Month: August 2018

Regulation of Online Advertising: A Briefing

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA have released a piece on their website about their Regulation of Online Advertising, this is shown below but is well worth a read, as is other things on their site: Our latest Annual Report showed that 88% of the ads amended or withdrawn due to ASA intervention were online ads. We’re committed to making every UK ad a responsible ad, whether they’re shown online or offline. We’ve put together a short Briefing to highlight some of the work we’ve done to keep every ad legal, decent, honest and…

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Unseen launches app to report modern slavery

Stuart Mitchell

The UK-wide Modern Slavery Helpline, which is operated by Unseen, was established in the autumn of 2016. New figures show dramatic increases in contacts to the Helpline during the first six months of 2018 (Jan-June) compared to the same period in 2017: More than double the number of potential victims indicated: from over 1,500 in 2017, to more than 4,100 in 2018. 80% increase in calls and online reports: over 1,500 in 2017, to more than 2,700 in 2018. Double the number of modern slavery cases: from over 450 in…

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Forest Green Rovers launch vegan school food range

Stuart Mitchell

Forest Green Rovers has launched a new range of vegan school meal products as healthy meat-free alternatives for children. The ‘Little Green Devils’ range – developed in-house at the vegan football club – aims to support the growing movement to introduce meat and dairy free days on school menus across the UK. The tasty range includes vegetable balls and burgers which are all 100% vegan, allergen free, uncoated and non-fried. FGR has worked with some of the largest school caterers in the UK, including the teams at Birmingham Citiserve and Hampshire HC3S to ensure…

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Waitrose Becomes First Supermarket to Stock Home Compostable Coffee Pods

Stuart Mitchell

Waitrose will be the first major retailer to sell own-label home compostable coffee pods from December 2018. This is the next step in the supermarket fulfilling its commitment that all its own-label packaging will be widely recyclable, reusable or home compostable by 2025. The four new Waitrose 1 coffee capsules will be compatible with Nespresso machines. All are Fairtrade certified and will be sold in cardboard packaging which will be widely recyclable. The coffee varieties will be from Colombia, Brazil, Peru (decaffeinated) and Italian style espresso. It can sometimes be…

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CIPR backs DCMS calls for tighter social media regulation

Stuart Mitchell

Dishonest communication aimed at influencing public behaviour poses a direct threat to democratic values, according to a report published by the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Committee. The cross-party report – Disinformation and ‘fake news’ – sets out a compelling case for subjecting social media companies to the same regulatory standards applied to traditional forms of media regulated by Ofcom. The report calls on the Government to conduct research into the methods by which misinformation and disinformation are created and spread across the internet.  Sarah Hall Chart.PR, FCIPR, CIPR President said: This report is…

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