Archive

Year: 2020

  • Restart & Recovery: Conservative Party Conference Boris’ big relaunch

    October 6, 2020

    By Tomos Davies - Director, Public Affairs.   The Conservative Party Conference, like so many aspects of daily life, was quite a different affair this year. Few public affairs practitioners will have mourned the tedium of attending the 8am fringe event, the customary rabble-rousing from the main conference hall or the warm (and cheap!) white wine. And whilst this year’s affair was devoid of the political theatre of previous conferences, the adulating Tory faithful and...

  • A Tricky Conservative Conference 2020 for International Trade

    October 5, 2020

    By Michael Hartt, Head of International Affairs, and Luke Downham, Senior Account Executive, Public Affairs.   This year’s Conservative Party Conference was meant to be a high-water mark of Boris Johnson’s leadership of a party grateful for the 80-seat majority he handed to them back in December. Instead of basking in the warm glow of an adoring party, the Prime Minister is faced with multiple crises and a battle to resurrect his premiership. With his...

  • Sustainability series: Fighting the war on climate emergency

    September 24, 2020

    Carly Hilkin, Associate Director In times of hardship, community is more important than ever. We go to those around us for support, both out of necessity and a collective appreciation for what’s hit us. And this has never been truer than now, with COVID-19. Around the world, countless aid groups have been created to look after the most vulnerable in our communities – volunteering to pick up shopping, deliver medicines and personal protection equipment, the...

  • Fighting the ‘war’ on climate emergency

    September 15, 2020

    By Grace Duncan, Senior Account Executive. In the last few months, institutions have talked about the ‘war’ on COVID-19 and our ‘front-line heroes’ fighting a ‘deadly enemy’. While there has been debate about whether referring to a virus as if we were approaching World War Three is appropriate, it prompted rational and immediate reaction. With COVID-19 guidelines changing, the language change, and crucially the need for the public to react to that language change, has...

  • Navigating Covid-19: PR in Lockdown with FleishmanHillard Fishburn

    September 15, 2020

    Navigating Covid-19: PR in Lockdown with FleishmanHillard Fishburn CEO, Jim Donaldson We feature in a new episode of the PRCA's 'PR in Lockdown' podcast series. A guide to the PR and Communications industry post-lockdown that aims to share valuable experience and knowledge from the industry’s leaders. Tune in to hear yours truly talk about leading FHF London through the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, including handling the transition out of lockdown and my views on...

  • Communicating through a time of change: tracking the B2B buyer’s evolving needs through a pandemic and beyond

    September 7, 2020

    If the past few years weren’t evidence enough, 2020 has confirmed once and for all that predicting the future is a mug’s game. Businesses from all sectors have shown incredible resilience and resourcefulness in the face of the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, with the success of some previously unimaginable developments – such as mass home-working in many industries – surprising employers and their staff alike. Time will tell how these changes play out...

  • The media and COVID-19: How the pandemic has changed the news

    August 20, 2020

    It’s the biggest news story of our lives.  But what has it been like for the broadcast news journalists covering the Pandemic and the unprecedented disruption and destabilisation it’s caused?  FleishmanHillard Fishburn Head of News, Pete Meikle is joined by 5 News Presenter, Claudia-Liza Armah; BBC Business Reporter/Presenter, Katie Prescott and ITV News Head of Newsgathering, Andrew Dagnell for a webinar discussing the huge impact COVID-19 has had on the way the news is reported. 'The media and COVID-19: How the pandemic has changed the news'...

  • Lifting the lid on our own D&I journey

    August 19, 2020

    Ali Gee, Deputy CEO and Diversity and Inclusion Lead With employee and stakeholder expectations at an all-time high, how does one even begin to step up on Diversity & Inclusion (D&I)? This is a question many of our clients are grappling with. Sometimes the sheer scale of the task can be daunting, so we hope that by sharing a little about our own experience, we might help others make that move forward. ''It's a pipeline...

  • Listening in lockdown: how the crisis helped refocus the journalist-PR relationship

    August 13, 2020

    By Amy Story, Account Manager, Technology. As PR professionals, our relationship with the British media is of course a fundamental part of our work, which, like so many aspects of our lives, has been drastically affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. With increased digitalisation, staff cuts at many outlets, and publications’ reliance on advertising revenue, we have had to quickly adapt the way we work to keep up with the changing media landscape. We are well...

  • Insights on the impact of COVID-19 on UK food, beverage and agriculture business communications

    July 20, 2020

    The long-lasting effects that the COVID-19 pandemic could have on our food supply chain have been brought into focus.   To discusses new perspectives on how COVID-19 is reshaping communications in food, drink and agribusiness, how organisations have responded to the virus and insights to help inform the communications strategies that FAB businesses should adopt, the food, beverage and agriculture experts at FleishmanHillard Fishburn release, ‘Food for Thought’ magazine. Contact us...