Octopus Energy urges NESO to strengthen household flexibility

Octopus Energy calls on the National Energy System Operator (NESO) to strengthen the role of households in managing grid constraints, reducing the need to turn on expensive and polluting fossil fuel plants. This plea comes after the system chose to pay over £17 million to two fossil fuel power plants for backup power amid a cold weather snap yesterday, instead of calling on the significantly cheaper Demand Flexibility Service (DFS). The gas stations received payments of up to £5,750 per MWh of power generated between midday and 7pm. In stark…

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FCB Retains Top Spots in The One Club’s Year-End Global Creative Rankings

FCB ended the year repeating its top positions in The One Club for Creativity’s Global Creative Rankings, with FCB New York again crowned Global Agency of the Year and FCB Global finishing as Agency Network of the Year for 2024. The annual worldwide benchmark report, which is free to view, is a comprehensive ranking of agencies, brands, countries, and individuals based on points earned from winning entries in The One Club’s eight global, regional, and local awards shows: The One Show 2024, ADC 103rd Annual Awards, Type Directors Club TDC70…

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Bids Received for World Public Relations Forum 2026

The Global Alliance is pleased to announce that it has received several bids to host the World Public Relations Forum (WPRF) 2026. To assess the bids, the Global Alliance board has appointed a committee comprising: Boy Kelana Soebroto, Chairman of Perhumas Indonesia Public Relations Association and host of WPRF 2024 in Bali, Indonesia. Amith Prabhu, Co-founder of Promise Foundation and host of WPRF 2023 in Chennai, India. Fiona Cassidy, Former Chair of PRINZ (Public Relations Institute of New Zealand) and awarded host of WPRF 2020 in Auckland, New Zealand.  

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PRSA Elects Tara Carraro and Sankalp Sharma as Senior Counsel to 2025 Board of Directors

PRSA, the leading professional organization serving the public relations and communications community, has elected Tara Carraro and Sankalp (San) Sharma as Senior Counsel and members of the 2025 Board of Directors.   The appointments were approved by the PRSA Board upon the recommendation of Ray Day, APR, 2025 PRSA chair; Stagwell vice chair; and Allison Worldwide executive chair.  “PRSA is dedicated to making communications professionals smarter, better prepared and more connected through all stages of their careers,” said Day. “Tara and San joining the board helps us turbocharge this mission –…

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Sainsbury’s partners with Italian ready meal supplier to donate one million meals to those experiencing food insecurity

Kicking off 2025 with a focus on giving and on collective action, this year Sainsbury’s and its long term food supplier Greencore have committed to donating one million fresh meals to those experiencing food insecurity, putting their heads together to work out how they can maximise their combined resources. Customers can support the one million meal donation by purchasing any by Sainsbury’s Italian style ready meals, including favourites such as spaghetti bolognaise and carbonara, between now and the end of April knowing that 25p from each product sold will go…

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