Day: 28 February 2024

CIPR launches 2024 research fund with new paper on Indian industry and lessons from PR’s education evolution

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has announced the launch of its 2024 Research Fund, designed to support investigations into a wide range of subject matters relevant to the advancement of public relations. To mark the launch of the new Fund, the Institute has published new research on the Indian public relations industry and what it can learn from key developments in PR education.  The CIPR Research Fund was launched in 2021 under then-President, Mandy Pearse. Now in its fourth successive year, the Fund awards grants of up to…

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IPA publishes Agency Census 2023

Stuart Mitchell

The IPA has published its 2023 Agency Census revealing that overall staff numbers within IPA agency membership have increased marginally year-on-year. According to the 2023 IPA Agency Census, now in its 64th year, total employee numbers within IPA member agencies have stabilised and, as of 1 September 2023, stand at 26,630 This represents a marginal rise of 1.3% from the 26,290 recorded in 2022. Breaking this overall figure down by agency type, the number of employees in creative and other non-media agencies has increased slightly from an estimated 14,643 in…

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National Trust joins push for temperate rainforest revival in North Devon with new 100,000-strong tree planting project

Stuart Mitchell

A large-scale project to create a wilder, woodier and wetter landscape is underway in north Devon with the National Trust planting over 100,000 trees this winter to re-establish approximately 50 hectares (123 acres) of temperate rainforest, one of the UK’s most endangered habitats, and other wooded habitats. The planting will take place across three sites, with 50,000 trees to be planted at Arlington Court, 38,000 on Exmoor and 20,000 at Woolacombe/Hartland, with more planting to follow in the coming years. Temperate rainforests, also known as Atlantic or Celtic rainforests, are…

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Newsquest announces £6 million support for NSPCC in anniversary year

Stuart Mitchell

Newsquest has announced a major partnership with the NSPCC worth more than £6 million to support the children’s charity’s work across the UK. From January and throughout 2024, the leading regional news publisher will join forces with national child protection charity NSPCC in its 140th anniversary year. As part of the partnership, Newsquest is gifting at least £6m worth of advertising to the charity across its extensive portfolio of titles, online and in print. Henry Faure Walker, Newsquest CEO, said: “The work of the NSPCC and in particular Childline is…

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Charity adverts supporting international causes still focus predominantly on Africa

Stuart Mitchell

There is a continued predominance of images with African characters in charity adverts supporting international causes, but on the whole the images used in charity fundraising appeals are improving – according to new research by the University of East Anglia (UEA).  The study, conducted over a six-month period in 2021, examines 541 images found in 17 national weekend newspapers in the UK. All the adverts were characterised as supporting issues in countries overseas.   In the past charities have been criticised for their shock tactics and using images of suffering…

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