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10 million Brits volunteering as the nation unites in the Isolation Economy, says Legal & General

Stuart Mitchell

Britons are volunteering in their millions as part of the ‘isolation economy’, according to new figures from Legal & General and Cebr. The latest wave of the FTSE100 financial services group’s Isolation Economy research has found that 10 million UK adults are serving as an informal ‘volunteering army’, supporting local communities and helping vulnerable people. Each week, the work these volunteers are doing has an equivalent economic value of more than £357 million, according to the Isolation Economy research, with each individual contributing on average three hours of their time.…

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“Covid-19 brings an evolving marketing focus” by Dr Kevin Stenson – Marketing in the Time of Covid-19

Stuart Mitchell

Our next Marketing in the time of COVID-19 series is called “Covid-19 brings an evolving marketing focus” and is written by Dr Kevin P Stenson PhD MBA, CEO of the Smallpeice Trust. Kevin tells us how Covid-19 has affected their business and changed their marketing and what they do. The Smallpeice Trust was founded in 1966 by Dr. Cosby D P Smallpeice — a brilliant engineer who invented the Smallpeice Lathe. The Smallpeice Trust aims to give young people the support they need to bring their big ideas to life…

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“One of the oldest charities continues to work to address a very 21st century problem through Covid-19” by Prof Averil Macdonald – Marketing in the Time of Covid-19

Stuart Mitchell

The second in our Marketing in the time of COVID-19 series is written by Prof Averil Macdonald OBE, DSc, DUniv, FRSA, Averil is Deputy Master of the Worshipful Company of Fuellers and Freelance Diversity and Inclusion Consultant. She has kindly written about what they do and how Covid-19 has affected them.  One of the oldest charities continues to work to address a very 21st century problem through Covid-19 With its roots forming in 1330, the Worshipful Company of Fuellers, better known simply as ‘The Fuellers’, is today, counted amongst the…

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UNESCO Launch “Next Normal” campaign

Stuart Mitchell

UNESCO was founded in the wake of the World War II, born of the conviction that the unprecedented conflict could give rise to a better, more united world. Since wars begin in the minds of men and women, it is in the minds of men and women that a better world must be constructed, argued the Organization’s founders. Their idea is more pertinent than ever as countries begin to emerge from the global COVID-19 crisis, which has called into question our priorities, our ways of life and the functioning of…

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MITTOC – The Projected Economic Impact of Covid-19 on the UK Creative Industries report

Stuart Mitchell

The Creative Industries Federation has today warned of a “cultural catastrophe” as newly commissioned research from Oxford Economics reveals that the UK’s creative industries are on the brink of devastation. The UK’s creative sector was previously growing at five times the rate of the wider economy, employing over 2 million people and contributing £111.7 billion to the economy – more than the automotive, aerospace, life sciences and oil and gas industries combined. The new report, The Projected Economic Impact of Covid-19 on the UK Creative Industries, projects that the creative…

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