CAP – New guidance on the advertising of delayed payment services (buy now, play later services)

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: New guidance on the advertising of delayed payment services (buy now, play later services). I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. CAP has today published guidance on the advertising of delayed payment services, also known as buy now, pay later (BNPL) services, which have become increasingly available to customers at the ‘checkout’ of online retailers. These…

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New CIPR Board delivers vision “for a dynamic and progressive organisation”

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has announced the line-up of its Board of Directors for 2021 with all three Honorary Officer positions held by women for the third year running. The new Board comprises senior public relations professionals from a range of award-winning consultancies and in-house teams. Honorary officers: President: Mandy Pearse Chart.PR, FCIPR President Elect: Rachel Roberts Chart.PR, FCIPR Past President: Jenni Field Chart.PR, FCIPR Elected members: Hayley James, Chart PR, FCIPR Trudy Lewis Chart.PR, MCIPR Advita Patel ChartPR FCIPR Kerry Sheehan, Chart PR, FCIPR Steve Shepperson-Smith…

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PRCA Race and Ethnicity Equity Board appoints Emmanuel Ofosu-Appiah

Emmanuel Ofosu-Appiah, UK PR Manager, Mercer, has today been appointed to the PRCA’s Race and Ethnicity Equity Board (REEB). Emmanuel brings a wealth of experience in the Corporate Communications world where he has made significant contributions at FTI Consulting and Kekst CNC, before joining Mercer. An expert in profile building, media relations and reputation management, Emmanuel is a strong advocate for diversity and is dedicated to helping break the back of racism in the PR and communications industry. Emmanuel has also campaigned tirelessly for equal progression and greater pay for…

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UNESCO highlights fragility of press freedom in the face of COVID-19 in 2020

UNESCO has condemned the killing of 59 media workers in 2020, among them four women. With 22 killings each, the Latin America and the Caribbean Region and the Asia and the Pacific Region registered the highest number of fatalities in the profession, followed by the Arab States Region with nine, and Africa with six. Overall, 2020 saw one of the lowest yearly tolls recorded by UNESCO over the past decade, during which 888 journalists and media workers’ paid the ultimate price for informing the public. In 2019, UNESCO condemned the…

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New research shows significant dependency on charities revealed since the start of the pandemic

Research recently released reveals almost one in eight (14%) UK adults have received support from a charity since the COVID-19 crisis began in March 2020. And, more than half (55%) of those that have received support, which equates to 3.9 million UK adults, never expected to need it before the COVID-19 crisis happened. The research commissioned by The Covid-19 Support Fund, shows a significant proportion (75%) of people using charity services this year have had to do so regularly, exposing how dependent vulnerable people are on charity in the UK. As…

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