Archive

Year: 2016

  • A bite-sized look at the childhood obesity strategy

    August 18, 2016

    The UK Government published its childhood obesity strategy today to widespread criticism that the proposed measures were not tough enough to tackle the problem. Liam McCloy takes a bite into what it means for businesses. The strategy has had a protracted birth. Promised at various points earlier in the year it has eventually arrived into a very different political landscape post the EU Referendum. The May Government is acutely aware of the pressures on the...

  • Hiding from negative interest rates

    August 17, 2016

    Simon Anderson reflects on reports of European banks hoarding money to protect themselves from negative interest rates and what that could mean for us... What does the person-in-the street do when they lose faith in banks? They hide money under their mattress. After many years of telling customers to put their money to work, it seems European banks may be considering the same course of action. As rates sink to zero across much of Europe, it...

  • Introducing: Kev O’Sullivan

    August 12, 2016

    Kev O’Sullivan is our Creative Director and we’ve managed to grab some time in his first week working at FleishmanHillard Fishburn to add him to our Introducing Series. Kev what made you choose FleishmanHillard Fishburn? Having grown-up in noughties public relations, I always saw FH and… err… FH as two of the biggest and best names in comms. So for me, last year’s merger was like a mild-mannered version of Bey-Z. Meanwhile, I am of...

  • Join us for the US election debates!

    August 10, 2016

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  • It pays to pay on social media

    July 26, 2016

    Chris Onderstall shares insights into why paid media is so important in today's social media landscape and offers a PDF by the team on where and how to get started. Dipping your toe in the water when it comes to paid is simply not enough anymore. We have to change our mindset as communicators but also as content publishers. The new paid social landscape is evolving at a dramatic rate. We are simply not adapting fast...

  • FleishmanHillard Fishburn wins a Videographer Award!

    July 25, 2016

    Along with wins at Transform and AMEC awards earlier this year, we are proud to announce a win at the Videographer Awards 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EOEPnG1vg0 For our work with The Patron's Lunch, our film focusing on the Royal Academy of Dance has been granted an Award of Excellence in the nonprofit category at the 2016 Videographers Awards. One of eleven films, we created a set of videos that highlighted some of the great work the charities...

  • What does Brexit mean for Corporate Reporting?

    July 11, 2016

    Head of Corporate Reporting Nick Rose takes a look at the post-Brexit landscape of Corporate Reporting and any changes that might need to be made. On Friday 24th June, in the aftermath of the Brexit results both the FTSE 350 and FTSE 100 markets reacted with significant drops. While both have now recovered from their dives, the FTSE 100 rebounded from it’s knee jerk reaction to a level higher than where it started the previous week. There...

  • Intelligent reporting that delivers smart storytelling

    July 1, 2016

    Continuing from our first post on what our Corporate Reporting team can do for your annual reports we share more examples of our award winning work. Delivering a vision for the future Our first report for Qatar National Bank needed to build confidence in their success as well as in their ambitious vision to become an MEA icon by 2017 and a global bank by 2030. FHF's approach was to write and design a comprehensive...

  • TechMunch: London Technology Week, IT Pro’s birthday and celebrating diversity

    June 28, 2016

    It’s fair to say that last week was a pretty monumental and historic time for our country *cough*EUReferendum*cough*. I could use this post to share my views on Brexit but I’m going to leave that to our Public Affairs team – plus, if like me you’ve devoured article after article and are feeling even more confused and worried, then you may want to read about something else... So instead, I’m going to reflect on some...

  • Britain votes to leave the EU

    June 24, 2016

    After today's results our Public Affairs team breaks down on what this historic referendum means for the UK and  the developments from this morning. Political developments In the wake of the Prime Minister confirming his resignation the only point that is certain is that there is no timeframe for the invocation of Article 50, the timing of which will be decided by whoever becomes the new Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister. Boris...