Day: 19 March 2020

Big Issue Invest Power Up Scottish social ventures with £600,000 of investment

Stuart Mitchell

A celebratory event was held at the Playfair Library Hall, Old College, in Edinburgh on Thursday 12th March, to mark a £600,000 investment and business support into 12 Scottish social ventures by Big Issue Invest. Big Issue Invest’s Power Up, a lending scheme offering investment and support to early stage social ventures across Scotland, was first launched in November 2017 and has supported 18 social business to date with a total of close to 1 million (£950,000) of investment. The programme​ is funded by partners, Aberdeen Standard Investments, University of…

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Keds Takes a Page Out of Their Heritage With the Launch of the Hand-book for Women

Stuart Mitchell

Keds, the iconic women’s sneaker brand, announced the release of the inaugural issue of The Keds Hand-book for Women, just in time for International Women’s Day. Since creating the first sneaker for women back in 1916, Keds has been about helping women expand the possibility of what they can do and who they can be. A lot of strides have been made since then, but there are still rules—written and unwritten—on the “right” way to be a woman. Keds is helping women break these rules by reinforcing the idea that…

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Camden Town Brewery And Arsenal Create Female Foosball Table To Encourage Gender Equality In Pubs

Stuart Mitchell

MORE than half (53%) of Brits think that women’s football is underrepresented in UK pubs and bars. Launching in time for International Women’s Day, as the official beer partner of Arsenal FC Camden Town Brewery is raising awareness of the gender imbalance in British pubs by creating an all female foosball table. It follows research revealing only 14% of pub patrons have seen a women’s football match at their local in the past year, but the majority (52%) said they would like to see the presence of the women’s game…

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Women work for free for more than two months every year – says OLX in its latest campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Women and men should be treated equally at work. Competence has no gender and should be the only one to decide on pay, the right of promotion or responsibility. OLX Poland speaks about this in a provocative campaign. OLX for the International Women’s Day from 180heartbeats + Jung v Matt on Vimeo. Gender equality in the workplace is its main message. – There has been a longstanding mainstream debate on equality at work, which raises awareness of the scale and importance of the problem. OLX is the largest job advertisement…

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Wunderman Thompson Peru Launches Gender Wage Gap Campaign for Scotiabank’s Bank on Equality

Stuart Mitchell

As Peru has one of the highest rates of the gender wage gap in Latin America (29.6%), Scotiabank, one of the largest banks in Peru, made a public commitment to change this. With the help of Wunderman Thompson Peru, and on the occasion of International Women’s Day, Scotiabank surprised all its female clients who opened a Payroll Account on March 9 with an equal salary, generating an immediate buzz. Each female client received an additional 29.6% salary, equivalent to the gender wage gap in the country, with the bank’s currency,…

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