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Strong body, strong mind

By Uzma Afridi

Uzma Afridi, Head of Careers at NABS offers the organisation’s tips for looking after yourself this year, from celebrating small wins to connecting with people around you.

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The stigma around Black mental health still exists

By Rianna Patterson

Rianna Patterson, Founder of Dominica Dementia Foundation explores the stigma that still exists towards Black mental health, highlighting why we need to see the BAME community represented in the media.

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Now is the time for our industry to reset

By Stephen Woodford

Stephen Woodford, CEO of the Advertising Association on the importance of resetting UK advertising for the better.

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Why putting mental health first is the best New Year’s resolution

By Ita Waller

Ita Waller, HR Director at UNLIMITED on deciding to train all agency staff to be Mental Health Champions and why that holds even more importance during the ongoing pandemic.

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Marketing and PR jobs still failing to capitalise on flexibility

By Nicola Kemp

We may well have spent 2020 waxing lyrical about the revolution afoot in the workplace, yet nearly four in five marketing, media and PR jobs advertised in the UK make no reference to flexible working.

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The importance of diversion: How foraging got me through lockdown

By Clare Hutchinson

Clare Hutchinson, Executive Strategy Director at Havas on finding a moment of escapism and getting lost in the woods.

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How our personal and collective experiences of illness are making health and wellness more important than ever

By Anya Jones

Anya Jones, Senior Strategy Director of Consulting at Iris writes about how a life changing diagnosis made her reassess health and wellbeing, and how the current crisis is forcing us all to do the same.

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timeTo research underlines advertising industry’s complacency on #MeToo

By Nicola Kemp

Industry research underlines the need to push for education and action to ensure the eradication of sexual harassment in advertising.

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Not the Year Ahead: Micro ambition, macro responsibility

By Farah Dib

A year of change has taught us to be micro ambitious, writes Farah Dib, Co-Founder and Creative Director at TwentyTwenty.

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Not The Year Ahead: There’s no place like home

By Alec Samways

In the spirit of 2020, and feeling entirely unable to predict what happens next, Alec Samways CEO of Splendid Communications offers up some current observations peppered with hopeful, open-ended vision.

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Not the Year Ahead: Sustainability

By Georgina Wilson-Powell

With or without a pandemic, conscious consumers are still calling for changes that will help them make better purchasing decisions in line with their values, writes Georgina Wilson-Powell, Founder of pebble.

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Fearlessly failing: Finding your voice amid life’s challenges

By Sairah Ashman

Sairah Ashman, Global CEO at Wolff Olins explores the lessons and advice shared at a recent TEDx Women event to address fearlessness, from failing to leadership to finding your purpose.

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Not the year ahead: Beauty

By Nicola Moulton

This year the need for beauty was more apparent than ever, and that won’t change, writes SEEN Group’s Executive Creative Director Nicola Moulton.

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Not the year ahead: Building strong connections

By Marsha Tunkel

Marsha Tunkel, Senior Strategist at VMLY&R offers her tips for building strong connections, strengthening brand interactions with consumers as we move into the year ahead.

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