2019 edition of the Global SRO Database now available

The International Council for Advertising Self-Regulation (ICAS) is proud to release the third edition of its Global SRO Database and Factbook. The online database and the 2019 printable Factbook are available for download on the ICAS website. In order to raise awareness of the work carried out by its members, ICAS decided to collect basic facts and figures on existing self-regulatory systems, starting in 2017. By bringing more transparency on the way SROs operate in the different markets represented in its network, ICAS hopes to contribute to a better understanding of advertising self-regulation by…

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Winners of PRCA National Awards 2019 Announced

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) is pleased to announce the winners of the PRCA National Awards 2019. The Awards brought together PR professionals, organisations, and brilliant campaigns from across the UK PR and communications landscape. Some of the very best practitioners attended the PRCA National Awards 2019 at the Hilton on Park Lane on the evening of Tuesday, 12th November 2019. The compère, Emma Barnett, BBC broadcaster and journalist, presented the awards and invited on stage the winners of the night, from a list of 31 categories. Big…

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The Romans’ Olivia Butcher and Josie Dougoud win UK Young Lions PR Competition 2019

The PRCA is pleased to announce that The Romans’ team of Olivia Butcher MPRCA and Josie Dougoud MPRCA have won the UK Young Lions PR Competition 2019, sponsored by ICCO, with their ‘Mr Muscular Dystrophy’ campaign. The team will go on to represent the UK at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. This year’s UK competition saw 50 entries from teams of two under the age of 30, all responding to a brief from Muscular Dystrophy UK, which performed as the ‘client’. Each team then had 24 hours to create a creative and effective campaign. PRCA also awarded silver…

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Save the Children Celebrates 100 Years of Progress for Children

Save the Children, the first global movement for children, is commemorating its 100th anniversary over the course of 2019. The organization’s mission continues to be doing whatever it takes for the most vulnerable children in the United States and around the world.   A century ago a young English woman, Eglantyne Jebb, launched a pioneering campaign to save suffering children across war-torn Europe. She was visionary in her belief that children have individual rights and dedicated her life to holding the world accountable to ensuring children’s rights are realized. In…

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PRCA presents 19 PR and communications predictions for 2019

The PRCA recently reached out to several industry leaders, asking for their top PR and communications predictions for 2019. The responses we received were phenomenal, and the entire #PRedictions series can be read here. We’ve gathered together the top takeaways from those responses, and present you with the PRCA’s 19 PRedictions for 2019. This list of recommendations will be debated at the PRCA’s half day conference, 2019: The Year of…, which takes place on the morning of 17th January in London. 1. It’s a freelancers’ world: With over two million…

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