CIPR Summit 2024 Webinar Recap
25 March 2024
As the dust settled on a busy week, our Content Specialist, Daniel McKeon, signed in to Chartered Institute of Public Relations’ 2024 Inside Summit and checked out some select sessions focussed on internal comms. We’ve selected three in particular to expand upon that most resonated with the chatter we’d heard within the sector. As expected, […]
A question for the hospitality sector: what’s the point of your careers website?
14 June 2017
If you’re in the hospitality business, your digital strategy is nearly as important as the cleanliness of your hotel rooms or the friendliness of your waiting staff. Travelodge now receives an average one million visits per week with a booking made on average every three seconds. Take a look at Travelodge.co.uk and you’ll see […]
Banking on People: why the banks need to engage talent more than ever…
01 September 2015
Recently I got a lesson in the banking industry, and ultimately how banks make money. In many ways, it comes down to taking your money and then doing something with it; as well as offering you extra products. In a period of long-term, low interest rates, the ability to generate more income by moving up interest rates […]
Law firms: does culture eat strategy for breakfast?
10 August 2015
For law firms, does Peter Drucker’s quote really ring true? Or is it simply that strategy still trumps culture in the eyes of lawyers and counsel? It seems to depend on whom you listen to. A panel of experts at Legal Week’s Global Independent Law Firms Forum debate recently discussed some of these issues. On the […]
Please don’t scare those bankers!
24 June 2015
Banking continues to be hit by one scandal after another. Mis-selling PPI, fixing Libor, helping wealthy clients avoid taxes – the big banks continue to get slapped with fines; and no doubt, this is not the end of it. Regulators are rightly getting tough with banks, and banks are taking note. So much so that a recent […]
Facebook, the value of culture, and how tech companies engage talent…
18 June 2015
Recently, I had the chance to visit Facebook. Unfortunately it was in London rather than California. But the experience made me think profoundly about culture but also invited me to question how tech companies can really differentiate themselves. Let’s start with the ‘profound effect’. No, this was not some sort of epiphany, but it was […]
Tech grown-ups v start-ups – and how to connect with new tech talent…
20 May 2015
In 1991, Oracle was virtually a startup in the UK with 700 people. The average age was 26. Nearly 25 years on and Oracle now has some 26,000 people across the EMEA region, and the average age of the workforce is 46. Is this what happens to start-ups when they become grown-ups? How does it […]
106 seconds with… Funke Abimbola, Managing Counsel for Roche UK, diversity champion, speaker and proud mother
28 February 2015
Funke read law at Newcastle University and worked as a corporate lawyer both in the City and within regional law firms before joining Roche in 2012. She is a recognised legal expert and award-winning solicitor and regularly speaks at conferences both in the UK and overseas. As a Professional Ambassador for Aspiring Solicitors, she mentors […]
Graduate Recruitment in Law: Fast Cars, Stories, Access, Apprenticeships and Social Media…
13 February 2015
The Russell Hotel, 11th February 2015. All the essentials in place for a good day. Wifi. Tick. Black coffee. Tick. Comfy chair. Tick. Some great speakers. Tick. Decent lunch. Tick. So what happened? Here’s a quick run-down. I’m sure I haven’t done justice to many of the speakers (so if you were one of […]