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I recently had to help a client with a regulatory issue. There was a great deal of discussion about how to handle this, as we would need to respond to a statement by the regulator which the client was not happy with. There were lots of suggestions from lawyers and senior executives  – a detailed explanation of what we felt the issue was, background briefings, social media posts etc. But I argued that the media is time poor and lacks resources, that we cannot be sure that the

Jo and Jason launching our new service What do M&S, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), Heathrow Airport, the NHS, the Co-op, Harrods and a chain of nurseries have in common? They - and many others - have been subject to recent high profile cyber attacks. Indeed the annual review by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), a part of GCHQ, says that cyber attacks have risen by 50% in the last year , and it said that " chief executives who fail to prepare their companies for cyber atta

If likability counted for more in politics, Sir Ed Davey would be Prime Minister. However, for all his warmth, wit and candour, he has...

This week we have seen some of the biggest names in tech – including Jensen Huang of Nvidia and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella – announce...

I was once asked by client how to keep something quiet. I said: “Announce it.” My logic was, and is, that the truth has a habit of...

In the 1990 movie Total Recall, Arnold Schwarzenegger plays someone whose brain implant, supposedly making him feel like he’s gone on...

Earlier this week George Eykyn, corporate affairs director of Southern Water, wrote a heartfelt post on LinkedIn about why he, “as a fly...

For those who have yet to see an article about Angela Rayner’s alleged avoidance of £1500 Capital Gains Tax on the sale of her council...

I’ve been watching Mr Bates vs the Post Office on ITV this week and, like many people, becoming increasingly angry about the appalling...

Armando Iannucci, if he has been watching this week’s Conservative Party Conference, may be wondering if Rishi Sunak and co had decided...

After a few days of me shouting at the TV every time that Farage/Coutts story came on, NatWest Group CEO has died on the hill of the...

The axiom “A lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth can get its boots on” is widely attributed to Mark Twain - though...

Inspired by Donald Trump’s responses to the FBI investigation into his squirrelling away of classified documents I’ve decided to write a...

“Daaaaad. The WiFi’s not working.” We’ve all heard it echoing down the stairs from a teenager’s bedroom. But what to do? In the modern...

One of Rupert Murdoch’s famous – and therefore probably apocryphal – quotes is, when moving an editorial executive to the role of “Editor...

The BBC is in a mess, there’s no doubt about that, and it’s a mess of its own making. Having pulled Match of the Day presenter Gary...

Yesterday Rishi Sunak and the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen stood up before an audience of journalists in a hotel in...

I went to an event earlier this week with a Shadow Minister. She was asked if she was enjoying the chaos in the Tory Government, and she...

Amidst the market turmoil, there was a was some significant news emerging from The News Building, overlooking London Bridge station....

If you happen to be a member of your local Facebook community group, or are signed up for Nextdoor, you won’t have to wait too long...