Tag: COVID-19

Alzheimer’s Research UK welcomes Scottish government’s pledge to research why so many people with dementia have died from COVID-19

Stuart Mitchell

Alzheimer’s Research UK has welcomed the Scottish government’s plan to support people with dementia affected by COVID-19, as it vows to carry out research to find out why so many people with dementia have died during the pandemic. The commitment is one of several made in the government’s plan, outlining how it intends to support people with dementia, their carers and families, as the nation recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. In July 2020, the National Records of Scotland showed that of all deaths involving COVID-19 between March and June 2020,…

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Don’t Kill Your Grandma: Social campaign encourages people to follow lockdown rules.

Stuart Mitchell

With COVID numbers on the rise in Canada, and around the world, Toronto-based creative agency Open has launched a social campaign with a simple yet important message: Don’t Kill Your Grandma. The campaign features images of Laura Ashley-inspired fabric and wallpaper patterns: things we typically associate with our grandmothers, and a positive reminder of how much we love them. The headline, in contrast, is reminiscent of on-pack cigarette warnings. The messaging is simple: we love our grandparents and we don’t want to put them at risk with careless and reckless social behavior…

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New research uncovers marketers’ views on the modern workplace

Stuart Mitchell

A survey conducted by recruitment firm Hays alongside the Chartered Institute of Marketing, has provided new insights into marketers’ views towards the workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research finds that the vast majority of marketers are enjoying remote working and plan to request to continue working flexibly once it’s possible to return to the office full time. 55% say that they will request to continue working remotely Only one in five say they either won’t request flexible working (14%) or say it’s not possible because of their job (5%)…

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UNESCO highlights fragility of press freedom in the face of COVID-19 in 2020

Stuart Mitchell

UNESCO has condemned the killing of 59 media workers in 2020, among them four women. With 22 killings each, the Latin America and the Caribbean Region and the Asia and the Pacific Region registered the highest number of fatalities in the profession, followed by the Arab States Region with nine, and Africa with six. Overall, 2020 saw one of the lowest yearly tolls recorded by UNESCO over the past decade, during which 888 journalists and media workers’ paid the ultimate price for informing the public. In 2019, UNESCO condemned the…

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UK SMEs remain committed to sustainability despite Covid-19

Stuart Mitchell

The majority of UK SMEs remain focused on improving their environmental sustainability despite Covid-19, according to Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking’s Business Barometer. More than half (54%) of UK SMEs said becoming more environmentally sustainable is important to their business – just ten points fewer than the proportion that said the same in 2019 (64%). Despite the challenges of the last year and the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic, more than half (52%) of UK SMEs continued to work to become more environmentally sustainable in the past 12 months –…

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