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Campaign from climate charity seeks to inspire more action for peatlands across the UK

Stuart Mitchell

A new campaign from Carbon Copy seeks to change the perception of peatlands and to encourage more people to take action to prevent their destruction. Peatlands are a big deal in the UK, making up around 12% of the entire land area or three million hectares, with only 1-in-5 currently in a near natural or rewetted condition. Part of the charity’s 25 Big Local Actions in 2025 programme, the focus on the local climate impact of degraded peatlands comes as the UK continues to experience extreme weather events, made worse…

Virgin Media O2 pledges to donate 12,000 devices to connect people in need in 2025

Stuart Mitchell

Virgin Media O2 is committing to donate up to 12,000 smartphones to help people in need get online in 2025.  The company is stepping up its work to address electronic waste (e-waste) and to tackle digital exclusion with its largest-ever device donation programme which will provide around 1,000 pre-owned devices per month to its charity partners, Good Things Foundation and Hubbub.    Virgin Media O2 and Hubbub’s Community Calling programme and Good Things Foundation’s National Device Bank will respectively distribute the refurbished and data-wiped tech to other UK charities and…

PRCA launches a ‘FRESH’ approach to the new business pitch process

Stuart Mitchell

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) unveils its new industry guidelines aimed at improving the new business pitch process in public relations. The PRCA Pitch Forward Principles of Best Practice are designed to ensure a more transparent, fair, and efficient process for both clients and agencies. Research among agencies and clients conducted by the PRCA has revealed that successful pitch processes share certain common principles: they are fair, realistic, ethical, structured, and have a healthy conclusion. The PRCA is now encouraging clients and agencies alike to adopt these principles…

Ofwat approves £104bn upgrade to accelerate delivery of cleaner rivers and seas and secure long-term drinking water supplies for customers

Stuart Mitchell

Substantial, lasting, improvements for customers and the environment are set to be delivered through a £104bn upgrade for the water sector, Ofwat announced in December. David Black, Ofwat Chief Executive, said: “Today marks a significant moment. It provides water companies with an opportunity to regain customers’ trust by using this £104bn upgrade to turn around their environmental record and improve services to customers. “Water companies now need to rise to this challenge, customers will rightly expect them to show they can deliver significant improvement over time to justify the increase…

Lidl becomes the first national supermarket to introduce Pennies

Stuart Mitchell

A big change is coming to Lidl tills across the country next month as the supermarket announces it will become the first national retailer to introduce Pennies, a digital micro-donation system. The move follows a successful regional trial and will allow customers to donate up to 30p per transaction at the card reader. At the end of January, Lidl will start to roll the tech out, with all its stores having it in place by mid-February right up until the middle of March. This will offer customers the chance to…