Month: August 2024

PRCA introduces new Code of Conduct for members

Stuart Mitchell

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) announces a revised Code of Conduct. This updated Code, along with associated procedures, reflects the latest in professional and regulatory best practices, ensuring clarity and robustness in guiding members’ conduct. The revised Code of Conduct updates and replaces the PRCA Professional Charter and the PRCA Health Public Relations and Communications Code of Conduct. Developed by the newly-appointed PRCA Standards Committee with input from external legal advisors, the Code provides clear standards of professional behaviour expected of PRCA members. The new Code applies to…

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Bean there, donated that? Brits choose bean baths over phone donations

Stuart Mitchell

Brits are more likely to sit in a bath of baked beans or stay silent for 24 hours to raise money for charity than donate their unused smartphones, according to new research from Virgin Media O2 and environmental charity, Hubbub. Perhaps it’s because more than 4 in 10 people (44%) wrongly believe charities don’t accept smartphones, with almost 15 million unwanted devices gathering dust in homes and garages across the country. Despite this, more than 7 in 10 of Brits feel guilty for not doing enough to support charities or…

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CAP takes action against e-cigarette ads breaking the rules

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: CAP takes action against e-cigarette ads breaking the rules. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. CAP is cracking down on ads for vapes and e-cigarettes that break our rules, issuing an Enforcement Notice to advertisers and launching focused monitoring to find and ban problem ads. E-cigarettes are not designed to be used by or legally…

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New project to address child labour in the coffee industry launched by UN agencies and EU

Stuart Mitchell

A new project to help address the root causes of child labour in supply chains has been launched by the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Trade Centre (ITC), and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), with funding from the European Union (EU). The project, Ending child labour in supply chains: Addressing the root causes of child labour in supply chains through an area-based approach  (also known as the CLEAR Supply Chains Project), was launched at the World of Coffee tradeshow in Copenhagen, Denmark…

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CIPR 2024 Excellence Awards winners revealed

Stuart Mitchell

Cowshed was the big winner of the evening as the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) celebrated its 40th annual Excellence Awards on Wednesday night.  The Welsh PR firm took home four awards for their respective campaigns with Foster Wales and the Welsh Government as 500 people joined host Jason Mohammad at the Royal Lancaster London to celebrate the stand-out agencies, teams, and individuals across the public relations industry over the last 12 months.  The PR Consultancy of the Year award was presented to Ready10 who also won the Sport…

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