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Today’s World Environment Day focuses on combating land degradation and restoring damaged landscapes. It so happens that it falls during the UN Climate Meetings in Bonn, Germany.   The 60th Sessions of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Subsidiary Bodies will build on the many mandates that emerged at COP28 in Dubai, and aim to ...

Another turbulent period in Scottish politics has come to an end, and a new chapter has begun. However, the question for newly elected first minister John Swinney and his cabinet (which is largely the same as his predecessor’s) is whether they can reach across political divides to deliver for Scotland, ...

According to the 2023/2024 Mental Wellbeing Audit carried out by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) and the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA), there has been an increase in the diagnosis of mental health conditions in the PR industry rising from one in four (25%) to one-third (33%).   The ...

Google Analytics has been the de facto tool for tracking and reporting against website user data since it was first launched in 2005. Its most recent iteration, Google Analytics 4, finally replaced its predecessor (Universal Analytics) in July 2023.   Google Analytics 4 offers a powerful feature set and, unlike the previous ...

2022 is when my career started. After graduating from Queen Margaret University, I spent some time travelling around Italy and the USA. When I got back to Edinburgh, I started applying for jobs not knowing what I really wanted to do.   After a month, my former placements supervisor told me that ...

The World Economic Forum has informed the world of its annual risk report findings which highlighted what to expect over the next two to 10 years.   The Global Risk Report explores some of the most severe risks we may face over the next decade, against a backdrop of technological advancements, economic ...

The public relations and communication industry is constantly evolving and where there is change, there are opportunities. From growing teams, to restructuring agency models to mergers and acquisitions, this brings a wealth of opportunity.   Our mindset is a fundamental part of how we will progress through the industry. Getting out of ...

2024 is set to be a bumper election year with, for the first time ever, the UK, US and Europe all holding major elections. Globally there will be a total of 76 countries going to the polls, meaning over 4 billion people will cast their vote. However, only 43 out ...

The Chancellor delivered the 2023 Autumn Statement this week, 22 November, following a damaging month for the Conservative Party. During this chaotic period, we saw Suella Braverman sacked, and the Government’s flagship policy to send immigrants to Rwanda deemed unlawful by the Supreme Court. In the reshuffle following the home ...

Yesterday (6 November) was the first OpenAI developer conference, Open AI DevDay, and major updates to ChatGPT have been announced. Over the weekend, leaked updates were the main source of discussion in industry social media groups and I was keeping my eye on some of the emerging topics.   The conference pages ...