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Only 7% of women think brands are catering ‘very well’ to the menopause

Stuart Mitchell

There is a significant opportunity for brands and retailers to better cater to women going through the menopause, with only seven per cent of women aged 35-60 currently thinking they are doing it ‘very well’. This is one of the core findings, informed by new data, contained in an IPA report. The IPA report, The Menopause: The change we need to see, features new unseen data from GenM (the menopause partner for 90 brands including Sainsbury’s, Boots and QVC), alongside existing Euromonitor and CIPD data, and additional qualitative data from…

PRCA and CIPR relaunch annual joint mental health survey

Stuart Mitchell

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) and the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) have relaunched their annual joint mental health survey as part of a collaboration designed to address mental health challenges in public relations. Delivered in partnership with Opinium, the survey will help benchmark the industry’s progress on mental health. Last year’s study revealed that PR professionals are significantly less likely to take time off work to rest and recover from poor mental health compared to other UK workers. It found one in five (22%) PR practitioners…

Nominate your inclusivity icons for the IPA iList 2024

Stuart Mitchell

Are you, or one of your colleagues, a champion of diversity, equity and inclusion striving to change our industry for the better? If so, the IPA would love to hear your story as part of the IPA iList 2024. The IPA iList initiative, in partnership with Campaign, celebrates the role models at all levels in all disciplines who are pushing adland to be best it can be, either from within in the work we create or the way we work together. Nominations for 2024 are now open, and the IPA…

NSC Hosts Second Annual Safety Innovation Challenge

Stuart Mitchell

Continuing its commitment to safety innovation, the National Safety Council convened six leading technology providers from around the globe to showcase their cutting-edge safety solutions during the second annual Safety Innovation Challenge. Hosted in collaboration with Safetytech Accelerator, the challenge builds on the tremendous progress made by the Council’s MSD Solutions Lab, a groundbreaking program established in 2021 with funding from Amazon to help organizations of all sizes prevent musculoskeletal disorders, or MSDs. “MSDs aren’t isolated to high-risk industries. They’re complex, multi-faceted injuries that can occur on any job, which is…

Triodos Bank backs pioneering community farm

Stuart Mitchell

Kindling Farm has bought a 78-acre farm in Knowsley, between Manchester and Liverpool, which it will transform into an ambitious community-owned sustainable farming project. Backed by a £600,000 loan from Triodos Bank UK, Kindling Farm – and its 800 members – has purchased Barn Hey Farm with a vision to develop the site into a ‘farming blueprint for the future’ that is ecologically just, economically viable and socially inclusive. The farm will operate as a Community Benefit Society and will use sustainable agricultural practices that protect the natural environment. The…