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South Wales Argus
30-05-2025
- Health
- South Wales Argus
Blaenau Gwent Council awarded £250,000 for nature project
The Nature Networks Fund has given the grant to Blaenau Gwent Council to help understand the value and connectivity of ecosystems across Gwent. The project will explore the benefits these ecosystems provide for both people and nature. The Nature Networks Fund is a collaborative programme between The Heritage Fund, Welsh Government, and Natural Resources Wales, set up to address ecological challenges. In partnership with Natural Resources Wales and other regional organisations, the council will create plans for resilient ecological networks. These plans will guide habitat improvements, nature recovery actions, and highlight the importance of environmental wellbeing. Helen Cunningham, cabinet member for place and environment, said: "We are committed to tackling the climate and nature emergencies declared by the council. "This support from the Nature Networks Fund, distributed by the Heritage Fund in partnership with the Welsh Government and Natural Resources Wales, will enable us to work in partnership to make positive changes for people and nature here in Blaenau Gwent and across the region." Steve Morgan, head of southeast Wales operations at Natural Resources Wales, said: "This project will enable us to achieve significant acceleration towards building ecosystem resilience through a Resilient Ecological Networks (RENs) approach across Gwent, helping us better understand and maximise the fundamental role and value of nature and ecosystem services that underpin our wellbeing, prosperity, culture, and identity across our distinct landscapes and habitats. "The project also highlights the commitment in Gwent to working collaboratively and in partnership to support nature's recovery, contributing towards meeting our Corporate Plan Vision and Wellbeing Goals where biodiversity is protected, valued, restored, and wisely used so that nature and people genuinely thrive together in a way that is sustainable for future generations. "I look forward to seeing the successful progress of this project as it develops in contribution to our collective efforts in taking urgent action to halt and reverse the decline in biodiversity at the pace and scale needed, building ecosystem resilience as a nature-based solutions approach to climate change and pollution, as well as enhancing opportunities and benefits for the health, wellbeing, and resilience of nature and people equitably and inclusively in Gwent." The Nature Networks Fund aims to strengthen the resilience of Wales's network of protected land and marine sites, supporting nature's recovery while actively encouraging community engagement. Improving the condition of these protected and connected sites will enable them to function better as nature networks. Nature networks are vital, resilient areas where habitats and species can thrive and expand. Restoring connectivity in these networks will prevent further declines in species and habitat condition, support nature recovery, and enhance capacity to adapt to the climate crisis. This fund will also support the active involvement of communities in and around protected sites. Strengthening engagement with nature has direct health and wellbeing benefits for people, as well as improving the resilience of the sites themselves. The protected sites network covers Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, and other Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs). For further information about protected areas of land and sea, visit the Natural Resources Wales website.
Associated Press
28-04-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Global Cybersecurity Market To Reach $1 Trillion Annually By 2031
Cybersecurity Ventures anticipates 15 percent year-over-year growth over the next five years 'Global spending on cybersecurity products and services is expected to reach $454 billion annually (USD) in 2025, up from $260 billion in 2021.'— Cybersecurity Ventures SAN FRANCISCO, CA, UNITED STATES, April 28, 2025 / / -- The imperative to protect increasingly digitized businesses, governments, schools, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and consumers from cybercrime will propel global spending (1) on cybersecurity products and services to $1 trillion (USD) annually by 2031, according to the 'Cybersecurity Market Report' due out from Cybersecurity Ventures and Evolution Equity Partners on Jun. 16, 2025. Global spending on cybersecurity products and services is expected to reach $454 billion annually (USD) in 2025, up from $260 billion in 2021. 'In advance of the report, we are releasing our cybersecurity market prediction today at the RSA Conference 2025 in San Francisco' says Steve Morgan, founder of Cybersecurity Ventures. For 32 years, the RSA Conference has been a driving force behind the world's cybersecurity community. AI is expanding a $2 trillion total addressable market or TAM (2) for cybersecurity providers, according to a 2024/2025 study by McKinsey, a global management consulting firm and trusted advisor to the world's leading businesses, governments, and institutions. 'One of the areas that is extremely compelling is the opportunity to build a security layer around agentic AI,' says Richard Seewald, founder and Managing Partner at Evolution Equity Partners. 'If you think about the volume of agents that will be put into the market, the opportunity to create cybersecurity companies that defend and protect that layer are significant.' McKinsey's study is particularly relevant to the CISOs and vendors, the cybersecurity buyers and sellers, who made a pilgrimage to this year's RSA Conference. 