Month: July 2020

£25m funding package secured for national care provider, Creative Support, led by RSM debt advisory team

Stuart Mitchell

Leading audit, tax and consulting firm RSM has successfully helped Creative Support with a new £25m re-financing deal, providing the national not-for-profit organisation with a sustainable funding structure for long-term security and growth. Creative Support is recognised as a significant national provider of supported living, prevention and care services in the UK. Its mission is to promote the independence, inclusion and wellbeing of people with support needs including autism, mental health, physical disabilities and those that are older. Creative Support has been providing vital care throughout the coronavirus crisis. It…

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Compassion Launches Second Wave of #RethinkFish Campaign to Push for Change in Fish Welfare Provision

Stuart Mitchell

Compassion in World Farming is boosting its efforts to improve the lives of the trillions of fish killed annually for human consumption, by launching phase two of its #RethinkFish campaign, encouraging the five major global fish certification schemes to set minimum standards to protect fish welfare. Fish are sentient beings. They can feel pain, stress, and fear, as well as experience positive emotions, social bonds, and advanced intelligence. Raising awareness of their sentience – not a well-recognised trait in fish – was the focus of Compassion’s original #RethinkFish campaign launched…

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Interview with Robin Gadsby, CEO, of Forever Beta, and the new Beta Good Consultancy – Marketing in the Time of Covid-19

Stuart Mitchell

Our latest Marketing in the time of COVID-19 series is an interview with Robin Gadsby, CEO, of Forever Beta, and the new Beta Good Consultancy. Forever Beta are a full-service communications and problem solving company with one objective: to help brands and businesses become forces for good. For too long things have gone unchallenged, but we’re now at a tipping point. Businesses and brands can no longer get away with simply chasing profits. They have to show how they’re serving the planet and society, as well as their shareholders. Customers…

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The Climate Pledge and the We Mean Business Coalition Partner on Comprehensive Effort to Drive Companies to Adopt More Ambitious Carbon Reduction Goals

Stuart Mitchell

Amazon and We Mean Business, a global nonprofit coalition working with businesses to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon economy, today announced they have partnered to establish the world’s most comprehensive effort to drive companies to adopt more ambitious carbon emissions reduction goals. The We Mean Business coalition works with over 1,200 companies, with a total market capitalization of more than $24.8 trillion, to drive business action and policy ambition on climate change and increase chances of limiting global warming to 1.5°C. The partnership will: Encourage companies to take a…

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LoopMe Launches New Hate-Free Promise to Advertisers with Enhanced Brand Safety Controls for Avoidance of Hateful Content

Stuart Mitchell

LoopMe, the outcomes-based video platform, today announced it has released new brand safety policies with a promise to advertisers to prevent ads from appearing alongside hateful and inflammatory content. The company is enhancing its existing brand safety protocols with more stringent controls over content that may be deemed as harassment or hate speech. This hate-free promise to advertisers comes as a response to the Stop the Hate for Profit campaign and the civil movements to correct injustices that have been brought to light during the past few months. LoopMe’s new…

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