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PRCA launches survey for the 2024 UK Census to address industry challenges

Stuart Mitchell

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) has launched its 2024 UK Census, to measure key attributes of the PR and communications industry and assess its key challenges and opportunities. The survey will cover a broad range of topics, providing insight into the industry’s size, scale and output, and will measure characteristics into the industry’s workforce, including practitioners’ social status, equality, diversity and inclusion, and issues affecting staff retention. Key areas of focus: Size, scale, and scope of the industry: The survey will provide a detailed analysis of the size,…

Number of youth not in employment, education, or training (NEET) a cause for concern, despite falling jobless rate

Stuart Mitchell

The global labour market outlook for young people has improved in the last four years, and the upward trend is expected to continue for two more, according to a new International Labour Organization (ILO) report. However, the report, titled Global Employment Trends for Youth 2024 (GET for Youth), cautions that the number of 15- to 24-year-olds who are not in employment, education or training (NEET) is concerning, and that the post-COVID 19 pandemic employment recovery has not been universal. Young people in certain regions and many young women are not…

Andy Sturgeon-designed Mediterranean Garden boosts climate resilience and biodiversity as Beningbrough Hall continues its revival

Stuart Mitchell

A new Mediterranean Garden, designed for a changing climate by award-winning garden designer Andy Sturgeon, has been unveiled at the National Trust’s Beningbrough Hall near York. Since 2016, Andy has been working with the Trust on a long-term project to improve and in some cases reinvent the 8-acre garden, and the Mediterranean Garden is the largest phase of his garden vision to open to date. Formerly an underused grassed area, the garden now features over 4,000 herbaceous perennials, grasses, trees and shrubs from Mediterranean climate zones around the world, from…

Palladium Hotel Group’s ‘Palladium Cares’ CSR Initiative Reflects On Progress One Year Since Its Launch

Stuart Mitchell

One year on since the launch of its Palladium Cares programme, Palladium Hotel Group reflects on the leaps and bounds made through its corporate social responsibility initiatives. Launched in 2023, Palladium Cares encompasses a wide range of initiatives focused on three key pillars: Our People, Our Community, and Our Planet. These pillars aim to improve quality of life for both employees and surrounding communities. Palladium Cares has already made significant progress in both Europe and the Americas within its first year, with a total of 486 CSR initiatives – including…

Gaming worth $184bn globally but advertiser spend is fractional – WARC Global Ad Trends

Stuart Mitchell

Gaming has a vast global audience and is a key driver of culture, yet in-game advertising spend remains stubbornly low, according to WARC Media’s latest Global Ad Trends report, ‘Gaming: Advertising’s untapped opportunity’ released today. Alex Brownsell, Head of WARC Media, says: “Gaming is huge, both in audience and cultural impact, and its highly complex ecosystem spans devices and platforms defying conventional definitions of a channel. Gaming has long been heralded as a vital emerging opportunity for brands, particularly those wanting to reach younger audiences.  “However, in-game advertising spend remains…