'Based on the organizations we have served, cyber budgets are still under tremendous pressure to reduce cost when, in reality, they are often under-budgeting when framed in terms of the organization's risk profile,' says Justin Greis, Partner and North American Cybersecurity Practice Leader at McKinsey. 'More often than not, when we are engaged to analyze and possibly reduce cybersecurity costs, we typically end up increasing the cyber budget because the cyber risks uncovered exceed management's and the board's risk appetite,' adds Greis. 'More and more CISOs are requesting and reporting their budgets, not just in dollars and cents, but framed in terms of risk to critical business processes, products, services, or strategic goals/objectives.' Today, nearly 15 percent of (corporate) cybersecurity spending comes from outside the chief information security office (CISO), and non-CISO cyber spending is expected to grow at a 24 percent CAGR over the next three years, according to the McKinsey study, which goes on to state that this has changed from a decade ago, when almost all cybersecurity spending came from the CISO organization. Going forward, providers will need to increasingly cater to non-CISO customers, the McKinsey study posits, with most non-CISO cyber spending coming from buying centers responsible for cloud, product, network, and audit and compliance. Despite its current market size, cybersecurity has a lot of headroom to grow. 'We are still in the early innings of a secular trend in the cybersecurity space that involves increased spend by large enterprises, smaller businesses and consumers alike, a rapidly expanding attack surface, market consolidation and demand for next generation products and services that makes this a very compelling segment for investment,' says Dennis Smith, Founder and Managing Partner at Evolution Equity Partners. (1) Spending is actual dollars spent, or expected to be spent. The spending prediction figures from Cybersecurity Ventures includes all countries globally, B2B and B2C, plus a portion of any markets that are converged with cybersecurity such as physical security and surveillance, as well as automotive security, medical device security, military cyber defense technology, and others. It also counts in cyberinsurance policies. (2) TAM is the total revenue opportunity available to a product or service if 100 percent market share is achieved. TAM does not represent actual dollars spent, or expected to be spent. The TAM figures from McKinsey are global and primarily focused on B2B, but not B2C or other markets converged with cybersecurity such as physical security and surveillance, automotive security, and others. ABOUT Cybersecurity Ventures is a leading cybersecurity market watcher and the publisher of Cybercrime Magazine, Page ONE for the global cyber economy, and a trusted source for cybersecurity facts, figures, and statistics. Evolution Equity Partners is an international venture capital investor led by technology entrepreneurs who have built software companies around the world and who leverage tremendous operating, technical, product development and go-to-market expertise to help entrepreneurs win. Malcomb Farber Cybersecurity Ventures +1 631-680-8660 email us here Visit us on social media: LinkedIn Instagram YouTube X Legal Disclaimer: EIN Presswire provides this news content 'as is' without warranty of any kind. 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Yahoo
28-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Helen Skelton to host Last Night of the Proms at castle
Helen Skelton is set to host a special 'last night of the proms' concert at Carlisle Castle in July. The UK Proms in the Park tour 2025 is set to arrive in Carlisle for two nights at Carlisle Castle and will feature the UK dance anthems orchestra and the UK proms orchestra on July 4 and 5. The last night of the proms is one of the most iconic classical music concerts in the world and features some of the finest classical music in the world when it is held at the Royal Albert Hall in September. The UK proms weekend kicks off in Carlisle with the 30-piece dance anthems orchestra who will take the audience on a 'pulsating journey' through the past four decades of classic dance tunes with soloists and dancers. On Saturday, July 5, Carlisle Castle will be the venue for a night full of pomp and circumstance as the UK proms orchestra and a host of special guests take the audience on a journey through some of the most loved classical pieces from TV, film and theatre, featuring all the classics from the Last Night of the Proms. Helen Skelton (Image: Steve Morgan) UK Proms Director and co-founder Peter Metcalfe said: 'We wanted to provide people across Carlisle a 'Last Night of The Prom' experience on their doorstep. Carlisle Castle is the perfect venue, and this year it promises to be bigger and better than ever.' The event is set to play host to three bars and street food will be on offer from the award-winning Digbeth Dining Club. Tickets for both nights are available online now. READ MORE: Carlisle cafe owner urges sun safety after skin cancer diagnosis | News and Star UK Proms Artistic Director and co-founder, Holly Teague commented: 'We are so excited to be joined by such talented presenters and artists this year. Carlisle Castle was such a special concert for us last year, and this year we've tweaked and tuned the programmes for both evenings to give you more of everything. 'More music, more singing, more dancing, more fun. 'We are so looking forward to taking our fabulous orchestra on tour, led by conductors David Danford and Joe Davies.'
