Tag: brexit

CAP and BCAP Code rules after Brexit transition period

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called:  CAP and BCAP Code rules after Brexit transition period. 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. Summary The CAP and BCAP Codes include many rules which seek to reflect significant pieces of EU law or UK law that has been made to implement EU law; for example, on misleading advertising, food and medicines. This statement summarises…

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Covid-hit businesses call for pragmatic approach to secure historic UK-EU agreement – CBI, DMA & trade associations

Stuart Mitchell

The CBI, DMA and 70 other trade associations and professional bodies representing 190,000 businesses and 7 million employees are calling for politicians on both sides to carve a path towards a deal. Sectors from automotive to aviation, chemicals to creative industries, and farming and food to pharmaceuticals – are united: securing a quick agreement matters greatly for jobs and livelihoods. Clarity on an ambitious deal will turbo charge business preparations and increase confidence in the U.K. as a place to invest. Crucially, it will also help ease the sustainable implementation of…

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PR Industry Exasperated with Parliamentary Indecision

Stuart Mitchell

Commenting on the 29th March after the House of Commons again rejected the Prime Minister’s Withdrawal Agreement, Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) Director General, Francis Ingham, commented: “The PR industry is utterly exasperated with the Parliamentary inertia and indecision that casts a cloud over our plans and our future that grows heavier day-by-day.  “The UK PR practitioners whom I speak with on a literally daily basis hold passionate and divergent views on Brexit. But on one thing they are united -the need for Parliament to deliver certainty.  “The international…

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