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FleishmanHillard Fishburn: A Top 10 UK Agency!
May 4, 2016
PRWeek has released their annual list of 150 top UK PR agencies and in it’s first year, FleishmanHillard Fishburn has come in at number 10! The merger has been a great success and this is another boost for the team. All of us in London and Bristol have worked hard to pull this off and it’s a fantastic achievement. We’ve had a great first quarter along with a string of new wins and this is...
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Is it working, and how would you know?
May 3, 2016
I had the pleasure of speaking last week at PR360, PR Week’s Global PR Festival and Awards. When it came to determining the topic, we thought a good deal about what makes us at FHF unique as a business – and for us, that comes down to our focus on driving real change for our clients. We understand that you can’t demonstrate change if you’re not measuring it. Which is why I joined a room of...
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The problems with injunctions
April 20, 2016
Holly Rouse, Director in our Corporate team takes a look at the problem with media injunctions in today’s connected world. Barring a Supreme Court Appeal being upheld, you and I will know by the end of the week (if you don’t already) who the celebrity is behind the injunction fiasco which has dominated the papers for the last month or so. Unless you’ve been in hiding, you’ll know that the media has been up in...
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A look at diversity in the PR industry
March 31, 2016
Our Graduate Trainee Max discusses a big topic for the UK PR industry – the lack of diversity. Growing up, I was privileged to have parents who instilled a strong sense of confidence and work ethic in me. Both Nigerian immigrants, they often reminded me that they “didn’t travel all this way, leaving friends and family behind, for our children not to be successful”. Because of this – and despite growing up on a “notorious”...
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FleishmanHillard Fishburn win two Silver Awards for excellence in brand transformation
March 24, 2016
We’re thrilled to bits here at FleishmanHillard Fishburn to be recognised for our creative excellence in brand transformation, with two Silver Awards and a Highly Commended at the 2016 Transform Awards Europe. FleishmanHillard Fishburn’s creativity has significantly extended the reach of Dogs for Good’s life-affirming message, with a deceptively simple and powerful branding solution. Our brand consultancy team created a unique communication platform to celebrate the extraordinary things that the partnerships between dogs and people can achieve every day...
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Over 6,000 people watch paint dry
March 23, 2016
Sleep is important. In fact, people today see sleep as a more significant factor in their overall health and well-being than family, work and social life. This World Sleep Day Philips, with the help of FleishmanHillard Fishburn (as part of their OneVoiceConnect partnership) took on the task of helping the world fall asleep by creating the world’s most sleep inducing social campaign (intentionally). When people can’t sleep they tweet . To help people drift off...
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Meet the editor: Geoff Hill
March 21, 2016
Last week, we hosted Geoff Hill, Editor of ITV News as a part of our “Meet the Editor”series in a Q&A with our Head of News, Peter Meikle. Geoff shared his insight on how the broadcast media are futureproofing and distinguishing themselves in the digital age. He also offered top tips about how PR’s should respond to broadcast reporters at a time of crisis. We summarised the best takeaways from the session below. Broadcast scoops offer...
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UK Budget 2016: Our summary
March 16, 2016
Below is a quick summary of today’s Budget presented by George Osborne written by our Public Affairs team. If you’d like to find out more about the team or enquire into how we can help you click here. Earlier today, George Osborne delivered his third “pro-enterprise, pro-infrastructure, pro-devolution” Budget in 12 months, against a backdrop of lower growth figures, higher borrowing than previously expected and a fragile global economy. With only three months to go before...
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Why doing nothing special could just be special
March 15, 2016
With International Women’s Day last week, we asked one of our longest serving women, Sophie Scott to write about her experience, challenges and highlights of working while being a mother of two. I know that there are more men on Boards called James than there are women on boards altogether, despite the fact that companies with women on their boards perform better. It’s a bit galling, of course, but working here at FleishmanHillard Fishburn, the...
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Introducing: Peter Meikle
March 10, 2016
Introducing is our new series in interviews with senior advisers across the FleishmanHillard Fishburn business who help add value to our services with their skills, knowledge and experience. In our first article we chat to Head of News, Peter Meikle. Pete, what does your role as Head of News entail? There are four main bits to my job… Working closely with clients to shape their stories to grab media attention and get coverage, whether that’s...