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Tony Raynor / Here’s something worth sharing. World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

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Shopitize : Try this creamy bacon and mushroom chicken with Yeo Valley Crème Fraîche?

What are you cooking for dinner tonight? If you're stuck for some ideas, why not try this creamy bacon and mushroom chicken with @[89754335687:274:Yeo Valley] Crème Fraîche? Image+Recipe::https://www.yeovalley.co.uk/recipes/creamy-bacon-mushroom-chicken

Shopitize What are you cooking for dinner tonight? If you're stuck for some ideas, why not try this creamy bacon and mushroom chicken with Yeo Valley Crème Fraîche? Image+Recipe::https://www.yeovalley.co.uk/recipes/creamy-bacon-mushroom-chicken

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Most treasured item of clothing? / 140 years of Levi Strauss & Co

In Levis We Trust

A Heritage Brand Sustains Over a Century of Category Leadership

If you are like a lot of people whose most treasured item of clothing is their favourite pair of jeans, you might not know that the origin of denim comes from the sturdy French fabric created in Nimes, France (serge de Nimes, shortened to “denim” in the late 1800s).

This article is by Jamie Gordon, Vice President, Consumer Anthropology at Northstar Research Partners.  Northstar is a leading global full-service market research and consulting firm. Jamie is a brand strategy and strategic research specialist, digging deep into the context of consumerism to find new ways to drive brand growth.

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Rakuten’s Play.com adds 800 merchants to Marketplace since November 2012

Rakuten’s Play.com has added 800 UK merchants to the Marketplace since its launch in November 2012.  These merchants benefit from Play.com sharing customer relationships through services such as the marketplace and Rakuten Mail, a direct mail service which allows merchants to tailor offers and promotions to their customer base through their personalised shopfronts.

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Nimble 3.0 launched / The complete experience includes a to-do list, engagement opportunities personalized to users’ network, deals in the pipeline

What's Going On? Nimble, (nimble.com) the social CRM solution, have announced the debut of its 3.0 offering

May 21 will be a big day for Nimble -- they will be launching Nimble 3.0! What's happening?

§  ■ A new “Today Screen”: This is where users land when they open Nimble and where they can immediately act on the intelligence Nimble surfaces each day. The complete experience includes a to-do list, engagement opportunities personalized to users’ network, deals in the pipeline, milestones such as birthdays and job changes among contacts, and finally Today’s Top 3-- Contacts pulled from your network to engage and follow-up with effectively. (nimble.com) [more…]

Good news : Growth prospects amongst English manufacturing SMEs are at a 12-month high

Confidence of England SMEs at a 12-month high

Growth prospects amongst English manufacturing SMEs are at a 12-month high, according to the latest Manufacturing Advisory Service Barometer.

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Yahoo / Tumblr acquisition / Comment by Andrew Yates of Artesian Solutions

Marissa brings Tumblr into the Yahoo family for $1.1 billion

Following the news that Yahoo! is set to acquire Tumblr, please see comment from Andrew Yates, CEO and co-founder of Artesian Solutions

“The news that Yahoo! is set to acquire Tumblr reflects the importance of developing a social footprint for the big technology players. Yahoo! is following in the footsteps of smart businesses that have recognised the need to be agile, socially connected and transparent in order to engage today’s internet users. [more…]

Pete Davis of Getmemedia.com on sponsorship and ‘how the nature of the game is changing’

Sponsorship was once viewed as something of a badging opportunity, in particular within the broadcast arena where a brand ident might top and tail an ad break and little more.

But sponsorship opportunities have evolved to become so much more creative these days. This is in no small way thanks to the fact that digital technology now allows for clever sponsorship activity to span many channels, from social to mobile and video.

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Ian Millner to stay on as Chairman of the MAA as focus turns to growth and new board is announced / JWT, Sapient Nitro, Cheil amongst new MAA board members

The Marketing Agencies Association (MAA) has today announced that Ian Millner, CEO of creative agency Iris, will continue his role as Chairman of the trade body for the next year.

Millner was appointed to the post in February 2011 for a two-year term and his continuation has been prompted by the board and member agencies.

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All about Marilyn Monroe-like pose, Mojiva, NEC display, Share a Coke, YunoJuno, Branded3

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Does Ryanair pay probationary cabin crew under £10 per flight?

Ryanair air hostess blows whistle on how contract staff are forced to take three months' unpaid leave and buy their own uniforms
  • Sophie Growcoot, 20, from Liverpool, worked for the airline after she was employed by Crewlink, a contractor for Ryanair.
  • Ms Growcoot was only paid for 'in the air' hours, not for pre-flight briefings, sales meetings, turn around times and time spent on the ground during delays.
  • She said she was told she had to take three months of compulsory unpaid leave each year and was forbidden from taking another job during that time, and had to pay £1,800 for compulsory training.

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Women for Women

Women for Women : The cult of youth: Mothers who share clothes with their daughters

Mothers who share clothes with their teenage daughters generate emotional mother-daughter links and project the ideal image of a woman on their daughters.

These are some of the conclusions made by researchers from SKEMA Business School in France which they think will enable fashion professionals to better understand consumption of women’s clothing.

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Beauty Makeup / Click on the image to see interactivity at its best

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Less than a sixth of freelancers use umbrella companies

Paraplus is a fair and transparent umbrella company that helps contractors save money and time via PAYE

According to new statistics, only 15.5% of UK freelancers are using payroll umbrella companies. This equates to over 1.35 million freelancers in the UK who are currently not using umbrella companies to help them manage their PAYE and tax requirements. [more…]

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