We hope it will give confidence to those businesses whose products are genuinely ‘green’ to provide consumers with the information they need to make informed decisions.”
The wonder of plain English
I’m not a big podcast fan BUT I have a select few I’m quite fond of. One is Three Little Words by comedian John Bishop and actor and writer Tony Pitt. They ask guests to bring in and discuss three words they love and one word they’d rather never hear again. The last...
Clear comms on climate change
What is your personal impact on the planet? Or that of your company? Any idea? Probably not. Whilst we are surrounded by messaging on climate change and stories of human-induced climate catastrophe in the form of news pieces, telly programmes and films, and awareness...
Opening up; throwing (sh*t) down
We absolutely can change heavily entrenched behaviour – the last 12 months have proven that
Keep it simple stupid (KISS)
Some copywriters have a niche. Mine is plain English. That’s it. Some copywriters have a passion for certain sectors or topics. My passion is plain English. That’s it. Verbose copy is so difficult to read. It must be a nightmare to write! You have to keep re-reading...
Consistently inconsistent messaging
I’m not for one minute saying that plain English would have meant we are not in the mess we are in now. I am saying that people would have found it easier to stick to the rules if there was universal understanding of the rules. People can only follow what they understand.