Month: January 2026

CIPR recognises outstanding service with new Fellowship and Honorary Fellowships

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has awarded new Fellowships and Honorary Fellowships in recognition of exceptional service to the Institute and the wider public relations profession. The CIPR is pleased to confirm that former CIPR Presidents who remain active members of the Institute have been awarded Honorary Fellowships. In addition, Dan Slee has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship, while Andy West has been awarded a Fellowship of the Institute. Honorary Fellowships are granted by the CIPR Board of Directors in recognition of exceptionally outstanding service to the Institute and the…

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PRCA announces Sprint Partners as its first-ever growth and new business partner

Stuart Mitchell

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) has today announced Sprint Partners as its first-ever growth and new business partner. Sprint Partners is a specialist management consultancy for marketing agencies and in-house teams, designed to help senior leaders achieve double-digit growth with half the complexity. By combining elite sports performance principles with proven business strategy, Sprint Partners supports organisations to sharpen their positioning, build smarter growth strategies and deliver breakthrough work. In 2025, PRCA Matchmaker worked with Sprint Partners to host a series of business–focused breakfast roundtables for PRCA Communication…

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International Women’s Day 2026: Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls.

Stuart Mitchell

On 8 March 2026, rally with women and girls around the world to demand equal rights – and equal justice to enforce, exercise, and enjoy those rights. As we begin the second quarter of the 21st century, no nation has closed the legal gaps between men and women. Right now, in 2026, women have only 64 per cent of the legal rights that men hold worldwide. In fundamental areas of life, including work, money, safety, family, property, mobility, business, and retirement – the law systematically disadvantages women. From harmful social…

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World’s richest 1% have blown through their fair share of carbon emissions for 2026 in just 10 days

Stuart Mitchell

The world’s richest 1% have exhausted their annual carbon budget – the amount of CO2 that can be emitted while staying within 1.5 degrees of warming – only ten days into the year, according to new analysis from Oxfam. The richest 0.1% already used up their carbon limit on 3 January. This day – named by Oxfam as ‘Pollutocrat Day’ – highlights how the super-rich are disproportionately responsible for driving the climate crisis. Each of the UK’s richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution on average in eight days than someone…

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Barnardo’s and AstraZeneca team up on the Young Health Programme to support thousands of children, young people and families in the UK

Stuart Mitchell

Children and young people living in poverty in the UK will gain better access to healthy food, help create a healthy living toolkit and become advocates for health policy thanks to a new partnership announced today between the children’s charity Barnardo’s and AstraZeneca, as part of the pharmaceutical company’s Young Health Programme UK. Around 2.6 million children in the UK are living in food insecure households (18% of all children)* with a lack of access to a nutritious diet which can create life-long impacts on their health.  Those benefitting from the partnership will include children and young people with experience of growing up in care, who are living alone for the first time and young…

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