Year: 2024

Sodexo achieves menopause-friendly employer accreditation

Stuart Mitchell

Sodexo UK and Ireland has achieved The Menopause Friendly Accreditation, awarded in recognition of its efforts to foster an inclusive culture and provide robust support for colleagues experiencing menopause.  The Menopause Friendly Accreditation, established by Henpicked: recognises high standards and proven practices that embrace menopause in the workplace.   Sodexo has been raising awareness about menopause in the workplace for many years. Recently, the company has intensified its efforts and commitment to being a menopause-friendly employer. This comprehensive programme includes support and awareness initiatives, the creation of working groups, and menopause…

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New Barnardo’s Service To Support Care-Experienced Young People To Find Their Forever Home

Stuart Mitchell

The country’s leading children’s charity has launched a new service to help care-experienced young people manage their own home and to live independently. This new service – ‘South Lanarkshire Futures’ – is funded by, and will operate in partnership with, colleagues from South Lanarkshire Council Housing & Social Work and The National Lottery Community Fund. Over the next two years, the service will provide an intensive wraparound transition support service to care-experienced young people aged 16 to 26 in care who require an alternative housing solution to what is currently…

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Innovative Trials announces UK and US partnerships to empower children with cancer and accelerate research

Stuart Mitchell

Innovative Trials, a global clinical trials patient recruitment company with offices in both the UK and US, has today announced its ambition to accelerate research into childhood cancers, contribute to the development of better care and support and play a part in empowering children with cancer across the world. To help fulfil this mission, the organisation has established strategic partnerships with two charities, both of which are focused on improving outcomes for children with cancer: Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity (GOSH Charity) in the UK and the Oliver Patch…

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Palladium Hotel Group’s ‘Palladium Cares’ CSR Initiative Reflects On Progress One Year Since Its Launch

Stuart Mitchell

One year on since the launch of its Palladium Cares programme, Palladium Hotel Group reflects on the leaps and bounds made through its corporate social responsibility initiatives. Launched in 2023, Palladium Cares encompasses a wide range of initiatives focused on three key pillars: Our People, Our Community, and Our Planet. These pillars aim to improve quality of life for both employees and surrounding communities. Palladium Cares has already made significant progress in both Europe and the Americas within its first year, with a total of 486 CSR initiatives – including…

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Gaming worth $184bn globally but advertiser spend is fractional – WARC Global Ad Trends

Stuart Mitchell

Gaming has a vast global audience and is a key driver of culture, yet in-game advertising spend remains stubbornly low, according to WARC Media’s latest Global Ad Trends report, ‘Gaming: Advertising’s untapped opportunity’ released today. Alex Brownsell, Head of WARC Media, says: “Gaming is huge, both in audience and cultural impact, and its highly complex ecosystem spans devices and platforms defying conventional definitions of a channel. Gaming has long been heralded as a vital emerging opportunity for brands, particularly those wanting to reach younger audiences.  “However, in-game advertising spend remains…

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