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Reputation in an age of outrage
March 15, 2019
Reputation is increasingly an online phenomenon. That’s not to say reputation is only relevant online, or that it’s wholly built and destroyed online, but rather that it’s now largely mediated online. By this I mean that the choice of focus, the framing and speed of issues and the casting of villains and heroes happens first online, before being hashed out in newspapers, on broadcast and in politics. This is because the media agenda, and subsequently...
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A Summary of the 2019 Spring Statement
March 13, 2019
This lunchtime, Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his Spring Statement in the Commons. His speech pinpointed the Government’s achievements on growth and jobs while warning about the “cloud of uncertainty” following last night’s Brexit vote, which he said could jeopardise the UK’s economic recovery and exhaust its cash reserves for public services. In summary: Hammond argued that the economy had “defied expectations” and was forecast to grow 1.2% in 2019 – lower than the 1.6%...
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Let’s Get Together – Issue One of We Are All Investors
January 14, 2019
Your company’s investors are more than your financial shareholders, they’re also your customers, your employees, your stakeholders, even the media. Of course, this has always been true. But today, it’s truer than ever. And this is why we believe your reporting communications, your purpose, your brand, your employee engagement and your corporate communications should be aligned to create a sum greater than its parts. Due to our belief in this alignment, we've created something that brings thought...
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PRedicting 2019: What’s next for…Corporate Communications?
December 5, 2018
In a newest series we've asked senior leaders from across the agency for their 'PRediction' for 2019. We will be publishing them daily for the next twelve days so keep checking back to learn more from a range of sectors and expertise in what could be the biggest opportunities and challenges for next year. Gender equality, climate change and making connections matter In the first three months leading to Brexit, there are two possible...
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Upping your game in Corporate Reporting
November 1, 2018
Last week The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) published a review on the state of reporting in the UK. The outcome wasn’t great. “Businesses have been told to up their game in key elements of corporate governance and reporting, after a review found a multitude of basic errors and misapplications of the UK corporate governance code in reports.” Source: City AM Of course, the FRC’s Revised UK Corporate Governance Code 2018 does not set out a rigid...
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FleishmanHillard Fishburn wins at the 2018 Corporate & Financial Awards
September 26, 2018
More exciting news from our Reporting Communications team who have won twice last night at the Corporate & Financial Awards hosted by Communicate magazine. The team won Bronze in the Best Printed International Report for our work with Qatar National Bank (QNB) and Bronze for Best Printed Unlisted Report for our work with The Jockey Club. This along with a Highly Commended for our work with Millicom in the Best Online International Report capped off...
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A decade from Lehman…where are we now?
September 13, 2018
It is ten years this weekend since the fall of Lehman Brothers signaled the single biggest corporate failure in history, sending the global financial market into crisis – and we’ve been paying the price since. In fact, according to a new report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies the UK economy is now 16 per cent smaller today than it would have been had it kept growing at its pre-crisis rate – or in layman's...
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Why a yearly report should last all year
July 19, 2018
We know that releasing your annual report can feel like a relief. A milestone. That date in the calendar when you finally say goodbye to six months of hard toil. But we also know this is a mistake. The release of your annual report shouldn’t be the moment you cross the finishing line, it’s the moment you get started. Think about it. The report is a summation of everything you’ve done in the course of...
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Now is the time to take action on ESG
May 2, 2018
Last week Helena Morrissey head of personal investing at Legal and General - which manages a staggering $1.2 trillion in funds - announced the firm was prepared to pull investment from companies that won't act on climate change. They are the latest big money manager to flex its substantial financial clout on sustainable issues – following the precedent set by Blackrock’s Larry Fink. But why now? Over the last few years there has been mounting...
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FleishmanHillard Fishburn helps Millicom launch latest annual report
March 28, 2018
We're proud to announce the release of Millicom’s suite of annual reports, reconfigured to world-class, best practice standards. The nature of the Swedish telecomms and media company and the requirements of its Nasdaq Stockholm listing lend to a purely digital publication. FleishmanHillard Fishburn's collaboration produced a smartphone-friendly launch-pad to downloadable PDFs, four annual reports and nine country updates. You can read Millicom (Tigo)’s vision of Digital connectivity for tomorrow’s world here: www.millicom.com/trading-results/ar-2017 "Milicom are a great...