Month: May 2025

Verizon Selected to Receive 2025 Radio Marketer of the Year Award

Stuart Mitchell

Verizon will be recognized as the 2025 Radio Mercury Awards’ “Marketer of the Year” in recognition of the company’s commitment to radio as a lead medium. From their strategic use of the medium to target specific customer segments and to highlight priority services and products, Verizon consistently harnesses the power of radio-driven fandom to deepen audience engagement and sets itself apart from the competition. “Verizon is an incredibly important and valued partner to the radio industry,” noted Mike Hulvey, RAB president and CEO, and chair of the Radio Creative Fund.…

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UK is falling behind international efforts as microplastics infiltrate food, bodies, and ecosystems

Stuart Mitchell

Researchers warn the UK is falling behind international efforts as microplastics infiltrate food, bodies, and ecosystems The UK government must urgently draw up a comprehensive national strategy to tackle microplastic pollution or risk falling further behind international efforts to address one of the most pervasive environmental threats of our time, researchers have warned. A new policy brief, delivered to MPs earlier this  month by the University of Portsmouth’s Global Plastics Policy Centre, outlines the growing scale of the crisis and calls for a coordinated UK roadmap with clear targets and…

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Triodos Bank UK awarded prestigious King’s Award for Sustainable Development

Stuart Mitchell

Triodos Bank UK has received the King’s Award for Enterprise in the Sustainable Development category.  Demonstrating a longstanding commitment to sustainability, it is the fourth time the bank has received the prestigious award for enterprise – attaining the Queen’s Award in 2004, 2010 and 2020, and now the King’s Award in 2025 – and is the only UK bank to have achieved the category accolade this many times.   The King’s Award for Sustainable Development is awarded for commercially successful products, services and management that benefit the environment, society and the…

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Scotland’s national walking charity seeks new trustees

Stuart Mitchell

SCOTLAND’S leading walking and wheeling organisation is seeking two experienced professionals to join its Board of Trustees to help to champion walking  to improve public health and tackle the climate emergency. The charity, which supports everyday walking and wheeling across Scotland’s communities, is recruiting trustees with professional backgrounds in accountancy and fundraising to support its strategic direction and ensure strong governance. Paths for All plays a vital role in creating the conditions for more people to walk or wheel as part of daily life, aiming to build a happier, healthier…

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Charity In Kind Direct Launches Immersive First Of Its Kind Campaign To Rally Public Support In Tackling Hygiene Poverty Among Children

Stuart Mitchell

A Clean Start in Life, a newly commissioned report by In Kind Direct, reveals that 4 children in every classroom in Great Britain are currently living in hygiene poverty, that’s 1.1m children. Hygiene poverty is not being able to access products many of us take for granted like shampoo, toothpaste and period products.  The charity, founded in 1996 by HM King Charles lll, is launching an immersive campaign from the 2nd – 11th May playing out voices and experiences of children and young people living in hygiene poverty in an…

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