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Are we still minding the Gender Pay Gap?
April 23, 2020
By Rima Sacre, Associate Director It is easy to forget in this new reality that there are things going on around us. Not just everyday things, but key priorities that used to dominate the business agenda for companies. A few weeks ago, saw the third (albeit arbitrary) annual deadline for UK businesses to report their Gender Pay Gap (GPG) figures. With the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, it is understandable that the Government announced a suspension to...
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The Covid-19 pandemic: lessons for the climate crisis
April 6, 2020
By Daniel Silberhorn, Corporate Communications and Sustainability Managing Supervisor With COVID-19, we experience a major crisis – but we act. Politicians listen to the voice of science and put clear, binding rules in place that turn daily life upside down. With some countries being more consequent and clear than others. Rather than protesting, the majority of people comply; many acting as effective multipliers for the official message. Even though the measures dramatically limit personal freedom...
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Lock down your leadership comms
March 31, 2020
By Emily Cooter, Internal Communications Consultant, Specialist In times of crisis, it’s only natural to look to authority figures for reassurance and direction, and often our employers are our closest and most trusted source. So how can business leaders ensure they live up to this position of elevated responsibility as the Covid-19 lockdowns continue? Here are some guiding principles: Know your audiences Think carefully about the impact of Covid-19 on your employees’ work and home...
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Financial reporting and Covid19 – Where to start?
March 30, 2020
by Sally Eggeling, Creative Studio Director With COVID-19 impacting our lives and work enormously right now, it is no surprise that it is now affecting corporate reporting - with institutions and companies seeking to maintain capital markets and investor activity in the wake of its impact. With a likely impact on performance and potentially on reputation too, what guidance is available for companies about to navigate these challenges and where should they start? The FCA...
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A moment in time or a lasting change? Can the financial services industry use Covid-19 as an opportunity to reset its reputation and earn trust?
March 27, 2020
By Liz Willder, Director, Head of Financial Services There are two main concerns for people right now – their health and their wealth. Alongside the supermarkets and health providers, arguably financial services providers are central to the survival of many households in the coming weeks and months, as people look for guidance and help to manage their money at this testing time. Whether its worries over job security, being self-employed, sick pay, paying the mortgage...
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COVID-19 :The increased need for communications
March 16, 2020
By Stephanie Bailey, Managing Director, Corporate I admit I have become more than a little obsessed with finding out as much as I can about the situation with the coronavirus. I can state with a fact that it is ‘rapidly changing’, ‘unprecedented’ and ‘challenging’ because almost everything I have read tells me that. Whilst Public Health England guidelines and advice are being shared and reported there is still a raft of fake news that...
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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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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 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...