Month: July 2019

Sainsbury’s unveils UK’s first meat-free butchers

Stuart Mitchell

The UK’s first Meat-Free Butchers will be opening its doors to the public on Friday 21st June. Launched by Sainsbury’s, during World Meat Free Week, the traditional style butchers offers customers an array of cuts and joints derived from 100% plant-based alternatives. ‘Meaty’ cuts, joints and strings of sausages found in the shop will in fact be made from the likes of mushroom, jackfruit and even pea protein. Open for three days in Bethnal Green, customers of the East-End butchers can choose from over a dozen high quality fresh foods,…

Read More

Striking fountain of tennis balls in Greenwich Park highlights how clean water could save thousands of lives a day

Stuart Mitchell

WaterAid and the Wimbledon Foundation have created a spectacular fountain of 2,631 tennis balls in Greenwich Park to mark the average number of lives that could be saved each day if everyone everywhere had clean water and decent toilets.  Created two weeks before the start of Wimbledon 2019, the remarkable tennis ball installation that overlooks the London skyline was a poignant reminder of the huge numbers of people around the world who could be enjoying a healthy future if only they had clean water close to home.  Across the world,…

Read More

Waitrose & Partners celebrates Organic September 2019

Stuart Mitchell

Celebrate Organic September with Waitrose Duchy Organic, the UK’s largest own label organic brand with a range of over 300 organic products including the oaten biscuit, preserves, golden ale and bacon.  As pioneers of organic food in supermarkets, Waitrose & Partners was entrusted with the Duchy Organic brand in 2009.  Since then, sales of the range have exceeded £1 billion generating a contribution to The Prince of Wales Charitable Fund for donation to good causes of over £23.5 million.  As well as helping good causes the brand is also pioneering…

Read More

Triodos Bank UK aims to grow ethical banking with new agency roster

Stuart Mitchell

Triodos Bank, the challenger bank supported by the likes of Vivienne Westwood, Bruce Parry, Sir Mark Rylance and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, has appointed a new roster of agencies to boost growth in the UK market. The Kite Factory will manage media planning and buying, joining creative agency Good Eggs, Greenhouse PR and market research agency Ragdoll Research. Triodos has launched a suite of fresh creative, which champions its core ‘Follow Your Heart, Use Your Head: Triodos Bank’ brand message. This is being rolled out across digital and other channels. It follows…

Read More

PRCA launches Reginald Watts Prize for Insight

Stuart Mitchell

The award, which launched in 2016, recognises the legacy of Reginald Watts FPRCA, former PRCA Chairman, CIPR President, and UK CEO of Burson Marsteller. The annual prize commemorates his thought leadership, writing, and forethought. The competition will see young participants challenged to write thought-provoking essays on the PR and communications industry. This year’s question is:‘How is today the best or worst of times for public relations and communications?’ Anyone aged 25 or under may enter an essay on the chosen question, and each essay may be up to 1,000 words…

Read More