Month: September 2017

Edinburgh University invests £1m in Social Project

Stuart Mitchell

Edinburgh University has invested £1 million in a new partnership that seeks to dismantle poverty and create opportunity for people and communities across the UK. The University has stated it will work with Big Issue Invest, the social investment arm of The Big Issue Group, one of the world’s most recognised social enterprises and home to the award-winning street magazine. Edward Siegel Managing Director of Big Issue Invest said: “The University of Edinburgh’s investments into Big Issue Invest are truly pioneering in terms of social impact investment coming from university…

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New Clydesdale Bank notes auctioned to raise funds for hospice care

Stuart Mitchell

New £10 polymer bank notes from Clydesdale Bank will go under the virtual hammer to raise funds for hospice care this week. A limited number of the new £10 notes with collectible low serial numbers will be sold through auction site eBay from 9pm on Sunday 24th September, closing at 9pm on Sunday 1st October All proceeds from the auction will go to Hospice UK.  The first phase of the auction will feature 5 pristine notes numbered: 55, 66, 77, 88, and 99.   These highly collectible, low numbered notes,…

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Former Ad Exec Launches Well Told Health

Stuart Mitchell

Former advertising executive Monica Ruffo has launched Well Told Health, a line of organic certified, whole-food vegan supplements that contain absolutely no synthetics, fillers or isolates. For Ruffo, the company is the manifestation of both professional and personal experience.    Ruffo is a serial entrepreneur and a well-known leader in the Canadian advertising industry. Early in her career she assumed the position of Chief Strategy Officer at Cossette before founding the Montreal agency Amuse in 2008, which was acquired by IPG. Following that acquisition, Ruffo served as CEO of Lowe…

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Direct Line and Saatchi & Saatchi Introduce Fleetlights To Help Save Lives At Sea

Stuart Mitchell

Following the launch of the successful Fleetlights campaign first developed in 2016, Direct Line and Saatchi & Saatchi London have released their first brand partnership to use the pioneering Fleetlights technology. Caister Lifeboat Service in Norfolk is the first search and rescue team in the world to use the high performance, ground breaking semi-autonomous drone technology, which is set to be revolutionary in saving lives at sea. Fleetlights technology enables a network of drones equipped with high-powered lights and HD cameras, to perform semi-autonomous flights. Each drone uses mesh networking…

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Supari Studios launch new video to tackle body shaming through their Vitamin Stree channel

Stuart Mitchell

Supari Studio’s have launched a new video ‘Fit is Not A Body Type’ to highlight issues of body shaming and to encoutrage acceptance of the difference between body types through their Vitamin Stree channel. Vitamin Stree is a content channel that focuses on cultural, political, artistic and ideological perspectives that are shaping the lives of women in contemporary India. Through objective analysis, in-depth research, original reporting and inspirational storytelling, their goal is to offer unique assessments to issues that matter most to the Indian woman of today. They told us:…

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