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PRCA welcomes new ORCL guidance on lobbying register

Stuart Mitchell

The PRCA has welcomed an update from the Office of the Registrar for Consultant lobbyists (ORCL) to its lobbying register guidance, which provides public affairs professionals with additional advice on how to comply with the statutory register. The update includes a requirement for consultant lobbyists to declare if they were paid for lobbying in the three months before they applied to join the Register. Commenting on the news Liam Herbert MPRCA, PRCA Public Affairs Board Chair, said: “We welcome the Registrar’s latest update and encourage members to undertake the necessary measures to…

Ellen MacArthur Foundation welcomes IKEA as Strategic Partner

Stuart Mitchell

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation are delighted to announce that IKEA has joined them as a Strategic Partner as it works towards becoming a circular business by 2030. The partnership between Inter IKEA Group and the Foundation, announced today, will focus on putting the home furnishing business on the global circular map and accelerating the transition to a circular economy within IKEA and beyond. Working together, one of our first projects will be to develop a common glossary of terms to support an industry-wide transition. To become circular is one of…

George at Asda welcomes Diversity Role Models as Charity partner

Stuart Mitchell

As supermarket fashion retailer George celebrates its 30th birthday this year, the business is cementing its charity partnerships with Diversity Role Models (DRM). This year the partnership includes a £100,000 donation to the charity, which focuses on embedding inclusion and empathy in the next generation. DRM strives to eliminate homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in UK schools, by educating young people about challenging stereotypes, addressing the misuse of language and encouraging them to embrace diversity. George at Asda first worked with the charity in 2019 with a donation of £12,500…

IPA welcomes government and newspaper industry ad partnership

Stuart Mitchell

The IPA has welcomed the announcement of the government and the newspaper industry’s three-month advertising partnership to help keep the public safe and the nation united throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. According to Newsworks, the newspaper marketing body for national newspapers, the ‘All in, all together’ campaign idea was developed by the newspaper industry as a way of delivering government communications in an intimate, human and compassionate tone that readers can relate to. The partnership begins with a cover wrap and homepage takeover across hundreds of newspaper titles. Says Paul Bainsfair,…

CIPR welcomes government decision to establish ‘counter-disinformation unit’

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) welcomes the government decision to set up a ‘counter disinformation unit’ – comprised of various departments across Whitehall to identify and respond to disinformation about COVID-19.  The unit will work closely with social media companies and communications experts to monitor interference and limit the spread of disinformation. This decision follows proposals to increase the tightening of social media regulations, as the government are set to appoint Ofcom as the new online harm’s regulator. We remind members of their commitment to the CIPR code of conduct –…