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There is something I am taking very seriously, the phrase “taking very seriously”. It seems that there is nothing – from major disasters...

It is a year since I set up on my own with The Nisse Consultancy. After two decades as a financial journalist, and more than a decade in...

The client was vexed. “When is this review going to be published?” I aurally shrugged. The Government department had said by summer,...

Two completely different articles on two wildly different subjects piqued my attention and had me wondering about insularity and...

Greg Clark, the business secretary, has been reluctant to become too embroiled in energy issues since it became part of his brief. But in...

Over the years I have developed quite a bit of experience mounting and defending hostile campaigns. My most recent success has been...

At dinner last night I was asked by a friend whether she should become the trustee of a charity. At the time I didn’t know that Sir Alan...

By general consensus, Mark Zuckerberg did an OK job testifying in front of the US Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees on Tuesday. In...

Back when the US had presidents you could admire, Harry S Truman had a sign on his desk that said “the buck stops here”. But when trying...

I have a confession to make. I don’t watch Victoria Derbyshire on BBC2 very often – I’m either working, listening to the radio or at the...

It’s almost exactly 10 years since I was sitting in a large meeting room at lawyers Slaughter and May, surrounded by civil servants,...

When I first started cycling in London, Madonna was topping the charts with “Like A Virgin” and Norman Whiteside scored the winning goal...

Last Thursday I witnessed something I’d not seen for a very long time – politicians from all the major parties agreeing with, supporting...

Making mistakes during Cabinet reshuffles is nothing new – Blair did it, Cameron did it, Lord Liverpool probably did it, but snafus went...

In my last posting I talked about excessive leaking. For the Budget, you could read the Brexit negotiations, where the desperation of the...

This week sees two set-piece events in danger of being ruined by impatience and spin. On Wednesday, Philip Hammond unveils his first...

These days it is extremely dangerous to quote Morrissey. The former frontman of The Smiths has a Farage-like tendency to emit some...

Is the public relations agency dead? Clearly not as hundreds of successful firms around the world make decent returns for their partners...

Former national newspaper journalist and business editor, Jason Nisse, has left the agency he co-founded, Newgate Communications, to...