Month: April 2018

Whole Foods Market launches Community Giving Day

Stuart Mitchell

Whole Foods Market has run its upcoming second quarterly Community Giving Day, also known as “5% Day,” it rook place across all its North American stores on April 19. This quarter’s giving theme will support local and community organizations focused on environmental stewardship in both the U.S. and Canada. Nearly half of the Whole Foods Market stores will donate to The Nature Conservancy. “We are thrilled to partner with Whole Foods Market, a natural partner given their longstanding commitment to environmental and sustainability causes,” said Mark Burget, executive vice president…

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Republic Services Offers Tips to Reduce Recycling Contamination at Home and Business for Earth Day

Stuart Mitchell

In celebration of Earth Day on April 22, Republic Services, Inc. have encouraged their employees and the communities they serve across the country to commit to taking their recycling habits to the next level with #1MORE act of environmental responsibility to reduce contamination of the recycling waste stream. Recycling contamination can be anything other than what is intended to be collected and recycled, including unwanted substances such as residual food or liquid that can be harmful to the recycling process. Once a contaminated item comes into contact with other recyclables,…

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Taxing tax claims: Advertising tax arrangement schemes

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA recently ruled against a number of ads for tax arrangement schemes, following complaints from HMRC challenging a number of issues, including whether they amounted to tax avoidance schemes. The ASA published the below response on their website: The following guidance is designed to provide insight into these rulings and some of the issues raised, but should not be considered an exhaustive list of the risks involved when advertising such schemes. Only advertise products or services which comply with the law Under CAP Code rule 1.1, advertisers are required…

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Scotland Launches New Iniative to Tackle domestic abuse

Stuart Mitchell

A ground-breaking initiative to combat domestic abuse is to be expanded around the country to help maximise victims’ safety and hold offenders to account for their violence. £2.8 million will be available for local authorities to apply for support to roll out the Caledonian System within their area to enable more perpetrators to address their behaviour The Caledonian System is a specialist court-mandated programme working with male perpetrators, which also aims to improve the lives of women and children affected. The announcement was made by Justice Secretary Michael Matheson while…

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PRCA and PRWeek launch PR Internships Awards 2018

Stuart Mitchell

The PRCA and PRWeek have launched the PR Internships Awards 2018, to celebrate excellence in both PR internships and interns. The PR Internships Awards 2018 are now open for entries, the latest step in the PRCA and PRWeek’s broader campaign to improve standards and recognise quality internships. There are two categories: Best Internship Programme, and Best Intern. You can find out more here. The awards conclude the joint PRWeek/PRCA PR Internships For All (PRIFA) initiative, which was launched in 2014 to lead a concerted drive to bring more young people from diverse backgrounds…

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