Home Bargains has created a £30 million fund to financially support its staff.
Retail staff contingency fund
Elderly shopping hour
Iceland is opening its stores, nationwide, exclusively for the elderly between 8-9am.
Free deliveries for those that need them
The Tradesmen’s Entrance in Buxton, Derbyshire are doing their bit with genuine changes to their business that are newsworthy.
Pret serves free hot drinks to frontline staff
Pret is giving NHS workers free hot drinks, as well as 50% off all other food items to keep them fuelled over the coming weeks.
Positive PR news stories to lift your mood during the Coronavirus pandemic
With the evolving coronavirus situation, it’s easy to forget that positive news stories still do exist. To warm your hearts and remind us of the good in the world, we have decided to create a list of them to share.
PR Agency One crowned technology agency and independent agency of the year
PR Agency One won the prestigious titles of ‘Technology Agency of the Year’ and ‘Independent Agency of the Year’ at the 2019 PR Moment Awards.
Decathlon Appoints PR Agency One
PR AGENCY ONE SCORES WITH DECATHLON APPOINTMENT PR Agency One has been appointed by one of the world’s biggest sports retailers. The agency’s consumer PR team has been briefed as part of a major marketing drive to raise Decathlon’s brand awareness and store footfall in the UK. Founded in 1976 in Lille, France, Decathlon has […]
Newser – my latest news curation tool of choice
Newser has recently come to my attention and is a news curation tool – or in other words, a user generated or edited take on what’s happening in the world. I have been banging on about curation to my colleagues and anyone who would care to listen for a long time and some people agree […]
Facebook and News – is it that Important?
An interesting debate is rumbling about Facebook and its role in news. Some voices are evangelical about the social network, while others doubt why news organisations are putting Facebook at the heart of their digital strategy. Earlier this week, Techcrunch recently criticised US news agency Associated Press (AP) for diverting Twitter users to their Facebook […]
Dear @CharltonBrooker, I do love your Newsswipe programme
Newsswipe is a satirical look at the media, from angry, shouty Guardian journalist, Charlie Brooker. This video is from the last series, therefore it’s “old news” but still amusing in the extreme. The new series is funnier still because it benefits from greater topicality. It’s on BBC4 at 10pm every Thursday. Sky Plus it!