L'hiver arrive, il va être de plus en plus difficile d'aller fumer aux pieds des immeubles de bureau… La cigarette électronique est un recours. Rooll 92, un ex-fumeur, a ouvert en juillet 2007, un blog dans lequel il donne son avis sur les différentes marques de cette nouvelle cigarette inoffensive. Voir le blog By Claire [...]
Last week saw members of the PR industry dress up in their very finest and gather together to attend the PR Week Awards at Grosvenor House. The event saw this year’s high achievers all congregate in one room, including agencies such as Blue Rubicon (winner of Consultancy of the Year), Burson-Marsteller (who took home International [...]
Let me tell you a fishy tale passed down from my grandfather that was told to him by an old picture dealer from London after WWII – It reflects well on the substance of fishy finance and the even fishier investment banking. Levi and Dent were having a chat over a lux bagel on a [...]
Why can’t people just leave well alone?? An iconic brand, loved by those suffering from hangovers, students, Brits and Americans alike….is to be rebranded…. No longer will we be able to take advantage of the £5.99 buffets at our beloved Pizza Hut. Instead, we’re once again being gazumped with articles on nutrition, eating well and [...]
There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face. (Act I Sc. IV, Macbeth) Perhaps Shakespearewas onto something. The human face has seemingly endless possibilities for emotional influence, but does it ever truly betray what we’re thinking? We can wink suggestively at potential partners, coo and grin to the delight of babies everywhere [...]
Not long ago I wrote a blog on Innocent Smoothie drinks. Their brand values are effectively communicated through every possible medium, and they are quite possibly one of the best developed brands over the past few years. One of my candidates highlighted to me last week that they have now developed Innocent Veg Pots, little pots [...]
With the current situation in both the UK and USA markets is it time to pack up our bags and head east? The Middle East benefits from enormous reserves of gas, oil, land and, the one we all want to hear – cash. One of the largest emerging industries in the UAE is PR and [...]
To my fellow Hanson Search colleagues, my clients across the management consultancy industry and all candidates across the global consultancy industry – in fact anyone who works in an office! It’s just gone 2pm and I can feel my body getting tired. I am doing all I can to fight the need for more coffee! [...]
Radiohead, Robbie Williams, Kaiser chiefs ou Iron Maiden sont quelques uns des 60 musiciens ou groupes britanniques qui viennent de créer une organisation pour protéger leurs intérêts face aux maisons de disques, notamment dans le cadre du développement numérique. Ce groupement, baptisé Featured artists' coalition (FAC), explique dans un communiqué qu'il a vocation à protéger [...]
When reading Anthony Hilton’s column in PR Week, I found myself struck by the spooky similarities between financial and corporate PR and the twenty-something dating market….. Just a couple of examples from his recent columns to highlight my point…. An article from August talks about damaging rumours which are ‘deliberately spread to bring about the fall [...]
