Day: 23 September 2018

£30m global challenge launched to tackle heart and circulatory diseases

Stuart Mitchell

The British Heart Foundation has launched the Big Beat Challenge, a unique research funding award that will bring together world-leading researchers and innovators to identify and solve any of the biggest problems in heart and circulatory disease. Unveiled at this year’s European Society of Cardiology Congress in Munich, the £30 million award will be one of the largest and most ambitious of its kind; a challenge to scientists, clinicians, innovators and entrepreneurs to look beyond incremental gains and accelerate breakthroughs that could transform lives across the globe. A global issue…

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New Global Principles of Ethical Practice in Public Relations and Communication Management announced

Stuart Mitchell

For the past six months, following a meeting in Madrid, a task force of leading public relations and communication management organizations has been exploring a new set of principles in ethical practice and exploring ways to promote ethical conduct. “Today, we are happy to announce that the members of the Global Alliance and IABC have agreed on sixteen principles that should be covered in every code of ethics for our profession. We are also happy to announce that these principles have the support of ICCO, the PRCA UK and PRCA…

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Cannes Lions Releases 2018 Global Creativity Report

Stuart Mitchell

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has released its annual Global Creativity Report, providing in-depth analysis and rankings from the 2018 awards. The rankings, which are verified by PwC, are a result of rigorous processes, global entries and elite jurors, and dissect the awards across Lions, brands, geography and individuals, providing an overarching insight into the industry’s performance and evolvement Simon Cook, VP Creative Excellence, Cannes Lions said: “It is a definitive set of rankings that capture the global creative communication zeitgeist. It not only gives a temperature check…

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Rankin forces Fashion Week to face up to its limited view of “beauty”

Stuart Mitchell

The fashion industry will be brought face-to-face with its narrow standards of beauty this London Fashion Week, through a unique collaboration between world-renowned photographer Rankin, designer Steven Tai and the charity Changing Faces. The Portrait Positive project, conceived by Stephen Bell, will challenge perceptions of beauty through a series of striking images of 16 different women with visible facial and bodily differences. Shot by Rankin and dressed in designs by Steven Tai, three of the women from the portrait series will take to the catwalk in Steven Tai’s presentation at London Fashion Week on 16th September. The…

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‘Don’t be a Space Invader’ – stay safe, stay back says Highways England

Stuart Mitchell

New figures show that one in eight of all road casualties are caused by people who drive too close to the vehicle in front, with more than 100 people killed or seriously injured each year. While a small minority of tailgating is deliberate, most is unintentional by drivers who are simply unaware they are dangerously invading someone else’s space. So a safety campaign recently launched uses the well-known Space Invader video game character to alert drivers to the anti-social nature and risks of tailgating. A survey by Highways England reveals…

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