vietnam. Over that time, the two organizations have co-designed a structured, data-driven hiring framework that helped hipages reduce time-to-fill by 38% (from 49 to 31 days) between FY24 and FY25, increased Quality of Hire scores by 10% in FY25, and saved an estimated $2.8 million AUD in recruitment agency fees.

The recognition follows a year of public collaboration between the two companies, including a joint keynote at the Australian Talent Conference 2025, a customer webinar, and a published case study detailing the partnership’s impact. It also builds on hipages’ existing recognition at the TIARA ANZ Awards, where the company took home the Candidate Experience Award in 2025, joining past honorees including HSBC Australia, DXC Technology, and Abano Healthcare.

About Greenhouse:
Greenhouse is the leading hiring platform on a mission to make hiring work for everyone.

Greenhouse helps more than 7,500 companies, including HubSpot, Anthropic, Gong, Coinbase, and the NFL, to get measurably better at hiring, for every role, every team, and every candidate. Our industry-leading, AI-powered software supports every stage of the hiring process, from sourcing to interviewing to onboarding. Greenhouse’s structured hiring approach enables internal alignment and confident, data-backed decisions, giving companies everything they need to hire top talent quickly, consistently, and fairly.

Greenhouse has won numerous awards, including Fortune Best Workplaces, Inc. Magazine Best Workplace, Glassdoor #1 Best Place to Work, Forbes Cloud 100, Deloitte Technology Fast 500, Inc. 5000, and TIME Best Inventions, and is consistently ranked the #1 ATS on G2 across Overall, Enterprise, Mid-Market, and EMEA categories.

© 2026, Greenhouse Software, Inc. All rights reserved. “Hire for what’s next,” “The/Your all-together hiring platform,” “Talent Makers,” “Real Talent,” “Strong Yes,”and the G Logo are trademarks of Greenhouse Software, Inc.

About hipages Group
hipages Group is an online tradie marketplace and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform connecting trade businesses with residential and commercial consumers through its platforms hipages Australia and hipages New Zealand (Builderscrack). To date, nearly 5 million Australians and New Zealanders have used hipages Group to change the way they find, hire, and manage trusted trade businesses, providing more work to over 35,000 subscribed customers. hipages Group’s proprietary all-in-one platform for tradespeople, ‘hipages for business’, is key to the Company’s strategic evolution from marketplace to platform. The platform helps tradespeople build better businesses by managing their whole workflow from lead generation through to payment and completion. Find out more at www.hipages.com.au

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