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CIM’s The Pitch 2027 launches: Students worldwide challenged to design the next generation of circular brands

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) has launched The Pitch 2027, CIM’s annual global student competition, inviting entries from students and universities worldwide. Now in its sixteenth year, the competition is part of CIM’s The Marketing Club, a global community that provides students with exclusive access to the resources and support to help them develop new skills, widen their learning and progress their careers with confidence. What is The Pitch? The contest, supported by Hays, Mintel and other leading brands, invites ambitious students from around the world to step into…

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CIM joins forces with Co-op Live for Marketing in the Northern Powerhouse event

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) is delighted to announce Co-op Live as the headline sponsor and new venue for the CIM North West committee’s flagship regional marketing conference: Marketing in the Northern Powerhouse, taking place on Tuesday 22nd September 2026.   Marketing leaders take to the stage Bringing together 200 marketing professionals from across the North, the event will explore the strategies, technologies, and leadership approaches shaping the future of marketing in the region. Now recognised as a standout event in the Northern marketing calendar, the conference offers a…

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CIM returns to Duxford for 18th Digital Marketing Conference

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) will host the annual CIM Digital Marketing Conference, which returns for its 18th year in July. The event, taking place at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford on Wednesday 8th July and sponsored by Arboreal Marketing, will bring together leading marketers and top industry practitioners for a fascinating day of insight, innovation and practical learning, as they highlight the top trends shaping digital marketing. This year, key themes of the event will include the importance of email as a community-building tool, AI-powered competitor analysis and hyper-personalised marketing with AI. The state of digital advertising and futurescape, creativity in…

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First Bus joins CIM’s Company Affiliate Partnership Programme

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) is delighted to announce a formal partnership with First Bus, which sees the transport operator join CIM’s Company Affiliate Partnership Programme. As part of the programme, designed to enhance marketing capability and connect organisations with the best of CIM, First Bus’s marketing team will gain access to CIM’s professional development resources and open courses. This forms part of a broader development journey focused on building consistent marketing practices and upskilling – allowing First Bus’s marketing team to grow and develop as the business does.…

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Winners of CIM’s global student competition ‘The Pitch’ announced

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) has announced that the ‘3 Marketeers’ from the University of West London, and ‘Pitch Perfected’ from the University of Birmingham, have been crowned the undergraduate and postgraduate winners of The Pitch 2026, its annual global student competition. In its fifteenth year, The Pitch saw 13 undergraduate and 13 postgraduate teams from leading UK and international universities compete to be named the ‘Marketers of the Future’, as they were tasked with responding to a real-life marketing brief. This year’s competition was run in partnership with…

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