Month: June 2025

One Water Launches Travel Trade Sales Incentive Tour as World Duty Free donations hit £2.95m Milestone

Stuart Mitchell

Ethical water brand One Water has launched its annual Travel Trade Awareness Tour in partnership with Avolta, in its World Duty Free stores which are in 38 locations across the UK, including most UK airports.With over £2.95 million raised to date through One Water sales in World Duty Free stores, the campaign continues to transform lives by funding clean water projects in areas like rural Malawi. Funds raised via sales of One Water bottles at UK airports have contributed towards the rehabilitation of broken water points, the installation of gravity-fed…

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The One Club Opens Call for Entries For Global Young Guns 23

Stuart Mitchell

The One Club for Creativity has opened the call for entries for Young Guns 23, the leading global competition to celebrate international creative professionals age 30 or younger. Young Guns is the industry’s only global, cross-disciplinary, portfolio-based awards competition that identifies and celebrates today’s vanguard of young creatives.  The program is open to creatives ages 30 and under who have been working for at least two years, full-time or freelance. Eligible entrants can submit a combination of professional and personal work. The online entry system is open, with the reduced-fee…

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IPA members roar at Cannes Lions 2025

Stuart Mitchell

IPA members enjoyed a successful Cannes Lions 2025 festival with 19 agencies winning a combined 55 awards. This includes two Grand Prix, nine Gold Lions, 13 Silver Lions, and 31 Bronze Lions. adam&eveDDB picked up the most total awards among IPA member agencies. The agency collected one Gold, two Silver and six Bronze Lions across its work with ITVxCALM, Tempations, Twix and the Walt Disney Company. Ogilvy’s work with Dove was the most successful campaign from IPA member agencies at Cannes this year, and was awarded two Grand Prix, one…

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Virgin Money Foundation surpasses £3 million in funding to build digital inclusion

Stuart Mitchell

Virgin Money Foundation has announced a new round of funding aimed at enabling digital inclusion across Glasgow and the North East of England. This takes the total funding provided by the Foundation to over £3 million since 2024, with the grants expected to support over 62,000 people since the funding programmes began. Supporting a range of initiatives, the newly awarded £836k of funding will support community-led organisations to provide digital skills training for young people, provide access to devices for low-income families to get online, and support projects aimed at…

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The Pitch: CIM and IBM to Challenge Marketing Students in Global Competition to find the Marketers of the Future

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) has launched the global student marketing competition, ‘The Pitch’, to students across the world. This year’s competition will be run in partnership with IBM, a global leader in technology and innovation. CIM will work with IBM to provide students with an experience that equips them for their first professional role in marketing. Not only will IBM be setting this year’s challenge, but they will also host webinars and provide top tips to students on their journey through The Pitch, helping them to bring their…

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