According to a series of Populus polls for the Times, voters are loosing confidence in Labour and Brown – in alarming fashion. Peter Riddell and Francis Elliot report that “Labour is on 27 per cent, down one point on the last Populus poll three weeks ago, and about the level it has been for the [...]
The Chinawhite Rock the Poloevent at the Cartier International made all the gossip pages recently with celebrities like Harry Potter star Emma Watsonattending. Performing at the event was Sparkie M’Larkie, who the website describes as “a boutique festival favourite and connoisseur of all things musical and spiritual”. We at Hanson don’t like to boast (too [...]
Recruitment in the PR world seems to still be going strong despite all the economic problems, so luckily we don’t think any PR people have had to resort to such desperate measures as one US banker. Joshua Perky, who lost his job in a New York bank six months ago, is walking around Manhattan wearing [...]
The sun shines, the beach is on your doorstep and there is always the option of avoiding tax! Recruitment in the Middle East is at its strongest ever. The PR industry is booming and there is a constant demand for international talent. As the industry grows in this part of the globe, more and more [...]
Hanson Search claimed the City Chadwell Premier 5-a-side league for the second consecutive year, remarkably going through the season unbeaten: Special mention must also go to longterm client FD (formerly Financial Dynamics) who in sharp contrast, went the entire season without a victory. For the final table follow the link: http://www.theelms.co.uk/horizon/110171202304SOEL071lge1.htm Album Review [...]
With Hanson’s French office well and truly open, its time to appreciate the cultural delights that France has to offer. Or not, according to French singer Sebastian Tellier. The Eurovision hopeful has until now opted to sing his patriotic number in English, much to the uproar of, not only his French fans, but even the [...]
More gems of news about the government have come our way this week. Apparently, Whitehall mandarins are now being offered classes on how to improve their dress sense and personal grooming – all at the bargain price of £970 – and funded by taxpayers, which is always nice to hear. Amongst other things, the civil [...]
Another warning, fellow bloggers. A man has recently had to pay £119,000 in compensation after anonymously posting offensive comments online about a housing group and its chief exec, which included false allegations of sexual misconduct and corruption. The defence called it a “malicious, unpleasant and relentless campaign of libel and harassment” that the rival businessman [...]
What would you do if you were faced with this situation? You’re the PR for British Airways. There’s a press briefing about the chaos at Heathrow’s new Terminal 5 in which the director of operations refuses to take questions. Subsequently you are faced with a barrage of journalists after some answers. If you opted for [...]
So we’ve heard about internet addiction, now comes blog addiction. The New York Times have linked the fatal heart attacks of two men in America to an obsession with updating websites and blogs. The paper said “There is no official diagnosis of death by blogging…but friends and family of the deceased…say those deaths have them [...]
