Day: 13 June 2022

New ILO report finds African workplaces have been dramatically changed by the COVID-19 pandemic

Stuart Mitchell

A new ILO report, The Next Normal: The changing Workplace in Africa – Ten Trends from the COVID-19 Pandemic that are Shaping Workplaces in Africa , finds that while Africa has been hit hard by the COVID pandemic , workers and enterprises have responded to the challenges with great resilience and adaptability. However, the pandemic has fundamentally altered where and how people work, upending many long-standing norms and practices. Enterprises and workers have made many changes, often out of necessity, though they have regularly brought unexpected improvements in productivity or working conditions.…

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UK Agency and Production company of the Year announced

Stuart Mitchell

AMVBBDO was announced as UK Agency of the Year and Riff Raff Films was announced as the UK Production company of the year at the 2022 Gerety Awards. Prior to the shortlist announcement due Tuesday, June 14th and following the UK judging session that was held at Pop Brixton with hosts School of Communication Arts 2.0. The Gerety Awards, the only creative prize to reward advertising work that resonates most with a female audience, announces the agency and production company of the year for the UK. *Agency of the year…

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National Theatre of Scotland will Fly The Flag for Human Rights in Glasgow as part of UK wide engagement project

Stuart Mitchell

Launch of National Theatre of Scotland’s Neighbourhood Project with Fly The Flag performance created with the pupils from St Teresa’s Primary School in Glasgow. Choreographer and facilitator Saffy Setohy, working with dance artist Joanna Young has been creating a new performance celebrating the art of protest with P5 & P6 pupils from St Teresa’s Primary School in North Glasgow. They have been running weekly creative workshops in the school as part of Fly The Flag, a unique annual nationwide celebration of human rights. The workshops will culminate in a special…

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IPA and ISBA launch Pitch Positive Pledge to improve pitching behaviours

Stuart Mitchell

The IPA and ISBA have today launched their much-anticipated Pitch Positive Pledge, a joint initiative that seeks to improve the behaviours of agencies and advertisers around pitching for the benefit of its people, the planet and profit. SIGN THE PLEDGE With almost 40% of the industry workforce reporting feeling stressed and anxious in the last twelve months, the Pledge, supported by Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) and NABS, brings together the two trade associations, their members, procurement professionals and intermediaries, to focus on making the pitching process more intentional, accountable and…

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WaterAid and Wimbledon Foundation create tennis ball mosaic highlighting how clean water saves children’s lives

Stuart Mitchell

WaterAid and the Wimbledon Foundation created a giant tennis ball mosaic of a young boy enjoying clean water, to highlight how more than 11,000 children’s lives could be saved during The Championships if everyone, everywhere had access to clean water and toilets.   It took artists from Sand in Your Eye 12 hours to create the tennis court-sized portrait near No.1 Court, showing ten-year-old Tefy from Antsakambahiny village in Madagascar who, with the help of WaterAid and partners including the Wimbledon Foundation, now has clean water at school and near his…

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