Lord Laidlaw makes a €1million donation to Monaco's Princess Grace Hospital for innovative, non-invasive pelvic treatment. July 13th, 2021 Press release from the Princess Grace Hospital (Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace) Lord and Lady Laidlaw, generous and loyal supporters of the CHPG [...]
June 28, 2021 Excerpt from The Northern Echo. Read full article. "Sporting superstar Jamie Peacock attended Sedgefield Community College, in County Durham, earlier this week to inspire youngsters to be their best selves. Mr Peacock is working in partnership with [...]
London Business School Laidlaw Scholars Gigi Jia and Margarita Bicec become founding members of FLII - First-Generation, Low or Intermediate-Income. The club aims to promote socioeconomic diversity within the student body and beyond. May 17th, 2021 This is an excerpt [...]
April 28, 2021 Excerpt from Royal Opera House's article. Read full version. As the country emerges from lockdown restrictions, the Royal Opera House is delighted to announce a suite of performances, partnerships and events, as well as a special [...]
Lord Laidlaw’s Lake Kivu project is transforming risk into reward by extracting renewable energy to power more than 50,000 homes in Rwanda. April 7th, 2021 | Photo credit: Timbuktu Travel Situated between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo [...]
Full transcript of Laidlaw Foundation CEO Susanna V. Kempe's speech for Learnit Live. Originally aired on March 9th, 2021. I have 6 nephews, a niece (who yes, I would spoil outrageously but for fear of being severely reprimanded by [...]
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, MBA applications have been reaching record numbers. Nevertheless, the gender gap remains. The Financial Times' business education correspondent Jonathan Moules investigated why fewer women are applying to business schools. The Laidlaw Foundation's £3.7m gift to [...]
We are delighted to share that newly appointed Chief Executive Officer, Ian Simpson, will be joining the Laidlaw Schools Trust family in April 2021. Currently Executive Principal at Oasis Academy Isle of Sheppey, Ian is an experienced school leader [...]
As of January 2021, Lord Laidlaw has planted 17,000 spekboom succulents, with another 25,000 to be installed over the South African winter, making his plantation among the largest in the Western Cape. January 16, 2021 At the beginning of 2020, [...]
London Business School's Dean François Ortalo-Magné discusses the Laidlaw Women’s Leadership Fund in a recent piece on 2021 business education trends by BusinessBecause. "This academic year, London Business School welcomed outstanding students thanks to the Laidlaw Women’s Leadership Fund. [...]