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FleishmanHillard Fishburn wins Gold at Corporate & Financial Awards
September 30, 2016
FleishmanHillard Fishburn has won Gold at the Corporate & Financial Awards for Best Online Report in the FTSE 100 category. The Corporate & Financial Awards benchmark communications in the financial space, an area of business that continues to grow in standard year on year. Held at the Brewery, Moorgate, the 2016 event welcomed delegates from a variety of companies and agencies, all vying for the coveted prizes on offer. Simon Jack, BBC business editor, was...
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FHF launches national fraud prevention campaign
September 20, 2016
Today we called on the nation to Take Five – to stop and think when faced with a potential fraudster. Like all the most effective behaviour change campaigns, the campaign has one simple call to action: Take Five to Stop Fraud. The multi-channel campaign has been developed on behalf of Financial Fraud Action UK, and backed by all UK banks and financial services providers across the UK. It is the first time they have all...
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Live Content: Is it Even Valuable?
September 15, 2016
At Social Media Week our own Andrew Cooper and Georgina Rees hosted a session on the topic of Live Content. Proving that not all events need to be live-streamed (with help from our unfortunately soundless Periscope) the session covered the history of live-streaming and gave an in-depth look at the process for our work on The Patron's Lunch. Watch the highlights below! https://www.youtube.com/embed/Sbnup8gcCw8 Andrew Cooper & Georgina Rees, Creative Strategy...
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Why is social media important to young people?
August 19, 2016
Our client Tata Consultancy Services wanted to change their reputation as being known as an Indian outsourcing company to a European technology industry leader. To help achieve this re-positioning they surveyed some 5,000 young Europeans from 15 countries on the rise of social media. This culminated in the creation of The European Youth Study. The research aims to communicate its message to employers and business owners; and demonstrates the clear and growing importance of social...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...