Month: September 2019

ASA – Harvest our fresh advice on “Organic” claims

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Harvest our fresh advice on “Organic” claims. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. It’s Organic September, and so it seems only natural for us to share some advice on the use of the term “organic” in advertising – particularly in relation to foods and cosmetics. Food glorious food! Although a quick stroll down the supermarket…

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Saving Time Saving Lives appeal receives almost £2 million boost

Stuart Mitchell

London’s Air Ambulance are delighted to announce a funding boost of almost £2 million towards our helipad base at The Royal London Hospital, helping our team of flying medics deliver their world class care across London. The HELP Appeal, a charity dedicated to funding hospital and air ambulance helipads, has kindly donated £250,000 to our charity and Barts Health NHS Trust will receive £1.4million from the Department for Health and Social Care. This money will go towards much needed redevelopment of our helipad base, which is kindly provided to us…

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Welsh Respond To Charity Appeals More Than The Rest Of The UK

Stuart Mitchell

The Welsh are more likely to respond to large charity appeals in the run up to Christmas than the UK as a whole, according to new research into charitable giving in Wales. The Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) has released its inaugural Wales Giving report for 2019, offering insights into how people across Wales support charities. The report, which adds to CAF’s annual World Giving, UK Giving and Scotland Giving reports, found that people in Wales were also more likely than the UK as a whole to have participated in a charitable or…

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CAS offers help to EU Settlement applicants

Stuart Mitchell

Citizens Advice Scotland has responded to the news that 50,000 people in Scotland have applied to the EU Settlement scheme, seeking leave to remain in Scotland after Brexit. CAS Chief Executive Derek Mitchell said, “We are pleased that so many people are applying to the scheme. We have helped many of these people through the process, but we think there may be many more who would like to apply but don’t know how to go about it. “The Scottish CAB network runs a special service offering free assistance to any…

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RSPB Scotland calls for immediate halt to mountain hare culls on back of shocking new report

Stuart Mitchell

New data published by the EU revealing the condition of Scottish protected species and habitats has revealed the country’s mountain hare populations have experienced a major decline. As a result the status of the mountain hare has been downgraded to unfavourable, meaning that special conservation action needs to be undertaken to arrest further declines and aid their recovery. The main cause of this reclassification has been identified as hunting and game management. Lesser pressures include the impacts of agriculture and habitat loss. The Article 17 Report requires the Scottish Government…

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