Day: 14 October 2019

The story behind We Are F

Stuart Mitchell

 We Are F tell us how they came to be: In January 2018, we co-founded a Digital Marketing Boutique, We Are F, with the aim of supporting female entrepreneurs and female-founded businesses. Initially, this proved to be incredibly challenging – we received a lot of hateful comments and reactions – but after two years we are still here, and stronger than ever before. The reason that my business partner and I originally decided to found We Are F, has its roots in a particularly traumatic experience with a previous employer, a director…

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NSPCC Children Director Listed On BAME100 Business Leaders Index 2019

Stuart Mitchell

Sherry Malik, NSPCC’s Director of Children’s Services has been listed on Green Park’s fourth annual BAME 100 Business Leaders index, celebrating Britain’s black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) board level talent. Having spent over three decades working in the public, voluntary and private sector, Sherry has been working in her current role at the NSPCC since 2014, where she leads an ambitious programme that aims to bring more evidence of what works to prevent child abuse into the wider children’s sector. She was identified as one of the 100 BAME…

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Successful trial sees The Big Issue and iZettle roll contactless payments out to vendors nationwide

Stuart Mitchell

The Big Issue and iZettle have launch their nationwide contactless payments initiative, allowing magazine vendors across the UK to sign-up and accept card payments, in addition to cash. The UK-wide rollout follows on from a successful pilot in seven cities that took place between December 2018 – May 2019. Vendors taking part in the trials noticed a significant uplift in sales as a result of accepting contactless payments. Two vendors are making around 80% of their sales via cashless payments and on average 25% of the vendors total sales were…

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Alaska Airlines asks guests to help reduce inflight plastic waste through #FillBeforeYouFly

Stuart Mitchell

Alaska Airlines has announced its #FillBeforeYouFly initiative to partner with guests and employees to continue reducing the use of single-use plastics inflight. The aim: rally with flyers to bring their own water bottle and fill it before they board. This is one of Alaska Airlines’ many sustainability efforts to reduce inflight waste per passenger going to landfills by 70% by 2020. “We’re passionate about working with our guests, employees, airports, and partners to reduce waste, protect habitats, and improve water health,” said Diana Birkett Rakow, Alaska Airlines’ vice president of external…

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CIPR PRide Awards celebrate Scotland’s thriving Public Relations industry

Stuart Mitchell

More than 300 PR professionals gathered at the Radisson Blu in Glasgow for the 2019 CIPR Scotland PRide Awards ceremony – the nation’s annual public relations showpiece. Weber Shandwick Scotland were the big winners of the night, scooping five Gold Awards, including ‘Best Use of Social Media’ and ‘Best Use of Influencer Relations’ for their continued work with VELUX. Holyrood PR took home four Gold Awards, whilst British Heart Foundation Scotland won a hat-trick for their “Scotland: A Nation of Lifesavers” campaign, raising awareness of the importance of bystander CPR…

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