Day: 25 November 2018

UK Home Office Launch Campaign to prevent properties being bought with dirty money

Stuart Mitchell

Agents across the UK are being urged to flag up suspicious activity as part of a new Government campaign to crack down on criminals who may be using dirty money to buy properties. NAEA Propertymark have teamed up with the Government and other professional bodies including the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors to help agents spot the signs of money laundering and reinforce their legal and moral obligations to report suspicious activity. The Flag It Up campaign has been targeting solicitors since 2014 and accountants since 2015, and…

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The Royal Canadian Legion partners with VIA Rail Canada in unique Poppy Campaign initiative

Stuart Mitchell

The Royal Canadian Legion and VIA Rail Canada together unveiled a new massive poppy-wrapped locomotive at the train company’s Ottawa station today. The locomotive is one of two that will travel the Quebec-Windsor corridor throughout the National Poppy Campaign this year. While the fifth year for this partnership, it is the first year for such a massive poppy, which will be visible at greater distances. Other select train cars emblazoned with a decal of a smaller poppy will also circulate during the Remembrance period. In addition, 40,000 poppies will be…

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Where Do You Draw the Line? Ask Ads Highlighting Sexual Harassment in Ad Industry

Stuart Mitchell

The Advertising Association, in collaboration with NABS and WACL, is accelerating its anti-sexual harassment campaign #timeTo. With a series of new ads in digital, print and video format, the #timeTo campaign seeks to get the message that sexual harassment is never acceptable out to as many people in the advertising industry as possible. Fully 26 percent of people working in the industry reported they had been the victim of sexual harassment (34 percent of female and 9 percent of female respondents).Since the launch of our timeTo Code in July we’ve…

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Richards Rose Brings Children and Scientists Together to Help Fight Kids Cancer

Stuart Mitchell

Having firmly cemented their unique brand positioning that ‘science is the solution’, The Kids’ Cancer Project are set to embark on a marketing campaign to demonstrate how the medical research they fund directly benefits young patients. Enter Richards Rose, a communications agency that has worked with the independent national charity for over three years and in 2016 were instrumental in delivering a television commercial featuring Dr Alex Willows, himself a childhood cancer survivor. In their latest collaboration, the team at Richards Rose and The Kids’ Cancer Project have developed a…

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Charity Retail Association launches new online mentoring platform

Stuart Mitchell

The Charity Retail Association have launched a new online mentoring platform for their members. The platform is aimed at charity retailers and available to all their charity members. The mentoring platform is a matching process that enables members to build an effective mentoring relationship, whereby they can either explore areas of their professional life they wish to develop, or give back by offering their own expertise. The CRA Charity Members can act as either mentors and mentees, with Corporate Members also supplying guidance as mentors. Registration is open now via https://charityretail.onpld.com. Robin…

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