CDR’s 9th annual investor relations survey reveals how MiFID II is prompting companies in Europe, and beyond, to take a more active and direct role in educating investors.
Summer holidays are here and many working parents of school age children are feeling simultaneously happy that they can drop the daily morning harassment of children to get up, fed and out the door, whilst also stressed that they must organise either child care or entertainment for six weeks.
Pressures on companies to behave ethically have gained a powerful momentum in the 21st Century.
Brands increasingly use meaningless words to sell products. Don’t believe me? Let’s take a look at something we all read, the humble restaurant menu designed to entice the hungry customer.
The new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into force in May 2018 and will bring with it onerous fines of 4% of the previous year’s turnover or €20 million, whichever is the greater, for non-compliance.
How are globalisation and breath-taking advances in technology determining what happens to the EU’s highly attractive market?
Boycotts have a mixed history of success. However, as social media becomes increasingly prevalent, they can become more and more powerful.
And they’re off. Theresa May has officially notified Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, that Britain is leaving the European Union.
In keeping with his “Spreadsheet Phil” persona, Philip Hammond’s Budget today was mostly boring. Many of the announcements had been expected, due to a tightly controlled drip-feed to the media over the last week or so.
Work in corporate PR for long enough and you’ll almost certainly have the opportunity to work on a large corporate retainer for a well-known international business or national household brand.
Ever shouted across the office at somebody to ask them a quick question, or sent them an email to ask something that really shouldn’t have taken that long? Have you been distracted by your colleagues constantly coming to ask you questions or calling you internally to discuss something?
“A baying mob of imbeciles”. “Fat, stupid, greedy, classless, bastards”. “Pudgy, basement-dwelling irritants”. The infamous rant of Pete Willett about US golf fans published in National Club Golfer magazine in the lead-up to the Ryder Cup uses slightly more colourful language to that which we are used to in corporate communications.