In a chaotic world, it pays to be United. So isobel is kicking off Christmas with isobel United FC. In its annual Christmas card, the independent creative agency has travelled back in time to the 1970’s – to give us a football team tableaux – rich in retro detail. Shot by isobel’s in-house production arm igor – the devil, as always, is very much in the detail. Wigs, a bespoke isobel team strip plus props and real/not real facial hair all come together to deliver a portrait any Sunday league team from the 70s would be proud of. “As an agency…
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On Thursday November 9th, Rudell The Jewellers, renowned for their exquisite jewellery and watch collections, celebrated the launch of their highly anticipated annual catalogue, showcasing an array of jewellery, watches and gifts, perfectly in time for Christmas. Nestled in the heart of West Midlands, Rudell The Jewellers, known for their dedication to deliver excellence in quality, service and value since 1938, opened their doors to guests wishing to celebrate the launch of the catalogue The evening was a true treat for the senses, as guests sipped on champagne, indulged themselves in delicious appetizers while listening to the soft rhythm of…
BIRRIFICIO ANGELO PORETTI LAUNCHES ITALIAN ARTISANAL HAMPER WITH SALVIS FOR CHRISTMAS Birrificio Angelo Poretti wishes one and all ‘Buon Natale!’ with this luxury gift hamper created in partnership with a traditional Italian restaurant and deli, Salvis. Celebrate the festive season the Italian way! This Christmas, celebrate with Italian beer brand Birrificio Angelo Poretti’s luxury gift hamper filled with premium Italian treats that are made for sharing around the table. From delicious artisanal pasta, authentic Olive Oil, traditional Italian Christmas cake, Birrificio Angelo Poretti beers and more, crafted in a luxury wicker hamper. The Poretti x Salvis hamper is the perfect gift and will enhance all…
The OpenADR Alliance, the global industry body created to foster the development, adoption, and compliance of OpenADR, has launched a new version of its OpenADR communications standard. [OpenADR 3.0 is designed to support utilities, operators, aggregators, and customers as they try to manage the growing range of distributed energy resources (DER) including renewables, energy storage, electric vehicle (EV) batteries and charging infrastructure, as well as demand response resources like commercial buildings or homes. As an open standard, OpenADR provides highly secure, fast, and reliable two-way information exchange for utility applications with simple communications needs like dynamic price and event signals,…
Alice Liveing bares all about her fitness journey in new ‘Vision of Health’ Podcast Alice Liveing opens up about her fitness and wellness journey as part of the newly launched ‘Vision of Health’ podcast hosted by medical doctor, media and TV medic and personal trainer Dr Frankie Jackson-Spence A household name, PT to a range of celeb clients and well-respected author, Alice’s wellness journey is one that we can all resonate with. Having trained in the performing arts, Alice’s awareness of her body began from a very young age. Speaking to Dr Frankie Jackson-Spence for the next episode of her ‘Vision of…
Durham University Business School has appointed Dr Helen Meese to its faculty, in the new position of Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence. Dr Meese is an award-winning mechanical engineer with extensive experience in medical technology and healthcare innovation. Her career spans both industry and academia including roles as Head of Engineering in Society and Head of Healthcare at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Helen also run her own successful engineering consultancy, The Care Machine. She has been instrumental in the creation of several public policy pieces including her most recent which focuses on Sustainability within the NHS, due to be published early next…
Strategic collaboration marks a significant step forward in PhilTower’s modernisation of Philippine tower networks Phil-Tower Consortium Inc. (PhilTower), the Philippines’ leading towerco, and PowerX, the market-leading data intelligence platform for optimising tower energy infrastructure, are pleased to announce a strategic partnership that sees PhilTower roll out PowerX across its network to optimise power assets, uptime performance and energy efficiency. The collaboration represents a further step in PhilTower’s ongoing journey to modernise asset management practices, enhance network visibility, and boost energy efficiency. Since its acquisition of 1,350 cell towers from Globe in September 2022, PhilTower has been working diligently to transition…
Academic research reveals three key factors to sharpen the positioning & marketing communication efforts of brands claiming to be ‘sustainable’. When a company claims to be ‘sustainable’ consumers feel this relates to ‘circularity’ and ‘naturalness’ and/or ‘social equality’ commitments, according to new research by Vlerick Business School. Companies can benefit from actively including the operational indicators behind these associative concepts in brand positioning & marketing communication efforts towards consumers. The research reveals 19 elements that consumers associate with sustainability. These are bundled under three factor components based on the results of an exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis on the data…
New Deazy research highlights the lack of tech talent, with one-third of CTOs saying this issue is keeping them awake at night Almost three-quarters (72%) of UK Chief Technology Officers (CTOs) believe there is a lack of quality developers available to hire, according to a new report – State of Development Landscape and Trends for 2024 – from curated developer marketplace platform Deazy. It’s an issue on the minds of CTOs, with one-third of respondents saying that this lack of tech talent kept them awake at night. The main reasons for this dearth of tech talent were the UK education system not…
REMOTE-FIRST-COMPANY|November 30th, 2023 – VAST Data, the AI data platform company, today announced that the company has unveiled its newest software release, version 5.0, extending the capabilities of the VAST Data Platform with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to enable significant cloud cost savings of up to 80 percent. Today, AWS customers can streamline and accelerate their AI workflows and optimise hybrid cloud deployments across multiple AWS regions via a single control plane. With the VAST Data Platform, organisations benefit from enterprise data management capabilities and infrastructure efficiencies to easily manage files, objects, and tables wherever computation happens. Additionally, cloud-native organisations can now start their…