Archive
Year: 2014
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Teaching Mandarin in British Schools Will Improve Britain’s Global Standing
April 17, 2014
Whilst Britain agonises over 200km of new high speed rail track to be placed through the country, over in China it is building an estimated twenty four new cities each year., and with expanding military budgets, a Pentagon report estimates that China will have a modern military capable of sustained high-intensity combat as early as the end of this decade. In addition, the Chinese Government is pushing hard in an attempt to make the Renminbi...
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‘Where Art Thou DCMS?’
April 11, 2014
The appointment of Sajid Javid as the new Culture Secretary this week could boost the prospects for a Department around which constant rumours of abolition persist. With the civil service headcount under 50% of what it was at its peak as a result of severe budget cuts, DCMS last year moved out of its flagship offices on Trafalgar Square, to rather more ignominious rooms in the rafters of the Treasury, alongside HMRC. The appointment of...
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Digital Now Report- 31 March
March 31, 2014
The Now Report is a snapshot of our favourite stuff from the world of digital, emerging tech, and health/consumer trends. With content sourced and written by FleishmanHillard staff, it provides an editorial filter to inspire discussion among your teams, and encourage ideas and innovation. Want to view this newsletter in PDF format? Click here...
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Friday TechMunch: Game On, Amazon
March 28, 2014
As we mentioned last week, Amazon has been busy recently. One of the most interesting rumours and acquisitions surrounding ‘The Everything Store’ is the leak of a potential new gaming console controller and the purchase of Californian games studio, Double Helix...
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Friday TechMunch: Prime Time for Amazon
March 21, 2014
Amazon has been busy recently. Since December there has been the drone delivery plan; the Double Helix acquisition; the leak of a potential new gaming console/set-top box (or maybe it’s a Chromecast-like dongle for video and game streaming?); rumours of an on-demand music-streaming service for Prime customers; more rumours of an Amazon smartphone; a stated revamp of the US delivery network; rebrand of LoveFilm; and finally, a hotly contested Amazon Prime price hike...
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Tough Decisions Are Needed to Break London’s Transport Monopoly
March 10, 2014
Orginally posted on ConservativeHome.com Let’s just imagine for a second that Birmingham Airport has been chosen as the UK’s new hub airport. Businesses in and around the second city would expand, new enterprises, hotels and luxury businesses would pop up: in summary, the sort of growth and investment north of Watford the UK badly needs...
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Four Things You Need to Know When Thinking About Pinterest
March 4, 2014
Last Wednesday, some of the London FH team attended the PRCA’s first “DigiBites” meet-up to get the low down from Pinterest’s first UK hire, Sarah Bush, on how brands can better use and understand the content sharing network. Launched four years ago, Pinterest has 70 million users worldwide (it has over 3 million “pinners” in the UK alone...
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Digital Now Report- 4 March
March 4, 2014
The Now Report is a snapshot of our favourite stuff from the world of digital, emerging tech, and health/consumer trends. With content sourced and written by FleishmanHillard staff, it provides an editorial filter to inspire discussion among your teams, and encourage ideas and innovation...
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TechMunch: Mobile World Congress 2014: A Summary
February 28, 2014
Mobile World Congress (MWC), the largest exhibition for the mobile industry, took place this week in Barcelona. With news being announced by the industry’s biggest names left, right and centre, it can be hard to keep up! So the tech team has compiled a breakdown of some of the topics, news and trends that we found most interesting. The internet of everythingThis year we have heard more and more about "the internet of things" and MWC...
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Friday TechMunch: The Whys and Wherefores of the WhatsApp Acquisition
February 24, 2014
When it was announced last week that Facebook had decided to push the boat out and snap up WhatsApp for $19 billion, many users (myself included) read the news with a kind of fuzzy dismay. Not only would Facebook now own a hefty majority of the IM market around the world (79% to be precise) with the many privacy concerns that might entail, but surely it would only be a matter of time before the...