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Diversity and Inclusion

  • FleishmanHillard UK named finalist in PRWeek Best Places to Work 2022

    March 31, 2022

    FleishmanHillard UK has been unveiled as a finalist in the PRWeek Best Places to Work 2022! Contending to take home the win in the Large Agency (100 employees) category once again. The PRWeek Best Places to Work scheme aims to highlight the very best PR agencies and client-side communications teams and businesses developing the best possible working environments for their staff while recognising outstanding workplace culture, training, benefits and initiatives. Winners are announced in May...

  • Work in a post-Covid era: two years later, what does it mean?

    March 18, 2022

    I was reminded that this week heralds the second anniversary of all of us working from home and moving to a working world that is changed forever. I remember being both anxious about how I could run a business with everyone working remotely, but also being confident that it was only going to be a few weeks – a few months at most – and that we would all be back in the office by...

  • FleishmanHillard are PRmoment Awards Finalists for WeThe15

    March 11, 2022

    FleishmanHillard is thrilled to be a finalist in the PRmoment Awards 2022 for our work with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and adam&eveDDB to launch WeThe15, the largest human rights campaign to advance the lives of 1.2bn people with disabilities. The movement, WeThe15, takes its name from the 15% of the global population who have a disability: the world’s largest marginalised group, forgotten by the inclusivity agenda. For these 1.2 billion people, access to fundamental...

  • FleishmanHillard feature in Women in PR’s inaugural ‘45 over 45’ list

    March 7, 2022

    Women in PR’s inaugural ‘45 over 45’ list has been revealed featuring FleishmanHillard UK deputy CEO and D&I lead, Ali Gee and managing director of healthcare, Jacqui Sanders! The first-of-its-kind ‘45 over 45’ list features the women inspiring the next generation of leaders and shaping a brighter future for the PR and communications sector. ‘WPR 45 over 45’ launched in 2021 after research revealed over one-third (34%) of women in comms have experienced workplace ageism and over half (52%) of women under 50...

  • Early-career mental health in a hybrid world

    February 25, 2022

    Entering a Hybrid World: How can we support the Mental Health of those new to the workplace? Starting a new job is difficult. We all know that. Whether it’s learning how to use new software, understanding a new culture, or even just making new connections in the office, it brings with it a host of technical, social, and mental challenges. But what makes starting a new job even harder is being 100 miles away from...

  • FleishmanHillard Unveils Culture Unit and announces new partnership with UN Women’s Unstereotype Alliance

    February 1, 2022

    FleishmanHillard announces the launch of the Culture Unit, a team within Brand Marketing dedicated to analysing consumer behavioural trends and insights to help counsel clients on how to position a brand, product or organisation in relation to any number of defined profiles. The Culture Unit consists of global behavioural change cultural strategists looking at fringe culture to enable clients to respond to the challenges of today and tomorrow. Acting as a springboard between data and creative, the...

  • Swipe to Meet… Davide Santi-Brooks, Senior Designer

    January 5, 2022

    As a team, all the brilliantly talented, unique individuals that work at FleishmanHillard deliver amazing work for our clients. Each person’s individual strengths, passions and ambitions are what makes FleishmanHillard UK an incredible agency, a diverse talent pool of creative minds solving complex communications challenges and a certified ‘Best Place to Work’. We asked senior designer, Davide Santi-Brooks about his experience working in our design studio, Ensemble Studio, what new skill he's flexed in lockdown and for some...

  • Building socioeconomic equity in the workforce

    December 7, 2021

    Is meritocracy a myth? In the UK, economic inequality is endemic, but we often make peace with that by convincing ourselves that it is okay because equality of opportunity exists. But is that really the case? To unpick this question, FleishmanHillard UK convened a lively and insightful panel with Saeed Atcha MBE DL, CEO of Youth Leads UK, Deputy Lieutenant and Former Social Mobility Commissioner; Sarah Waddington CBE, Co-founder of Socially Mobile; and Dr Louise...

  • What the Communications Management Standard Award means to FleishmanHillard

    November 15, 2021

    After seventeen years of sustained excellence in public relations, FleishmanHillard UK has been awarded the Gold Communications Management Standard (CMS) Award by the PRCA. Faith Howe, senior partner and head of talent development was invited to sit down with the PRCA to share what it means to us to be awarded the Gold CMS Award and discuss how we stand out in our marketplace as a communications employer. Read the interview in full on the...

  • FleishmanHillard joins founding sponsors of PR school Socially Mobile

    November 10, 2021

    FleishmanHillard UK is proud to be a founding partner and get behind the launch of community interest company (CIC) and PR school, Socially Mobile. Opened today (10th November) for candidate applications for its first cohort of students in January 2022. Its courses are designed to enhance the career prospects of its students and create a pipeline of talent to make the public relations industry more representative and diverse. Socially Mobile is a not-for-profit PR school...