Last week my daughter emailed me with a link and message saying ‘cutest ad ever’. It was! It was the Heathrow Airport teddies Christmas ad (click on the link below and you might need a hankie). However, I had just got back from delivering a CIPR course in Edinburgh on social media management where we … How do you evaluate Christmas TV ads – warm glow or hard sales?
This Black Friday (Friday 25 November) parents are being urged to make the most of online deals to buy fun science gifts for girls aged 4 to 14 and encourage their first steps into careers in science, technology and engineering. Helen Wollaston, chief executive of campaigning organisation WISE, says: “We have put our top ten … Parents urged to use Black Friday to inspire young girls in science and technology
HRH The Princess Royal, Royal Patron of WISE, was part of a winning team to programme an all-conquering robot at the WISE Awards dinner celebrating the achievements of women in science, technology and engineering at the Grand Connaught Rooms, London last week. The Princess Royal coded a micro:bit to play ‘rock, paper, scissors’ which was … Princess codes a robot, championing girls to get involved in technology
A national accountancy firm is calling for new Chancellor Phillip Hammond to make sweeping tax changes and bring an end to the merciless targeting of the UK’s army of five million self-employed people when he delivers his first Autumn Statement next week. With the UK facing uncertainty in the wake of Brexit, specialist accountants Danbro … Danbro calls for Chancellor to halt punishment of self-employed workers in Autumn Statement
The UK’s key growth industries risk stalling unless the country tackles the loss of 50,000 talented girls a year from science, technology and engineering jobs, a major national summit will hear on Thursday. British companies face a massive skills crisis in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) of 69,000 recruits a year, while 93 per … UK growth at risk due to crisis of 50,000 missing female minds
Harrogate fine dining venue Restaurant 92 is joining forces with 27 other local restaurants to support a festive fundraising campaign that aims to help get homeless children off the streets. The restaurant, on Station Parade, has signed up for the Eat Drink Give campaign organised by youth homelessness charity SASH and is hoping to help … Restaurant 92 backing fight to get homeless children off our streets
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Kim Kardashian is famous for attempting to “break the internet” with a barrage of risqué images and by laying her life bare through social media and the hit show Keeping Up With The Kardashians. However, it wasn’t her world-famous anatomy that secured global media coverage this week, but a daring Paris hotel robbery that saw … 8 things Kim Kardashian teaches us about staying safe on social media
Retirement. Is this one of the biggest unspoken risks in a business? In the last year I have been to a number of reunions, celebration dinners and parties and noticed that the conversation is increasingly revolving around retirement. Since I am planning my next 20 year career, these conversations have come as a shock. While … Retirement – the business risk that is never mentioned?
