Day: 8 March 2023

Entrepreneurial social enterprise that helps young people from underrepresented communities receives £127K from Big Issue Invest

Stuart Mitchell

This International Women’s Day, Big Issue Invest is celebrating the female-led award-winning social enterprise Foundervine. The organisation has supported over 5,000 diverse-led ventures to start and scale through training, space, networks and access to capital. The organisation has recently been supported with £127,000 in investment from Big Issue Invest, the investment arm of Big Issue Group. Izzy Obeng, CEO of Foundervine, founded the organisation to help change the global face of entrepreneurship by building outstanding programmes that help entrepreneurs build sustainable ventures, and by solving the opportunity gap that currently…

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XPO marks International Women’s Day with conversations between women leaders and employees across Europe 

Stuart Mitchell

XPO, a leading provider of innovative transport and logistics solutions in Europe, is actively involved in promoting all forms of diversity and inclusion as a daily part of its culture. The company will celebrate International Women´s Day by reaffirming its commitment to providing women with equal access to all job positions, as evidenced by the company’s first-ever discussion series connecting women leaders to colleagues across Europe. Launching on 8 March and extending through the month, XPO will hold a series of internal group discussions at the European and country levels.…

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Clear Channel UK’s Outdoor Media Awards return for 2023

Stuart Mitchell

The best of Out of Home advertising will be celebrated in the revamped event, produced by Clear Channel UK and Campaign   Now in its 17th year, Clear Channel UK’s annual Outdoor Media Awards are back for the 2023 award season to showcase the incredible power and abilities of Out of Home (OOH) advertising. Held in partnership with Campaign, the Outdoor Media Awards represent the gold standard for OOH advertising and will take place in London on 15 June 2023. The awards highlight excellence across five updated categories including Creative,…

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Fairtrade Foundation receives ‘Superbrand’ status for its strong, authentic brand

Stuart Mitchell

The Fairtrade Foundation has been awarded ‘Superbrand’ status for 2022/2023 in recognition of the strength of the ethical movement’s brand and public perception in the UK. Superbrands, the world’s largest independent arbiter of branding, this week announced the recipients of this status. It is given annually to brands that lead the field in ‘quality, reliability and distinction’. A ‘Superbrand’ is defined as one that: has ‘established the finest reputation in its field’ ‘offers customers significant emotional and/or tangible advantages over its competitors, which customers want and recognise’. Fairtrade Foundation –…

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RNIB and Guide Dogs NI offer first of its kind sight loss training for school counsellors

Stuart Mitchell

Led by RNIB NI (The Royal National Institute of Blind People), in partnership with Guide Dogs NI, the Counselling Insight Project is a two-year venture that received £80,207 of funding from the Department of Health Mental Health Fund, administered by Community Foundation NI. Counselling Insight panel members, Martin Walls and Andrea Begley; RNIB NI Country Director Robert Shilliday and Amanda Hawkins, Head of Mental Health and Counselling, Confident Living & Skills Development, RNIB “I felt isolated at school” Those are the words of Leah Tylor as two NI sight loss…

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