Regeneration project to incorporate retirement community component

PENDLE: A 71-apartment retirement community run by Evermore Wellbeing was the first tenant to sign a deal with developer Pendle Enterprise and Regeneration Limited (PEARL) last June.

The regeneration scheme is one of the first mixed-use projects which is expected to have strong appeal to Read More »

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Rethink retirement to end ‘work-until-you-drop’ culture, says religious leader

NEW YORK: The traditional notion of retirement should be rethought to prevent people having to choose between working “until they drop” or giving up altogether, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Williams, has suggested.

Workers approaching retirement should be encouraged to ease Read More »

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Body parts growth set to change concept of retirement

LOS ANGELES: Scientists say they have discovered new ways to grow human tissues and organs for transplant.

An international consortium called Project Grandiose is looking at how specialized body cells can be reprogramd to behave like cells from an early embryo. Read More »

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Community foundations set to embrace impact investing

BALTIMORE: A small, but growing, number of community foundations are starting to embrace impact investing, claims a new report.

The authors studied 30 foundations focused on two areas, which sometimes overlap – impact investing and economic Read More »

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