China-UK stock market a ‘flop’ as firms shun initiative

Flagship scheme to forge closer links between Britain and China’s stock markets dubbed a ‘flop’ after UK firms shun the initiative By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 14 November 2020 | Updated: 23:25 GMT, 14 November 2020 A flagship scheme to forge closer links between Britain and China’s stock markets has … Read more

Citroen slashes the costs of its cars as part of new ‘fair pricing’ initiative

Citroen is slashing its prices – and its discounts – to make the cost of its cars ‘more transparent’ to customers in the UK whether they buy in a showroom or online. Instead of customers having to haggle down inflated price, the French maker says it has reduced its published retail prices based on what … Read more

Courteney Cox joins designer Zuhair Murad in his initiative to help the people of Beirut

Courteney Cox joins designer Zuhair Murad in his initiative to help the people of Beirut after earlier blast left around 180 people dead and another 6,000 injured By Adam S. Levy For Dailymail.com Published: 01:46 BST, 19 August 2020 | Updated: 01:51 BST, 19 August 2020 Courteney Cox modeled a shirt for charity Tuesday as … Read more

Michael B. Jordan launches #ChangeHollywood initiative with Color of Change

Michael B. Jordan is teaming up with Color of Change for a new initiative known simply as #ChangeHollywood to promote more diversity and inclusion. The initiative begins with a ‘roadmap’ to change the Hollywood system in ways that will lead to better representation in all facets of the studio system, according to The Hollywood Reporter. … Read more

Princess Anne reads Thomas and the Royal Engine for Save the Children’s fundraising initiative

Save the Children Patron The Princess Royal, has marked the end of Save the Children’s hugely successful Save With Stories initiative by reading ‘Thomas and the Royal Engine’. The video, which has been shared on Save the Children UK’s Instagram page, is the final installment of the fundraising initiative which has seen over 70 well-known … Read more

Meghan Markle’s guest edit of Vogue wins Diversity Initiative of the Year award at PPA’s

The Duchess of Sussex has said she wanted the issue of Vogue that she guest edited to ‘reflect the world as we see it – beautiful and strong in its diversity’. British Vogue’s ‘Forces for Change’ edition which was guest-edited by Meghan Markle, 38, won the Diversity Initiative of the Year at the Professional Publishers Association … Read more

Twitter mocks Ivanka Trump as ‘Nepotism Barbie’ over father’s skill-based hiring initiative

Ivanka Trump was blasted on Friday after she touted a new White House initiative that promotes ‘skills-based’ hiring as Twitter users called her ‘Nepotism Barbie’. President Trump’s eldest daughter appeared alongside her father at the White House on Friday as he signed an executive order directing the federal government to overhaul its hiring to prioritize … Read more

Beyonce drops new song Black Parade after launching initiative in support of Black-owned businesses

Beyonce drops surprise new song Black Parade hours after launching initiative of the same name in support of Black-owned small businesses By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 06:04 BST, 20 June 2020 | Updated: 06:04 BST, 20 June 2020 Beyonce is marking Juneteenth with the launch of Black Parade Route, an initiative supporting Black-owned small … Read more

Ava DuVernay launches LEAP initiative to ‘change narrative around police abuse’

Ava DuVernay launches LEAP initiative to fund 25 projects: ‘We’re creating narrative change around police abuse’ By Cassie Carpenter For Dailymail.com Published: 02:26 BST, 9 June 2020 | Updated: 02:26 BST, 9 June 2020 Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay announced the launch of her new two-year initiative – Law Enforcement Accountability Project – on Monday’s episode … Read more

Bindi Irwin throws her support behind an all-women anti-poaching initiative

‘They are true Wildlife Warriors!’ Bindi Irwin uses her star power to bring attention to an anti-poaching organisation run by women By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 06:54 BST, 4 June 2020 | Updated: 08:25 BST, 4 June 2020 Bindi Irwin is using her star power to bring attention to an anti-poaching organisation in … Read more