Aldi UK Commits To Never Selling Chlorinated Chicken Or Hormone Injected Beef

Aldi UK’s CEO Giles Hurley has vowed that the supermarket will only ever sell fresh chicken and beef from British farmers. Aldi has also ruled out selling chlorinated chicken or hormone treated beef, regardless of any future trade deals. The UK’s fifth largest supermarket’s fresh chicken and beef range is already 100% British and the company confirmed today that will never change. The commitment sits alongside Aldi’s existing policies to only sell British products across multiple categories, with 100% of its core range fresh meat, milk and eggs all coming…

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Coronavirus outbreak drives record decline in UK marketing budgets – Marketing in the time of Covid-19

UK marketing budgets were slashed to their lowest levels in the twenty-year history of the IPA Bellwether Report in light of the devastating impact of the coronavirus, according to the Q2 2020 figures released on 15 July. The net balance of firms that cut marketing budgets fell to -50.7% in Q2, down from -6.1% in Q1, with almost 64% of panel members having registered a decrease in spending compared to the first quarter, while only 13% posted an increase. These figures supersede the Report’s previous nadir of -41.7% evidenced in…

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Public relations “out of step” with views of general public on social mobility – CIPR State of the Profession 2020

Public relations practitioners hold views on social mobility that are both inconsistent and at odds with most public opinion, according to figures published today in the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR)’s State of the Profession report. The findings suggest that the profession is as far away as ever from its aspiration to reflect the stakeholder groups it works with. The report (below) – delivered in partnership with Chalkstream – reveals 37% of PR practitioners think family background has a positive impact on one’s career, a belief shared by only 20% of the wider public. Another 40% in PR believe one’s background has no impact on where they end up, compared to 60% of the public who are of this view. In…

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UN Women and Women 20 call on G20 members to recognize women as drivers of economic recovery and resilience during COVID-19 and beyond

Amidst a COVID-19 pandemic that is expected to cause an unprecedented global economic downturn, UN Women, the UN entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women, and Women 20 (W20), the official G20 engagement group on women, have called on G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors to put women at the heart of recovery efforts. In a joint statement, both groups called on addressing women’s distinct economic roles, contributions and constraints, and seizing the opportunity to put women at the center of investment design to realize sustainable…

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Cambodian celebrities join UNESCO in combating false information about Covid-19

False information, rumors and fabricated news have been spreading like wildfire in social media since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the world. Cambodia has not been immune to this “infodemic”, which consists of an excess of information related to the virus flooding the internet and therefore, making it difficult for the public to access the right information that they need to stay healthy and safe. To address this phenomenon, UNESCO, as the UN specialized agency for the protection of free flow of ideas and information, has invited five Cambodian artists and…

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