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DIVERSITY EVENT — Seen, Represented and Heard: Building Inclusive Cultures in PR & Communications
October 16, 2020
Diversity event — Seen, Represented and Heard: Building Inclusive Cultures in PR & Communications, Thursday 29th October at 5pm FHF London invites you to join us in our journey to move the conversation on recruitment, retention and inclusivity on within the PR workplace during a vital discussion about diversity and inclusion. Exploring what we can learn from the publication of the CIPR report, 'Race in PR: BAME lived experience in the UK PR Industry'...
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B2B Campaign of the Year award goes to FleishmanHillard Fishburn
October 15, 2020
FleishmanHillard Fishburn wins B2B Campaign of the Year! The PRmoment Awards celebrate excellence and reward outstanding campaigns and exceptional talent within the UK PR and Communications sector. We’re proud to announce that against some stiff competition in the category, we were awarded ‘B2B Campaign of the Year’ for our work with client Noluma. The outstanding campaign, “Giving Milk its Bottle Back”, aimed to counter the negative impact light has on packaged milk by calling on...
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FleishmanHillard Fishburn report questions FinTech leaders from across the globe
October 12, 2020
Brand and reputation are more vital than ever. Unsurprisingly, respondents in our recent FinTech report, 'Fintech Driving Global Change: Building a Better Future', identified customer experience as the most important thing to focus on as COVID-19 exposed some cracks in Fintechs' ability to service customers' needs. Expect to see further fall-out for companies that do not prioritise protecting their reputation as ethical businesses in the face of crisis. Brands must focus on maintaining an authentic...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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'...