In May 2007, Unilever became the first company to commit to sourcing all its tea in a sustainable manner. [16] [17] [18] To that end, the company asked the Rainforest Alliance, an international environmental NGO to start certifying tea estates in East Africa. [18] [19] Since April 2012, all of the tea used in PG Tips has been Rainforest Alliance certified. [20] Time to brew up a sustainable cuppa". The Independent. London. 5 December 2007. Archived from the original on 7 January 2008 . Retrieved 19 September 2017. In 2017, PG tips, Unilever, and software company Ubisend worked together to bring the Monkey persona to life through a Facebook Messenger chatbot for the Red Nose Day charity. [14] For over three weeks leading up to Red Nose Day, Facebook Messenger users could message Monkey and interact with him through his chatbot. Monkey also delivered one daily joke to each of his chatbot users at tea time with the goal of raising One Million Laughs for Comic Relief. Sweney, Mark (4 March 2008). "Monkey gets big-screen tea break". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 24 September 2018.

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PG Tips tea - sustainable tea certified by the Rainforest Alliance". Archived from the original on 28 April 2013 . Retrieved 10 March 2013. Stein, Findlay (4 September 2015). " 'Keep It Tea' is the message from PG tips - Scottish Local Retailer Magazine". www.slrmag.co.uk . Retrieved 19 September 2017.

a b "Unilever commits to sourcing all its tea from sustainable ethical sources". Unilever PLC (Press release). Newsfood.com. 25 May 2007 . Retrieved 19 September 2017.Unilever raises 1 million laughs for Comic Relief with ubisend". ubisend . Retrieved September 19, 2017.

NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Ulster Bank, which are all part of the NatWest Group, will now shut at least 172 of their bank branches in 2023 and 2024. This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sourcesin this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( July 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) In Scotland, Ekaterra sells a specially developed blend of PG called Scottish Blend. It is marketed as being specially blended to optimise taste in the soft waters of Scotland. [4] [5] In 2015, as part of a rebrand, adverts featured Monkey observing absurd things and deciding to "Keep it tea." [13] Martin Lewis: Do you have a Power of Attorney? It’s crucial protection – not just for the elderly – and more important than a willDo you have a Power of Attorney? MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis explains how this crucial protection works, why it's more important than a will, and how to get one in the latest episode of ITV's The Martin Lewis Money Show Live. Mortished, Carl (May 25, 2007). "Unilever seeks approval of its tea's green credentials". The Times. London. I know it's a long time ago but PG Tips issued a series of cards...similar to cigarette cards..in the 1960's. My dad had a small collection of these which were given to me after he died in 1966. Just wondered if anyone remembers them.

As of 2011, a "Special Moments" range was released, initially as the "New Ones." These teas were made by pressing the leaves at different stages. In 2014, Unilever introduced a new range of fruit, herbal, and green teas under the PG Tips brand. One of the adverts was a spoof of the "deli scene" from the movie When Harry Met Sally.... In the advert, Monkey describes the taste of PG Tips by saying "Oh Yes" repeatedly similarly like in the movie. The advert then moves to a scene with a woman at a nearby table asking the waiter "I'll have whatever he's having". The advert ends with the tagline "How would you describe the taste?" It was first shown on 3 February 2010. [11] Foley, Stephen (3 February 2011). "PG TIPS MAKER AGREES TO HALT ANIMAL TESTS ON ITS TEA". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 2022-05-24 . Retrieved 19 September 2017. So many brands have gone rainbow-coloured I don't know whether to take". The Independent. 2015-06-29. Archived from the original on 2022-05-24 . Retrieved 2019-07-16.

Sweney, Mark (1 February 2010). "PG Tips spoofs When Harry Met Sally in latest Monkey ad". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 19 September 2017. In the 1930s, Brooke Bond launched PG Tips in the tea market in the United Kingdom under the name Pre-Gestee - a variant of the original name "Digestive Tea." The name implied that it could be drunk as a digestive aid prior to eating food. Grocers and salesmen abbreviated it to "PG." [1] Now the Esso coins, I still have my 1970 England World Cup Squad (in its folder), the 1972 Centenary of the F.A Cup medals also Esso and also from 1971/2 Cleveland petrol (remember them?) British Army Campaign Medals. I did have the Esso football league club collection from about the same time but these weren't medals but a sort of foil badge but sadly they didn't make the journey through time! In February 2023, the BBC reported that an investigation had found more than 70 women had been sexually abused on tea farms in Kenya that supply PG Tips. [22] Slogans [ edit ] In 2007, PG Tips reunited Johnny Vegas as Al and the ITV Digital Monkey character made by Paul Jomain, puppeteered by Nigel Plaskitt and Susan Beattie, and voiced by Ben Miller. ITV Digital had used the Monkey character in its own advertising but had entered administration in March 2002. In the end, ITV Digital’s former terrestrial multiplexes were taken over by Crown Castle and the BBC to create the Freeview free-to-air service. The Monkey character pointedly explains he's not a chimpanzee, he's a monkey, a nod to PG Tips' chimpanzee family.