Day: 28 December 2018

MacMillan Appoints Claire Rowney As Executive Director Of Fundraising, Marketing & Communications

Stuart Mitchell

Macmillan Cancer Support is pleased to announce the appointment of Claire Rowney as Executive Director of Fundraising, Marketing & Communications, joining in February 2019. Claire joins Macmillan from Save the Children UK where she has been Executive Director of Fundraising and Marketing since early 2017. Prior to this Claire spent 13 years at Cancer Research UK, leading Race for Life, Stand Up To Cancer, Innovation and Corporate Partnerships. Claire will replace Richard Taylor who is leaving Macmillan at the end of the year to pursue a career in coaching. Lynda…

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Pace Helps Remove Barriers for People with Disabilities

Stuart Mitchell

Pace, Chicagoland’s suburban bus and regional paratransit provider, is proud to remove transportation barriers for people with disabilities through its fixed route bus system and ADA Paratransit service. In honor of the United Nation’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which promotes the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities each year on December 3, Pace has updated their educational materials to help riders with disabilities more easily use Pace’s fully accessible services. The video and graphics below provide educational support related to Pace’s fixed route system and ADA Paratransit…

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Reputation Institute Announces the 10 Most Reputable Employers Worldwide in Inaugural Employer of Choice RepTrak®

Stuart Mitchell

Reputation Institute (RI), the world’s leading provider of reputation measurement, management and intelligence services, today announced the company’s first ever Employer of Choice RepTrak® study naming the world’s 10 most reputable employers with the greatest “Willingness to Work For” scores from the General Public. The top 10 employer leaders globally recognized in RI’s 2018 Employer of Choice RepTrak® are (in alphabetical order): 3M [NYSE: MMM] BMW Group [OTCMKTS: BMWYY] Bosch [NSE: BOSCHLTD] Canon [NYSE: CAJ] Google [NASDAQ: GOOGL] Intel [NASDAQ: INTC] The LEGO Group  Microsoft [NASDAQ: MSFT] Netflix [NASDAQ: NFLX]…

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Fairtrade hails Percol’s new coffee in plastic-free packaging

Stuart Mitchell

The Fairtrade Foundation has welcomed Percol’s ‘Coffee on a Mission’ rebrand and hails its efforts to lead the industry in becoming more sustainable following renewed commitment to Fairtrade and a pioneering investment in plastic-free packaging. In an interview with London Live on 26 November 2018, Anna Pierides – Fairtrade Foundation’s Coffee Supply Chain manager says: “Percol – one of the earliest Fairtrade champions – is committed to helping bring security to farmers and workers who have seen the global coffee price crash to unsustainable levels. “Coffee farmers are the most…

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WeTransfer’s Global Survey Reveals the Perfect Recipe for Great Ideas

Stuart Mitchell

WeTransfer has released its first ever Ideas Report, with more than 10,000 creatives in 143 countries revealing how they get their best ideas. The report, which is available for download here, asked WeTransfer users a series of questions about when, where, and how inspiration strikes. The key findings included: People find offline stimuli much more useful than online spaces – talking with friends, books and magazines, nature and travel all scored highly. 65% creatives said they need quiet or silence to get good ideas The highest scoring place to get…

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