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As diversity drops, AA, ISBA and IPA assemble inclusion action group

on May 6, 2020 | 0 comments

By Imogen Watson

In a bid to improve diversity within the UK’s advertising industry, the Advertising Association (AA), ISBA and the IPA have created an ‘Inclusion Group’ to tackle the issue head-on.

The news follows the IPA’s recent agency census, which detailed a breakdown of the make-up of agencies with IPA membership for 2019. The census revealed that ethnic diversity had fallen fractionally, year-on-year, with the number of employees from an ethnic minority background at 13.7%, down from 13.8% in 2018.

Headed up by Kathryn Jacob, chief exec of Pearl & Dean, the group pulls together luminaries from across the industry.

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Source: The Drum