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Year: 2019

  • What to Expect at Conservative Party Conference 2019

    September 29, 2019

    In the wake of a Labour Conference which saw Party division over both its leadership and its Brexit policy steal the headlines, it’s now the turn of the Conservative Party to have its say. The plan for this Conference was to give the Conservative Party a platform to set the tone for the looming General Election, and to hammer home its messaging ahead of the official campaign kick-off. And yet, this will now prove extremely...

  • A last-minute shot in the arm for an otherwise ailing Labour party

    September 27, 2019

    Sometimes Party Conferences go well. Sometimes they don’t. From Saturday to Monday, Labour’s annual gathering in Brighton looked set to become the archetypal example of the latter, beset as it was, by conflict between Party members, the Leadership and the Trade Unions, a bitter row over Brexit, and a generally low mood. The resignation of Corbyn’s Chief Policy Adviser, Andrew Fisher, on Saturday night - a man who was seen by many as the one...

  • UN Climate Summit Takeaway: Corporates Need to Act

    September 26, 2019

    Earlier this week, government officials, businesses and civil society leaders from nearly 200 countries gathered for the 2019 United Nations Climate Summit. But compared to past climate conferences, which may have featured inspirational speakers and commitment to action, Monday’s Summit closing saw a marked change in tone. While many of the countries in attendance were expected to announce they would ramp up commitments and actions originally set by the Paris agreement, most of the major...

  • Engaging with Labour: Conference 2019 and beyond

    September 20, 2019

    Boris Johnson only walked through the door of Number 10 in July, yet the feeling remains that Jeremy Corbyn could be on course to snatch the keys at short notice. A tumultuous September has seen a resurgent Corbyn instrumental in Parliamentary manoeuvres to block a no-deal Brexit on 31st October, with Johnson looking boxed-in and short on options. This year’s Labour Conference presents an opportunity for the party, after nine years in Opposition, to capitalise...

  • The sun is shining on the Lib Dems once again

    September 17, 2019

    In nearly fifteen years of Liberal Democrat conferences, the strange thing about coming to Bournemouth is that the weather seems to always reflect the fortunes of the Party. Recent visits (2015, 2017) have been gloomy and grey, and the politics felt correspondingly flat and irrelevant. But this week the sun was shining, delivering a feeling of optimism and energy to all gathered on the seafront – with, it seems, good reason. The Liberal Democrats came...

  • How will Boris Johnson advance his domestic agenda beyond Brexit?

    August 22, 2019

    As his cavalcade arrived at Downing Street on 24 July, few could imagine what was really going on in Boris Johnson’s mind. He had meticulously planned his rise to the top from his halcyon days at Eton and his Presidency of the Oxford Union. With sky-high approval ratings as Mayor of London, his destiny appeared to be fulfilled after his two successful terms during the Cameron years. However, Johnson’s leadership of the Leave Camp during...

  • Project Z: Understanding Gen Z

    August 1, 2019

    Gen Z, a generation hard to pin down and define. Born between the years 1995-2005, this is a generation that has grown up digital and within a bubble of political and economic uncertainty to now sit at the precipice of today’s culture. We know they’re breaking into the global workforce and surpassing millennials in terms of global population, with their spending power and influence edging closer. This is a generation in flux with so many...

  • Boris: He campaigned in poetry, but can he govern in prose?

    July 23, 2019

    And so, it’s official. Having triumphed with a thumping victory over his rival Jeremy Hunt, Boris Johnson will tomorrow realise a lifetime’s ambition when he enters through the hallowed door of Number 10 as our nation’s new Prime Minister. The scale of his victory with the party membership defied many of his allies and critics alike. Coupled with a resounding mandate from the parliamentary party, Johnson must not waste time in leveraging his remarkable political...

  • FHF’s Golden Boot Winners: Which Brands Came Out on Top at the 2019 WWC

    July 19, 2019

    That there were enough campaigns of a sufficient quality and profile to evaluate in the wake of this, the most attended, most viewed and most invested in Women’s World Cup to date, speaks volumes of the progress that has been made by those involved the women’s game over the last four years. Despite this analysis generally adopting a similar format to those we have become familiar with in the wake of all major men’s tournaments...

  • Leading With Impact: FleishmanHillard Fishburn launches 2019 Authenticity Gap Report

    July 17, 2019

    Consumer expectations are higher than ever, and in an age of greater transparency and oversight, companies can no longer say one thing and do another. We expect organisations to be authentic and to have a point of view on the relevant topics that matter most and back up their  words with  action. If they fail to do so, trust will quickly erode and customers will move elsewhere. Campaigns such as Extinction Rebellion have driven climate change even higher up the global agenda, while issues...

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