Day: 22 October 2020

Channel 4 and Nationwide Building Society partner with Co-op and Network Rail to highlight shocking abuse suffered by UK customer facing staff

Stuart Mitchell

Channel 4 and Nationwide Building Society have joined forces with Co-op and Network Rail to highlight the abuse and violence carried out against customer facing staff in the UK in a primetime thought-provoking Channel 4 ad-break takeover. The impactful #TogetherAgainstHate campaign features recordings and CCTV footage of both verbal and physical abuse experienced by each companies’ employees and delivers the important message that violence and threatening behaviour is never ok. Though there is only a small minority of the public perpetuating the abuse it should not be tolerated. The ad…

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ICO launches consultation on draft Statutory guidance

Stuart Mitchell

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has launched a public consultation on its draft Statutory guidance, which details how it will regulate and enforce data protection legislation in the UK. Supporting the ICO’s primary responsibility of ensuring compliance with the law, the document explains the ICO’s powers; when it will use them and how it calculates fines. Designed to ensure the rights and freedoms of individuals are protected, the draft guidance also seeks to provide assurance to business that the ICO will use its powers proportionately and consistently. Elizabeth Denham, Information…

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Homes for Good- Scotland’s first social enterprise letting agency- welcomes Big Issue Invest as new partner in £3 million deal

Stuart Mitchell

A ground-breaking social business group which provides high quality social housing has secured £3 million of investment from Big Issue Invest (BII), allowing early stage investor Impact Ventures UK (IVUK) to successfully exit three years early. Homes for Good (HFG) provides a solution to the lack of affordable, quality housing to people with limited housing choice in and around Glasgow, and has ambitious plans to double its portfolio and expand its model to other parts of the UK. Since it was founded in 2013, HFG has not only pioneered the…

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TENA Women partners with Channel 4 to break the taboo surrounding incontinence

Stuart Mitchell

TENA Women has set out to challenge the perception of and the social stigma surrounding incontinence in its latest campaign, in an exclusive new partnership with Channel 4, brokered by Zenith. Driven by Zenith and 4Sales, the campaign aims to empower women of all ages to be more open and honest with themselves and others about incontinence, encouraging them to feel comfortable and confident in their bodies. Despite one in three women over 351, and one in four men over 402 experiencing some form of bladder weakness in their lives,…

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General Motors Awarded for Global Sustainability Leadership Award

Stuart Mitchell

The Business Intelligence Group named Dane Parker, GM’s Chief Sustainability Officer, a Sustainability Hero in the 2020 Sustainability Awards program. In addition, General Motors was awarded as a Leader in Sustainability for their Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion vision for the future. The Sustainability Awards honor those people, teams and organizations who have made sustainability an integral part of their business practice or overall mission. Dane and his team are transitioning GM to source 100% of its electricity from renewable energy, reducing energy intensity, and working cross-functionally as…

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