Day: 10 March 2022

European Communication Monitor 2022 survey launched: The largest international poll on communications trends

Stuart Mitchell

The European Public Relations Education and Research Association (EUPRERA) has launched its annual poll on the status and future of strategic communication and PR. Communication professionals across Europe are invited to participate in the survey, which is available here until March 12. The European Communication Monitor, now in its 16th year, addresses highly debated topics such as the practical challenges of diversity and inclusion in stakeholder communications, empathetic leadership in communications teams, CommTech and digital transformation, and quality in communications consulting. The survey will identify characteristics of excellent communication departments and explore…

Read More

New report reveals commercial media usage similarities across generations

Stuart Mitchell

One of the striking findings of the new IPA TouchPoints report Making Sense – The commercial media landscape (4th edition) is the changing nature of the relationship between the media consumption habits of 16-34s and people aged 55+, with data indicating some increases in convergence. This is counter to previous TouchPoints data where there have been significant declines in the correlation between the habits of these two audiences. According to the report, this convergence is driven by the fact that 16-34s appear to have reached peak digital penetration and patterns…

Read More

Northern Trust Launches New Climate Focus Reporting

Stuart Mitchell

Northern Trust has further enhanced its suite of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment analytics to deliver new climate risk reporting for global institutional investor clients. The Climate Focus Report, part of Northern Trust’s ESG Insights suite of reporting solutions, offers clients a range of carbon metrics, physical risk and transition risk detail at the portfolio level. These include detailed emissions information (including Scope 3), carbon intensity measures and forward-looking scenario pathway analysis. The resulting information supports institutional investors, such as pension funds – helping them assess key climate change risk factors against investments in…

Read More

NHS launches lifesaving campaign to tackle heart attack myths

Stuart Mitchell

The NHS has launched a new lifesaving campaign to encourage people to dial 999 when they are having early signs of a heart attack. Backed by celebrities including One Foot in the Grave actor Richard Wilson and Sky Sports presenter ‘Tubes’ – the campaign will tackle a number of common heart attack myths, after research identified that three in four people thought a heart attack was the same as a cardiac arrest. The new polling also showed that fewer than half of people said they would dial 999 if they…

Read More

Commonweal launches its Call for New Ideas 2022 to support organisations with original housing projects

Stuart Mitchell

Commonweal Housing has reopened its partnership programme, Call for New Ideas 2022, inviting not-for-profit organisations working with marginalised groups to submit imaginative and original ideas for housing solutions to social injustices. Find out more and apply to Call for New Ideas 2022 >>   Commonweal is offering frontline organisations funding, support measures and bespoke property in an effort to work with sector experts to design and deliver housing projects that support vulnerable individuals. Call for New Ideas, now in its third year, has already successfully supported tens of organisations in…

Read More