This week (September 24 – 30 2018) marks the 15th Recycle Week, a celebration of recycling, organised by WRAP under the Recycle Now brand. The aim of the week is to encourage the public to recycle more, by demonstrating the benefits of recycling items from all around the home. Sustainability is now firmly on the…
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While it might not suit everyone, at Escapade, we like a noisy, vibrant working environment. So much so that bizarrely we all seem to lose concentration if the office is silent. Invariably this means that we have constant music and chat playing out in the background, cue the regular heated debates on what station to…
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There is no doubt, that as nation, we are obsessed with the weather. Can you think of a week, or perhaps even a day, when you haven’t mentioned it yourself, replied to a comment or overheard a conversation about the weather? Perhaps it is because we just have so much of it! Our island is…
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This week, it was announced that every one of Pret a Manger’s 12,000 employees is to be gifted £1,000 to thank them for their hard work, as the popular sandwich chain is sold by its British private equity owners Bridgepoint to JAB Holdings, a Luxembourg-based investment fund. What a fantastic way to both reassure employees…
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A recent survey of 2,000 Brits, commissioned by Pimm’s, revealed that discussing the weather was the UK’s most popular conversation topic, with 54 per cent stating that it was one of their most regularly talked about subjects, more than family (38 per cent) or food (31 per cent). It is perhaps no surprise that the…
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Food is a huge topic of conversation in the Escapade offices. From the often heated debate about what fast food to enjoy on ‘Fat Fridays’ to discussions about the purported health benefits of the latest superfood to be uncovered. In fact, food, probably fuels the content of at least one if not more office conversations…
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New Year’s Resolutions can purportedly be traced back to ancient times, from Romans making promises to the god Janus to medieval English knights making a post-Christmas commitment to chivalry. But has this ancient custom now run its course? Have people changed their focus to make smaller but more enduring steps towards better mental and physical…
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Last week, shopper research and convenience analysts him, revealed that convenience grocery shopping was overtaking the pumps at forecourts across the country as forecourts are no longer seen as petrol stations but rather as convenience stores that also sell petrol. Over the past few years, it is clear that forecourts are taking this transition seriously. …
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This week, marks the fact, that I have been working in consumer PR, and to be more specific for Escapade, part of CCgroup, for thirty years!! This becomes slightly alarming as it transpires that this is more years than many of the team here have been alive! Over a celebratory glass of fizz and slice…
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