Year: 2020

Waitrose makes canny move with the removal of plastic on all tinned multibuy food

Stuart Mitchell

Waitrose will accelerate efforts to stamp out single use plastic by ending the use of multibuy shrinkwrap on millions of own label tinned grocery products. The plastic wrap, which is used to keep three or four cans attached for convenience but can’t always be recycled, will now be removed permanently on all Waitrose tinned food. Waitrose was the first UK retailer to trial the removal of shrinkwrap on tinned multibuys last year. Removing the shrinkwrap on some of the best selling everyday essentials – including baked beans, kidney beans, sweetcorn,…

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Open Banking Excellence, Moneyhub and Streeva launch world’s first QR code-based open banking payments with automated Gift Aid to support third sector donations

Stuart Mitchell

Open Banking Excellence (OBE), the world’s leading community of Open Banking and Open Finance pioneers, has joined forces with Moneyhub Enterprise and Streeva to take open banking-powered charity donations mainstream. OBE has partnered with some of the best in the industry to introduce a new method for donations in the UK through scanning a QR code with a phone to pay directly from one bank account to the charity’s bank account and offers automated Gift Aid, which enables charities to claim an extra 25% on each donation. Moneyhub, the award-winning…

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This Girl Can is back to inspire more women to get active during Covid-19

Stuart Mitchell

This Girl Can is back with an updated campaign celebrating the inventive ways women have stayed active and fit activity into their lives during the pandemic, inspiring women to do the same through brilliant real-life stories. Created by FCB Inferno and launched by Sport England in 2015, This Girl Can aims to close the gender gap around activity levels for men and women and is built around the insight that a fear of judgement – of not being good enough, of not looking the part, or of prioritising the wrong…

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Clipper Teas Launches Organic Tea Advent Calendar

Stuart Mitchell

Clipper Teas, the ethical tea brand owned by Wessanen UK, has launched an Organic Tea Advent Calendar designed to surprise and delight tea lovers in the run up to Christmas.  The Clipper Organic Tea Advent Calendar (£4.99, 48g) is available online at clipper-teas.com, via Amazon and in health food trade stores from this month.  The new SKU contains 24 tea bags with 12 different flavoured teas and infusions including festive favourites such as Orange & Lemon and Liquorice & Peppermint. Each tea bag is wrapped in a numbered sleeve for the 24 days leading up…

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Big Issue Invest Trust strengthens its Board and embarks on new programme to support Big Issue vendors in the wake of Covid-19 crisis

Stuart Mitchell

The Big Issue Invest Trust (BIIT) has announced the appointment of four new Trustees to strengthen its Board as they embark on a new strategic direction in the wake of Covid- 19, with the aim of supporting The Big Issue’s 2,000 vendors across the UK in a time of crisis. BIIT is the registered charitable arm of Big Issue Invest (BII), which exists to provide grants to charities and social enterprises focused on alleviating poverty and tackling inequality. It has been running a grants programme from July 2018 to date,…

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