Tag: The Big Issue

The Big Issue Launches New App In Partnership With Pugpig To Support Vendors As Street Sales Stop

Stuart Mitchell

The Big Issue, in partnership with publishing platform, Pugpig, has launched a new app and digital edition to maximise sales and support vendors across the UK in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. The Big Issue app offers existing and new readers a fresh platform by which to access the award-winning weekly publication as well as access to “The Big Community”, a curated channel providing hope through positive and inspiring stories, focused on the people and businesses coming together in this crisis to support the most vulnerable in society –…

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The Big Issue will be sold in shops in response to Covid-19 crisis

Stuart Mitchell

The Big Issue has big news. For the first time in the magazine’s 29-year history, you will soon be able to buy a copy with your shopping at the supermarket. Two weeks ago they announced that they were temporarily stopping vendors from selling on the streets as the Covid-19 outbreak meant it was no longer safe for them to continue. The Big Issue Statesthey still have a duty to support the hard-working people who sell the magazine every week to make a living. With that in mind, and with many…

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ELBA partners with The Big Issue to produce exclusive London edition

Stuart Mitchell

A charity supporting young people in East London called on London businesses to support their work with grassroots organisations and young people in order to prevent further fatalities. In the shadow of the recent tragic news about yet more knife crime fatalities, ELBA (East London Business Alliance) is running a week long campaign to mark their 30 years of service, in partnership with The Big Issue (TBI). According to the ONS, 14,725 knife crimes – including 74 fatalities – were recorded in London in 2018, making it one of the…

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Successful trial sees The Big Issue and iZettle roll contactless payments out to vendors nationwide

Stuart Mitchell

The Big Issue and iZettle have launch their nationwide contactless payments initiative, allowing magazine vendors across the UK to sign-up and accept card payments, in addition to cash. The UK-wide rollout follows on from a successful pilot in seven cities that took place between December 2018 – May 2019. Vendors taking part in the trials noticed a significant uplift in sales as a result of accepting contactless payments. Two vendors are making around 80% of their sales via cashless payments and on average 25% of the vendors total sales were…

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FCB Inferno and The Big Issue launch Pay It Forward: creating the world’s first resellable magazine

Stuart Mitchell

The Big Issue has enlisted the help of celebrities including Gary Lineker, Roger Daltrey and Vincent Kompany to announce the launch of Pay It Forward, which turns The Big Issue into the world’s first resellable magazine. The system, created by creative agency FCB Inferno and powered by Monzo, means each magazine can be sold-on each time after its been read, doing good wherever it goes.  Each magazine will come with its own scannable QR code, that allows readers to pass the magazine onto a friend, who can scan the code…

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