Day: 19 February 2025

More than one in four charities have not reviewed their reserves policy in last year

Stuart Mitchell

New findings show more than one in four charities (26%) have not reviewed their reserves policy within the last year, according to a survey by leading audit, tax and consulting firm RSM UK, leaving themselves at risk of failing to manage financial instability. This is particularly pertinent in the current economic climate. While the data found over a third (34%) of charity trustees had reviewed their reserves policy within the last three months and 40% within the last year, 11% of respondents had only reviewed it within the last two…

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Reward and pay remain top priorities for marketing professionals

Stuart Mitchell

Following research from Hays on marketers’ top career priorities, Chris Daly, chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) shares his thoughts on what this means for the marketing profession.  The research, involving over 400 marketing professionals and employers across the UK, reveals that the majority of marketers (64%) plan to move jobs in the next twelve months. With concerns about the attraction and retention of talent in the current competitive climate on the rise, this presents a challenge for marketing employers.  The 2025 outlook of employees and employers…

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Practice what you preach: Only half of UK workers believe their employer’s actions match their words when it comes to ESG

Stuart Mitchell

Only half (52%) of workers in the UK believe that the way their employer promotes itself is aligned with their actions towards environmental, social and ethical issues, according to new research from global research and insights agency Opinium. Amongst senior decision-makers this rises to three in five (60%), suggesting there is some level of disconnect between how senior decision-makers perceive their business’ actions compared to middle management (58%) or more junior employees and manual workers (46%). One in eight UK workers (12%) believe that their business acts in a way…

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The One Club’s Tay Guan Hin Receives 2025 AAMS Hall of Fame Visionary Award

Stuart Mitchell

The Association of Advertising & Marketing Singapore (AAMS), the leading industry body representing Singapore’s advertising and marketing community, has honored The One Club-APAC’s Tay Guan Hin as recipient of its 2025 Hall of Fame Visionary Award. The prestigious award, presented at last week’s Singapore Admarcom Festival 2025, celebrates an individual who has consistently demonstrated exceptional creativity, innovation, and strategic brilliance in the field of advertising.   Honorees have significantly influenced the direction and landscape of advertising in Singapore by taking risks, pushing boundaries, and inspiring others through innovative campaigns and…

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Agreena achieves Verra registration landmark for soil carbon market

Stuart Mitchell

Agreena, a Danish climate solutions company, has announced a landmark achievement for its pan-European soil carbon project which covers millions of hectares of arable farmland. The AgreenaCarbon Project has become the first large-scale agricultural cropland project registered under Verra’s Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) VM0042 methodology for Improved Agricultural Land Management. The VCS is the world’s most widely used greenhouse gas (GHG) crediting standard and is endorsed by the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM). To achieve registration under the standard, the AgreenaCarbon Project went through several years of…

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