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Marketing leaders take to the high seas in Southampton Sailing Week’s Gallagher Cup

Carswell Gould competed recently in The Gallagher Cup, part of Southampton Sailing Week, where it finished on the podium, in third place overall. The winning yacht was crewed by the Gallagher Insurance team. With such a big part of Carswell Gould’s history being forged in the marine industry, it was an obvious choice for the agency to get behind this particular initiative from sports event firm Rees Leisure.

Carswell Gould’s crew was led by Creative Director Ed Gould, who has a distinguished history of taking part in challenge events on the water, including the Gore-Tex Arctic Challenge, where he was part of a crew who took a rigid inflatable boat (RIB) from the UK to the Arctic Circle.

The team was made up of CEOs and marketing directors of global brands from the agency’s client base. Ed Gould said: “We’ve always loved getting out on the water and marine and maritime marketing is a huge part of our DNA, so it’s brilliant to let some of our clients from further afield experience the thrill of racing on the Solent, some of the best racing water in the world, which is right on our back door.”

The crew of HMS Carswell Gould was made up of: ¾ Ed Gould, Creative Director, Carswell Gould ¾ Gareth Miller, Managing Director, Carswell Gould ¾ Joe Farthing, Digital Artworker, Carswell Gould

Left to right: Gareth Miller, Mary Harrison, Tyrone Schiefner, Martin Baynes, Nick Gallagher, Joe Farthing, Ed Gould ¾ Mary Harrison, Marketing Director, Hexagon ¾ Nick Gallagher, CEO, The Solicitors’ Charity ¾ Martin Baynes, CEO, British Institute of Professional

Photography ¾ Tyrone Schiefner, Product Marketing Manager,

Rentokil Initial ¾ Tim Keeping, General Manager, Workman LLP For more information on Southampton Sailing Week, head to the event’s website www.southamptonsailingweek.co.uk. If you want to find out more about CG Adventures and the agency itself go to www.carswellgould.co.uk.

Reality HR encourages businesses to ‘Refocus’ on company culture

Rebuilding a positive company culture is the key challenge ahead according to people management specialists Reality HR. They have launched a ‘Refocus’ campaign to give business owners and managers straightforward advice on:

¾ The impact of the pandemic on culture ¾ How to rebuild culture given new ways of working ¾ The role of a manager in supporting company culture ¾ Recruitment, retention and the role of culture in this ¾ How to measure success Sally-Ann Hall-Jones, CEO at Reality HR, said: “Company culture may have slipped to the bottom of the agenda during the challenges of the past 18 months, and team dynamics may feel very different than they used to. We want to help organisations refocus on a positive culture as a foundation for success.”

The Refocus page can be found by visiting: https://www.realityhr.co.uk/refocus/ and the Reality HR team also regularly post updates on LinkedIn. If you wish to discuss your company culture in more detail, please call Reality HR on 01256 328 428 or email info@realityhr.co.uk.

The University of Chichester has been named in the UK’s top-25 in a national ranking

Don’t turn a blind eye to digital eye strain

Results from the 2021 National Student Survey (NSS) placed the University in 25th position out of 156 others. It climbed 26 places on last year’s survey, which is measured on the ratings of final-year students.

Vice-Chancellor Professor Jane Longmore said: “Receiving high scores from our students off the back of an extremely demanding year highlights our dedication to creating an inclusive community of care that leaves no one behind. Becoming a top-25 UK university is a powerful statement for Chichester. To rise 26 places in the survey shows that students value the community which has supported them throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.”

The NSS survey, which is commissioned by the Office for Students, polls finalyear students about their time spent in higher education. Chichester’s courses performed well across the board with eight departments in the UK’s top 20.

Eyes are responsible for 80% of our learning. Most of us take our sight for granted but it is the sense that connects us to our environment; eyes therefore play a vital role in our work lives.

Digital eye strain is a type of eye fatigue that is associated with prolonged screen use and is experienced by up to 90% of screen users; it is different for different people. With screen times rising and people working remotely, digital eye strain is now a public health issue.

Whilst we all recognise the importance of good ergonomics, employers can now help safe guard their teams using ‘eye-gonomic’ risk assessments; digital eye strain assessments improve productivity and promote healthy, happy eyes; embrace new working cultures and thrive.

Funding for ethical AI

Oldfield Consultancy has recently been involved in a symposium for ethical funding in AI. Working with the University of Keele and the Health Foundation we have published, in AI and Ethics, a proposal to further an ethical framework for funding in the area of Artificial Intelligence.

In this paper we focus on the funding processes for AI research grants which we have identified as a gap in the current range of ethical AI solutions such as AI procurement guidelines, AI impact assessments and AI audit frameworks. We highlight the responsibilities of funding bodies to ensure investment is channelled towards trustworthy and safe AI systems and provide case studies as to how other ethical funding principles are managed. We offer a first sight of two proposals for funding bodies to consider regarding procedures they can employ. In essence it asks funders to send the message “build trustworthy AI!”.