Fairtrade pioneer, Bruce Crowther of Garstang, the world’s first fair-trade town, has been awarded an MBE in the new year’s honours list. As the capital becomes the biggest Fairtrade city in the world, a man who helped get this socially responsible ball rolling is being acknowledged for his efforts and foresight, by the royal family [...]
Palestinians might not have much to smile about right now, considering the onslaught of Israeli aggression they have experienced since Christmas, but 2009 sees the launch of Palestinians’ first fair trade product.
In December, Bethlehem saw its highest number of tourists for a decade, and although this is bound to be affected by the atrocities taking [...]
London has officially become the world’s largest fair trade city, after more than a thousand businesses agreed to sell fairly traded goods.
Roughly 1,000 retailers and 600 catering outlets, including the Houses of Parliament, London Fire Brigade, the Metropolitan Police, museums and the Bank of England, sell items carrying the Fairtrade logo. Due to this, the [...]
Ok. I thought to keep my topics separately, but my passion for BOTH medicine and marketing makes it irresistible to keep from voicing out on the loss of human rights in America.
Sifting through medical journals recently I stumbled upon the “Physician’s Practice” Journal, July/August 2008 Ed.. Begrudgingly I blog on disturbing trends regarding repeated invasion [...]
The times they are changing. Not the beginning to a well known folk song but an accurate description of the way the world of business is facing up to some of the areas it has perhaps neglected in the past. It’s easy to forget, given the way the typical office environment that exists today, that [...]