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Are the Transport and border staff strikes and the Dairy protest udderly ill-conceived ?

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Transport strikes. Timing is everything.Firstly, this is not a political blog. It merely serves to highlight where I believe PR is an issue. Two pieces of protest/industrial action in 2 days. Both with legitimate concerns and with a right to do what they are doing. However, already this morning on the radio I have heard …

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G4S – “Buckles” under the strain of Olympic effort

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In terms of how not to handle the press, this is an object lesson. Your company is in panic mode, days away from a huge event. The media is swarming all over you. You want to hide, bury your head in the sand. That’s understandable – we’re all human. Problem is…we’re not all the CEO …

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Has Andy Murray captured your heart now?

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“Right, I’m gonna try this and it’s not gonna be easy.” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvwd_I9arMU] Not beating the legendary Roger Federer. Not speaking to a crowd that was ready to acclaim their new hero. No, he isn’t there yet – that is still probably Roger, even today. What wasn’t easy for Andy was fighting back the pent up …

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Assad regime not quite so in Vogue now eh?

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NB – credit to the Independent’s Richard Hall for the analysis and article below (in italics). I have written on this subject before, just where do you the draw the line when it comes to ethics in business? Could you work for an oil firm, a major bank, a “corrupt” regime? Whatever your politics, morals …

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Chairing a press conference with Sir Richard Branson

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I had the pleasure of meeting Sir Richard Branson and James Caan this week. Why? How? Well, I was the PR Director for Business 2012, a show that had over 200 exhibitors, 200 speakers and over 40,000 delegates over 3 days at the o2 in London. Sir Richard, James Caan and on the final day, …

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@Joey7Barton on England rugby – pot meets kettle or a genuine issue?

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I agonised today on whether to write about Blackberry/RIM’s latest PR disaster or whether to have a pop at the antics of the England rugby team. I’ve discussed both subjects before, firstly with RIM’s disaster on the BBC  and then with regards rugby in general and #bloodgate However, just when I thought I would plump for RIM …

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Can start-ups be PR up-starts? All aboard the StartUp Britain #subtour

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This time last week I was stationed outside Antenna, Nottingham’s creative hub, in the pouring rain waiting for a bus. “Wow, how fascinating” I hear you cry. However, this was no ordinary bus (new Sade remix in there somewhere!). This was the StartUp Britain #subtour bus, replete with experts offering advice on anything from tax, …

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