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Is the future of capitalism inclusive?
February 13, 2018
Last week Reboot the Future, GCM and Aviva, hosted an event in London (for which FHF were a lead sponsor and PR partner) to discuss how the UK can move towards inclusive capitalism and sustainable business. Whilst change is taking place every day, consensus from the esteemed panelists, which included Unilever’s CEO Paul Polman, Forum of the Future’s Founder, Jonathan Porritt and Aviva’s Chief RIO, Steve Waygood, among others, was that the United Nation’s Sustainable...
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Can corporate purpose be compatible with capitalism?
January 29, 2018
“Increasingly the general public are demanding companies have a clear social purpose and demonstrate leadership on key issues” - Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock Ten years ago this February, Northern Rock was nationalised by the then-Labour government, a pivotal moment in the global financial crisis. In the decade of recovery since we have been experiencing one of biggest bull runs in recent memory. Last year we saw global equities reach record highs, and earlier...
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Gender pay gap reporting. Are you ready?
January 11, 2018
Gender pay gap reporting is the Government’s headline initiative to tackle the gender pay gap in the UK. The Government hopes that increased transparency will be a stimulus to businesses to close the remaining gap over time. While there is no legal requirement to publish an individual narrative report, when considering the context behind the legislation, producing a separate report helps manage a company’s corporate reputation. The gender pay gap is part of a bigger...
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FinTech in 2018: The Fads, the Fears and the Future
January 9, 2018
Last year proved to be another exciting ride on the FinTech rollercoaster. We reached out to over 30 experts from leading brands including Ant Financial, Citi, Ripple, Santander, Starling Bank, Visa and Western Union to share their insights on the biggest fads of 2017, lift the lid on their biggest fears, and unveil the most exciting opportunities for 2018. Our contributors identified Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) as the most over-hyped trend of 2017, closely followed...
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TechMunch: Taking the temperature of Health Tech PR
December 14, 2017
When I started in tech PR seven years ago it was still regarded as a niche industry. My peers all ended up in consumer, fashion, sports or entertainment. Yet today, it seems every company wants to be considered a technology company - from accommodation providers (AirBnB) to transport companies (Uber) to food takeaway services (Deliveroo). For some products and industries, the link to tech can seem a little tenuous (connected hairdryers?) but there is one...
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TechMunch: AI and the art of thinking for a living
September 19, 2017
One of my favourite memories of university (of those fit to share anyway) was of a mural on the wall of the College of Arts & Sciences (my department of study) which (re)assured me that ‘A Liberal Arts degree is insurance against when the robots take all the boring jobs’. Beyond a vague irritation when visiting Science majors suggested our primary course of study should be learning to say the phrase ‘would you like fries...
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TechMunch: The tech skills and innovation conundrum
July 27, 2017
At a recent team meeting, my colleagues and I took turns in nominating life-changing technologies. They varied from stackable farms and health sensors to new types of public transport and even e-commerce. While they might have sounded like the stuff of science fiction, if you step back and consider where we’ve come in the past ten years, these new technologies seem totally achievable. The smartphone only launched ten years ago, 3D printers came to the...
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How companies can communicate credibly with the csuite podcast
July 25, 2017
We've partnered with the csuite podcast to discuss the findings of our UK 2017 Authenticity Gap Report. With guest Simon English from the London Evening Standard, EMEA Reputation Lead Nick Andrews and Managing Director of Corporate Communications discuss what companies can do to communicate more credibly. This informative panel discussion after an introduction to what the Authenticity Gap is and means for us from CEO Jim Donaldson. A big thank you to Russell Goldsmith for...
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The Authenticity Gap Report 2017
July 25, 2017
The 2017 UK Authenticity Gap Report has raised challenging questions about using business leaders to deliver key messages and how companies are struggling to connect credibly with their stakeholders. The research studied 160 companies across 20 industries to help discover where Authenticity Gaps exist. Mapped against the Nine Drivers of reputation it provides actionable insights to help companies understand where they can develop to help build upon their reputation and become leaders in their industry...
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Gogglebox: How tech is transforming TV consumption
July 24, 2017
As consumers become increasingly device and screen agnostic, it’s clear that the boundary between linear TV and over-the-top content is waning. Consumers of nearly all age groups are watching less traditional television, finding new ways to get their fix of their favourite shows. The impact of streaming services, such as Netflix and Amazon, cannot be underestimated. They have, at the risk of sounding exaggerated, irrevocably changed the way in which a viewer consumes television, while...