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2020 U.S. Presidential Election Super Tuesday Edition
March 5, 2020
Now that we’ve had some time to digest—where are we now? American elections often seem to be a mix of drama and comedy with a dash of politics thrown in to spice things up. Candidates start to formally announce their campaigns roughly two years in advance with many of the 2020 Democratic candidates, for example, formally announcing their campaigns in January 2019. The election will really heat up when the Democratic nominee is announced during...
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Don’t wait for a crisis to happen before getting your house in order: the key to effective crisis response is effective planning
February 26, 2020
There are generally three types of reputational crises which businesses face – a crisis of circumstance, competency or culture. Whilst by their nature no crisis is easy to deal with, arguably the crisis of culture –defined as inappropriate behaviours in (and out of) the workplace or ethical lapses– can be the most challenging to handle, with often the most senior person in the business, and at times whole leadership teams, finding themselves under intense pressure...
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PRCA City and Financial Award Winners
February 20, 2020
PRCA CITY AND FINANCIAL AWARD WINNERS We are delighted to announce that last week we were announced winners at the PRCA City and Financial Awards 2020. We proudly won the Best Banking Communications Campaign Award thanks to the Santander campaign, The Future of the Homeownership Dream. Contact us...
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Brexit Day: What next? Views from across our network
January 31, 2020
The view from London Boris Johnson’s election victory changed everything. But uncertainty for business remains. On 12 December 2019, Brexit went from parliamentary standoff to executive-led inevitability. Johnson has a clear mandate to “Get Brexit Done”, and for a short moment, there has been a semblance of clarity about Britain’s future. Today brings that moment to an end. From a British point of view, the path forward is no longer a domestic dispute. The Prime...
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Davos Digest 2020: Issue Four
January 24, 2020
Finally, it's over! Is it us or is it just exhausting watching the endless proclamations from companies that really should have done a lot more, a lot sooner? Oh. To be fair, this year has been a welcome relief from the empty promises of yesteryear. Finally, there is something to get our teeth into. Yes, we had slightly gimmicky gestures as a group of young activists were invited to the hallowed slopes but we also...
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Davos Digest 2020: Issue Three
January 24, 2020
Look at the colleague sitting next to you, and rate how important they are on a scale of one to seven. Then tell them. Awkward, right? Well, yesterday we learned that WEF organisers secretly categorise their elite delegates numerically from one to seven based on their “position level.” To be a ‘one’, think top executive or head of state. Two? Senior executive or prime minister. Feel then for poor Ivanka Trump who was apparently a...
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Davos Digest 2020: Issue Two
January 23, 2020
On Wednesday the rich, the powerful, and thought leaders young and old woke up to another glorious day in Switzerland packed full of more photo ops, backroom backslapping and heated debates on the key topics of the day. President Trump continued to steal the spotlight on WEF day 2, using the global stage to lambast his domestic political opponents – referring to his impeachment trial as a hoax. He also couldn’t escape the Swiss ski...
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Davos Digest 2020: Issue One
January 22, 2020
Welcome to day one of FleishmanHillard’s Davos Digest 2020. The World Economic Forum 2020 is upon us, and once again the quiet Swiss ski resort of Davos is engulfed in a perfect storm of political intrigue, corporate PR announcements, and incongruous A-list celebrities – same story, different year, right? Wrong: tensions in the Middle East are at an all-time high, wildfires continue to overwhelm large parts of Australia, China is dealing with a slowing economy...
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Rocking the boat – how can corporates lead with impact on ESG?
January 15, 2020
This week, Blackrock sent out a warning shot to CEOs around the globe who have been slow to act on sustainability issues, announcing it will double the number of sustainability-focused exchange traded (ETF) funds it offers to 150 and has vowed to cut companies that derive a quarter or more of their revenues from thermal coal from its portfolios. While Larry Fink’s annual letter to CEOs has become a staple in the pre-Davos calendar, this...
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The Queen’s Speech, Take Two
December 19, 2019
Truly, we are spoiled. After the longest Parliamentary session since the civil war ended in October, today the Queen returned to Parliament for the second time this year to give us a speech. In a sign of the times – the inconvenience to Her Majesty, perhaps, and a desire not to hold up Christmas shoppers – the horse-drawn carriage was left out, and the crown and robe eschewed for a fetching blue dress and hat...