Month: June 2021

Moore Kingston Smith launches the Moore Kingston Smith Community Foundation

Stuart Mitchell

Moore Kingston Smith, the top 20 UK business advisory and accountancy firm, has announced the launch of the Moore Kingston Smith Community Foundation. With a long history of undertaking innovative and rewarding projects to support the needs of local communities, forming the Moore Kingston Smith Community Foundation is a natural next step in demonstrating the firm’s commitment to the community. The Foundation will be ring-fenced from Moore Kingston Smith LLP and set up as a separate entity, meaning donors can have total confidence that their donations will be well stewarded…

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Teamspirit announces 2021 pro bono client, Credit Unions of Wales

Stuart Mitchell

Teamspirit, the UK’s leading fully integrated financial services agency, has announced its pro bono client for 2021- Credit Unions of Wales.  A collaboration of 10 credit unions working to improve savings and access to affordable credit, the group is the first Welsh project that Teamspirit has supported.    Credit Unions of Wales’ mission is to provide everyone in Wales with access to ethical savings and the tools to build financial literacy while contributing to the prosperity, financial wellbeing and resilience of local communities. As a group of financial co-operatives, they…

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Instagram for kids What do people have to say about it?

Stuart Mitchell

Facebook plans to create an Instagram app for children under 13 years old, to provide them with an age-appropriate alternative to its existing and hugely popular photo-sharing app. This report delves into people’s opinions about Facebook’s latest decision to target children as part of their business plans. Facebook’s move to launch an Instagram app for pre-teens has already met with a lot of resistance from various quarters. Over 100 public health groups and experts from around the world have written to Mark Zuckerberg about the platform’s potential negative impact, while…

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Amelie talk about how they battled stigma with advertising

Stuart Mitchell

Amelie, a Denver based agency talk about how they battled stigma with advertising including in their “Proud to Be PrEPPED” Campaign: Stigma transcends every aspect of identity, impacting race, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, economic class, and more. Stigma is everywhere and acts as a primary barrier that people face when seeking help on tough issues, like mental health and addiction. So what can we do as marketers to break stigma down in order to achieve our goal of helping our community? Let’s start by defining stigma, “a mark of disgrace…

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Brits are blind to the biodiversity crisis

Stuart Mitchell

The loss of biodiversity is said to be one of the biggest crises our planet faces, yet few people are aware of its biggest cause; producing enough food to feed 7.7 billion people on Earth, prompting an urgent call for action in the food industry. According to a new report, only 5% of people said food production or intensive farming gives them most cause for environmental concern, even though one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions comes from food systems. The report also revealed that only a third say they understand…

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