Month: January 2019

2019 Global Communication survey is open through February 8

Stuart Mitchell

The Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management has partnered for the fourth time with The USC Annenberg Center for Public Relations’ 2019 Global Communications survey. Findings from the Survey will inform the 2019 Global Communications Report (GCR). This annual survey of PR and communication professionals around the globe provides a look at trends impacting our industry and helps inform journalism schools of the evolving skills graduates need to succeed in the business. This year’s survey focuses on the use of technology in public relations agencies and organizations. Your…

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HMUK partners with Independent Venue Week 2019 to launch its new ‘Live Music, Help Musicians’ campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Help Musicians UK’s latest campaign, ‘Live Music, Help Musicians’, will support artist wellbeing backstage with bespoke ‘healthy venue packs’, accredited Mental Health First Aid training and a nationwide grassroots music venue research initiative. 2019 marks the third consecutive year Independent Venue Week (IVW) and HMUK have worked together but will act as the launch for ‘Live Music, Help Musicians’. The innovative new campaign will support the health and wellbeing of artists backstage at over 230 grassroots music venues across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland during IVW, taking place this…

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Omar Qirem announced as new PRCA MENA Chairman and ICCO Middle East President

Stuart Mitchell

Omar Qirem, Chief Executive Officer, Edelman Middle East, will succeed Loretta Ahmed FPRCA, CEO Middle East, Turkey, and Africa, Grayling, at the head of the Public Relations and Communications Association Middle East and North Africa (PRCA MENA), the leading PR association for the region. Upon assuming this role, Omar will also take over from Loretta as the region’s champion at the International Communications Consultancy Organisation (ICCO), the global PR association. Omar will be one of five Regional Presidents at ICCO, led by overall President Elise Mitchell and Chief Executive Francis…

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Woodland Trust, Yorkshire Water and Forest of Bradford kick off the planting of 1 million trees

Stuart Mitchell

Last month saw the planting of over 14,000 trees at Ogden Water marking the start of a partnership that will see one million trees planted on land owned by Yorkshire Water and leased by the Woodland Trust to help expand the White Rose Forest as part of the new Northern Forest project. Planting will be carried out by The Forest of Bradford and the Woodland Trust. A mixture of native trees and shrubs including oak, beech and silver birch will be planted at the site to enhance the biodiversity of the site…

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Canary Wharf Group Launches New App with HELPFUL to Encourage Widespread Reuse and Recycling Across the Estate

Stuart Mitchell

Canary Wharf Group has partnered with HELPFUL, the creators of the world’s first plastic recycling and rewarding app to simplify and incentivise reuse and recycling for consumers. In an industry first, piloted by Canary Wharf Group, the app will help those visiting and working on the Canary Wharf estate to correctly recycle their waste, make the switch to reusable products to avoid single-use plastic and collect rewards in a pioneering Estate-wide effort to drive behavioural change. As part of Canary Wharf Group’s continued campaign towards becoming a Plastic Free Commercial Centre with…

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