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Lurch from drought to deluge sees another mixed year for UK wildlife as National Trust thanks supporters who’ve helped hundreds of projects

Stuart Mitchell

With 2024 declared the world’s hottest year on record earlier this month, ferocious storms bookended a very wet and mild year in the UK, prompting fresh fears for climate change’s impacts on wildlife. With 2024 declared the world’s hottest year on record earlier this month, ferocious storms bookended a very wet and mild year in the UK, prompting fresh fears for climate change’s impacts on wildlife. 2024 got off to a wildly wet start with Storm Henk battering the nation, causing flooding, destruction and power cuts in early January.  Two…

CAP – Claims to treat Long COVID? Don’t be immune to the misleading advertising rules!

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Claims to treat Long COVID? Don’t be immune to the misleading advertising rules! I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. Following the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, many people are now living with long COVID – a condition characterised by persistent or new symptoms following a COVID-19 infection, some of which can be debilitating. In this article we…

National Trust members vote in support of offering a 50% plant-based menu across Trust cafés

Stuart Mitchell

National Trust members have taken part in the Trust’s 129th Annual General Meeting (AGM) recently, which was held in Newcastle Civic Centre and online. Members shared their views and voted on three resolutions, including whether to offer a minimum 50% plant-based menu across the Trust’s 300 food and beverage outlets. Other resolutions covered the Trust’s response to the climate and ecological emergency, and the Climate and Nature Bill, which has recently been brought forward as a Private Members’ Bill. Resolutions are proposed, seconded and supported by National Trust members. A…

Collective of global artists unite to reimagine the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights in a series of powerful short films

Stuart Mitchell

A never-before-seen collective of global artists has joined together with positive news platform Smiley News, and refugee charity Choose Love to launch a powerful campaign, ”For our Family Human”,  that will shine a spotlight on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in its 75th year. The films will be hosted exclusively on positive news platform Smiley News aligned with its vision to inspire positive change in society and to inspire people to re-imagine the world they want to live in, feel optimistic about the future and empowered to be part…

A diverse Central Europe leads the way in creating a new chapter for PR

Stuart Mitchell

Unprecedented regional co-operation behind “Focus Report 2024: PR in Central Europe” Public Relations is especially diverse in countries of Central Europe and individual differences must be treated with respect – this is one of the findings of a new professional publication crowdsourced by four national Public Relations associations. PR experts from Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia came together in the largest regional co-operation to date to launch “Focus Report 2024: PR in Central Europe”, a unique publication that paints a portrait of their emerging markets and identifies key characteristics…