Day: 16 January 2023

Governments urged to formally recognise deliberate mass starvation as a war crime

Stuart Mitchell

Today, new Guidance has been released by international human rights law firm and foundation, Global Rights Compliance, to stimulate and accelerate governments, including the UK and the US, in formally recognising the deliberate use of starvation of civilians as a weapon of war, or risk the lives of several more millions in the world’s most deprived, dangerous and forgotten countries. In December 2019, 123 countries party to the International Criminal Court unanimously approved the historic Rome Statute ‘Starvation’ Amendment, which, for the first time, enabled the international investigation and prosecution…

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Marketing sector adapts to economic pressures to avoid ‘burnout’ of young professionals

Stuart Mitchell

New research from the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) highlights how the marketing sector is adapting to deal with tough economic conditions in 2023. Nearly half are demanding changes to their working patterns to cope with stress (49%), and a similar proportion (52%) admit they fear burning out in their current role.  The survey, which explores the views of 500 UK in-house and agency marketing professionals, finds that younger professionals are more concerned about stress in their jobs, with 6 in 10 (59%) worried about experiencing burnout compared to just…

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Veganuary: Sales of vegetarian and vegan dishes up again in 2022, says Sodexo

Stuart Mitchell

To mark Veganuary 2023, Sodexo has published its food sales data showing a year-on-year increase in the proportion of vegetarian and vegan meals sold across 476 of its UK and Ireland client sites. During 2022 (January to November), 10% of all meals sold were vegetarian or vegan, compared to 8% during the same period in 2021. The data shows that the highest proportion of vegetarian and vegan meals were sold by Sodexo in the East Midlands, where these accounted for more than one in five (21%) of all meals. When…

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The One Club Announces Diverse Global Jury For ADC 102nd Annual Awards

Stuart Mitchell

The One Club for Creativity has announced the more than 250 top creatives from 48 countries who will serve on the diverse jury for the ADC 102nd Annual Awards, one of the world’s longest running and most prestigious global competitions celebrating excellence in craft and innovation in all forms of design and advertising. After three years of conducting virtual judging, juries for a number of disciplines will be assembled in person in March 2023.   This year’s jury chairs include: Advertising: Karen Costello, creative chair, Deutsch, Los Angeles Architecture/Interior/Environmental Design:…

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CEO of Oxfordshire-based PR agency pledges to pay utility bills for ALL employees over the winter months

Stuart Mitchell

In an announcement made to the Search Intelligence Ltd team in November, CEO and owner of the company, Fery Kaszoni announced that he would be paying £250 towards every employee’s utility bills, every month for the next three months. Fery Kaszoni is the CEO of Search Intelligence Ltd, a Digital PR agency with headquarters based in Witney, Oxfordshire that has grown to fifty employees from 15 in the last year alone. Kaszoni commented on the decision: “Our team helped us create a unique service that attracted some of the biggest…

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