Month: September 2018

Majority of PR and communications industry believe Bell Pottinger expulsion had positive impact

Stuart Mitchell

On the first anniversary of the expulsion of Bell Pottinger, the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) has revealed that a majority of the PR and communications industry believe that the expulsion had a positive impact on the reputation and ethics of the industry. On 5th September, 2017, the PRCA announced today that it had imposed its most serious sanctions on Bell Pottinger, following an investigation into the agency’s work for Oakbay Capital in South Africa. The investigation followed a complaint from the Democratic Alliance. Bell Pottinger’s membership was terminated with immediate effect. In…

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Aramark Joins the Hispanic Heritage Foundation and Legacy Sponsor CVS Health to Advance Student Health and Education

Stuart Mitchell

The Hispanic Heritage Foundation (HHF), multi-cultural partner for SMART™ Student Health, is pleased to announce that Aramark has joined Legacy Funder, CVS Health, and SMART™ architect, Ginn Group Consulting (GGC), to support development of SMART™ Student Health and Wellness Centers in K–12 schools across the country. SMART™, which stands for School Health Model for Academics Reaching All and Transforming Lives, is a solution dedicated to improving individual student and school academic outcomes by proactively delivering Active Access to physical and behavioral health care interventions within K–12 schools. It possesses a…

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AHF Launches Proactive HIV/AIDS Prevention & Treatment Billboards

Stuart Mitchell

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) launched its latest outdoor advertising and awareness campaigns with new billboards and bus bench ads placed throughout Southern California. After launching here in the Southland, these two new public health awareness campaigns will roll out nationally to other markets AHF operates in starting in mid-September. Beginning August 20th, you will find 100 2 x 7 ft. bus benches across Los Angeles wrapped with the message “Friends Bring Friends.” The campaign, which visually plays off of Facebook’s iconic thumbs up ‘like’ icon, encourages people to come…

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The New York Public Library introduces classic literature to “Instagram Stories” with Insta Novels

Stuart Mitchell

The New York Public Library has joined forces with the independent advertising and creative agency, Mother in New York, to create “Insta Novels,” a revolutionary new program that will bring digital novels to Instagram, and make some of the world’s most classic pieces of literature more accessible to the masses. The program, created by Mother in New York and developed in partnership with the New York Public Library,  aims to make some of the greatest stories ever written more accessible to every New Yorker and Instagram user.  The program launched…

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Brewster Bros Opens Largest Recycling Plant Of It’s Kind In The UK

Stuart Mitchell

Brewster Bros, a family-run business in Livingston, is officially launching the largest recycling plant in the UK. The plant, featuring a CDE state-of-the-art wet processing system, will provide waste management services and recycled aggregates to builders, construction companies, civil contractors, utility contractors and concrete product producers from its new high-tech facility in Scotland’s central belt.  The recycling centre includes £3.8m of investment including high efficiency CDE equipment, with a capacity to recycle 400,000 tonnes of construction, demolition and excavation waste per year. This new facility supports the Scottish Government’s Circular…

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