Day: 20 January 2024

Juries named for The WARC Awards Europe 2024

Stuart Mitchell

The juries are announced for the WARC Awards for Europe 2024 in association with LIONS.  Celebrating marketing with strategic brilliance and effective impact, this regional competition will be judged rigorously by top industry experts from leading agencies and renowned global and local brands.  John Bizzell, Awards Lead, WARC, said: “To judge the very best strategic and effective marketing campaigns in Europe, we have convened a stellar group of extremely knowledgeable and highly respected professionals from across the region to bring expertise and cultural insight to the judging process.” The WARC…

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Speedy Hire opens new sustainable service centre in Basildon

Stuart Mitchell

Speedy Hire, the UK’s leading provider of tools, equipment, and plant hire services, has opened the doors of its fourth sustainable service centre in Basildon. The new 33,000 sqft. state-of-the-art facility follows the successful opening of a number of centres in the past 24 months including the flagship A+ Energy-rated ‘Milton Keynes Innovation Centre’ in 2021.  Strategically selected to strengthen Speedy Hire’s National Service Centre network, the new site in the Southeast will enable the company to service its London customers with its fleet of electric and hybrid vehicles supported…

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RNIB makes sound decision to create memorable new sonic logo

Stuart Mitchell

Leading sight loss charity RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People) turned to members of the blind and partially sighted community to help create a new sonic identity for the charity. As part of a continuing drive to innovate in the way it communicates with customers, supporters and the general public, RNIB last month unveiled a new suite of brand sounds. The logo comprises a catchy but simple four second sound which will stick in listener’s heads with its piano motif and the voices of a chorus of people with…

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Export credit agencies supporting billions in global trade form net-zero alliance

Stuart Mitchell

Eight leading export credit agencies, in partnership with the Innovation and Knowledge Hub at the University of Oxford, Future of Climate Cooperation, and the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) recently launched the UN-convened Net-Zero Export Credit Agencies Alliance (NZECA), the first net-zero alliance comprising public finance institutions globally. In working to deliver net-zero economies by 2050, the NZECA will help decarbonise global trade and facilitate joint action from public and private finance.  The five founding members, together with the three affiliate members, come from geographically diverse regions including…

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Sylvera partners with the Singapore government and opens regional hub

Stuart Mitchell

Sylvera, a leading carbon data provider, is working with the Singapore Government to facilitate high-quality carbon credits to be used towards its goals under the Paris Agreement. The news comes as the company opens an office in Singapore to support its growth in the market and the region’s thriving carbon trading ecosystem.  Despite being agreed since 2015, most countries signed onto the Paris Agreement are not on track to meet their goals eight years later. Purchasing carbon credits, which fund projects around the world like protecting rainforests from deforestation, is…

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