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Diversity and Inclusion
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Lifting the lid on our own D&I journey
August 19, 2020
Ali Gee, Deputy CEO and Diversity and Inclusion Lead With employee and stakeholder expectations at an all-time high, how does one even begin to step up on Diversity & Inclusion (D&I)? This is a question many of our clients are grappling with. Sometimes the sheer scale of the task can be daunting, so we hope that by sharing a little about our own experience, we might help others make that move forward. ''It's a pipeline...
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Brand Marketing & Consumer: Committing to long term change
July 15, 2020
In 2020 we’ve seen the world step up to spotlight systemic racism and the beginnings of a revolution for change for Black and Brown communities. During this time, we have been reflecting and have identified that there is an immediate two-fold problem: Brand responses are more performative than revolutionary, lacking the infrastructure in place to authentically comment on anti-racism The communications industry is still nowhere near being representative of the communities it serves Black Lives...
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An Uncomfortable Truth
June 16, 2020
John Saunders, FleishmanHillard president and CEO, shared the note below with global employees. “I could share a list of every micro-aggression, every slur shouted from a passing car, every time I felt harassed, exoticized, tokenised, too dark, every time I had security guards follow me around a shop, every time I was randomly selected by police on the street to show my ID and asked if I had drugs on me.” – the words of Sean...
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Pride 2020 may not be visible but it’s not lost its voice
June 1, 2020
By Christina Peach – Account Director, Diversity & Culture in Brand Marketing & Consumer, FleishmanHillard London, Co-Chair OPEN Pride UK + Allies, Top 10 LGBT+ Future Leader 2020 – British LGBT Awards As Pride month kicks off our focus turns to the LGBT+ community and the constant human endeavour for LGBT+ rights. Under normal circumstances brands and communities all over the world would be gearing up to launch experiential campaigns and organising their presence at Pride...
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FleishmanHillard Fishburn receives PRWeek Best Places to Work Award
April 29, 2020
FleishmanHillard Fishburn has been revealed as the winner of PRWeek's Best Places to Work Awards - Large Agency! Beating stiff competition from the UK's biggest PR Agencies, the judges commended FHF on the "strength of its culture and for running some industry-leading programmes, including steps it is taking to attract diverse talent". How we are supporting each other through the pandemic moved the judges, as did the introduction of innovations like our Shadow Board. FHF's...
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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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FleishmanHillard Fishburn Have Four Consultants Named in 2019 PRWeek’s 30 Under 30 List
July 2, 2019
This year, FleishmanHillard Fishburn have four consultants selected to be in PRWeek's 30 Under 30 List, the highest number of any agency. Sara Williams, Amity Harrold, Nadine Kawash and Andre Bogues were all selected in the exclusive list and you can read their individual profiles through the links. Jim Donaldson, CEO says "It's always been our goal to have the best emerging talent in the industry and I'm incredibly proud of Sara, Amity, Nadine and Andre for...
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Uncharted Waters: Unlocking the Latin American Opportunity
April 2, 2019
Over the past 20 years we have witnessed a series of efforts by British politicians to reinvigorate the once great trade and diplomatic relationship between the UK and the countries in Latin America. But even with repeated attempts to generate bilateral investment, partner on foreign policy and collaborate on development and aid, has anything actually changed? In 2010, the then-Foreign Secretary William Hague delivered a speech at Canning House designed to kick off a new...
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Gender pay gap podcast: Interview with Zoe Williams
February 20, 2019
As we start to review gender pay gap data again for the next reporting cycle in April, many are likely thinking about how to avoid the spotlight, with the hope that other items on the UK news agenda – namely Brexit – will remain the focus. But, expectations from consumers today demand that as an important social issue, the GPG isn’t brushed under the carpet. In fact, recent findings from our Authentic Insights report reveal...
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Addressing the gender pay gap: Moving from disclosure to action
December 4, 2018
When organisations across the UK published their gender pay gap data for the first-time last year, it was not surprising to see the outliers named and shamed. Companies and industries that reported the largest gender pay disparity were criticised in the press, and the media overall was sceptical of corporations – scrutinising data and the narratives explaining them. There was limited opportunity to tell a positive story, in fact where these existed (brands like Apple...