10 August 2018 BY Lydia Wise
B2B is dead. Long live B2B? Google reports 6,700,000 mentions of B2B’s demise, so if this isn’t new news, why are you here? Because B2B content still exists as shorthand for targeting a business community – to the tune of 173,000,000 mentions....
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9 August 2018 BY _editor
Lansons is delighted to be named the winner of a Silver Stevie Award in the Public Relations Agency of the Year in Europe category in the 15th Annual International Business Awards today.
The International Business Awards are amongst the...
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30 July 2018 BY Joe Greaney
When Jeremy Corbyn was elected as leader of the Labour Party in September 2015, few political commentators knew how he had been elected, or how he would operate in Government. It’s fair to say that this confusion has continued well into his...
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30 July 2018 BY Amelie Tolchard
Overview
Over the last week I have been helping with various tasks, learning about the multiple roles in PR and meeting many interesting people, but I am now sad to say that my work experience at Lansons has drawn to a close.
From coverage logging...
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25 July 2018 BY Michael Stott
Yesterday, Jeremy Corbyn gave a speech in Birmingham entitled 'Build it in Britain' in which he called for changes that would reinvigorate British manufacturing and take it to heights reminiscent of the glorious 1950s, when Britain was building...
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18 July 2018 BY Lisa Carr
On Tuesday last week, I walked back in to Lansons HQ 15 months after leaving to have a baby. For someone that was only planning to initially take nine months off (that soon went out the window), it’s fair to say I was naturally apprehensive about...
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16 July 2018 BY _editor
Press release issued on behalf of BCR
For immediate release: 16 July 2018
Banking Competition Remedies Ltd (BCR), the independent body established to implement the £775 million Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) State Aid Alternative Remedies Package,...
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13 July 2018 BY Lansons
Welcome to the Lansons Brexit White Paper special where we discuss if Theresa May has played her cards right, what you need to know about the white paper, and how this will affect public affairs. You can also see how Lansons are able to guide your...
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9 July 2018 BY David Masters
The asset management industry is facing a considerable intergenerational challenge. How can it best service the successor generations to the baby boomers to offset imbalances in wealth and the transfer of financial risk from governments and...
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4 July 2018 BY Amy H
I have now completed two weeks of work experience at Lansons and have utterly enjoyed it.
I completed a week in October and was introduced to all the different departments at Lansons. I attended a Financial News breakfast meeting, was part of...
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3 July 2018 BY Lansons
Welcome to the Lansons newsletter, where we share insights from our founders, top board directors, account managers and international PROIWorldwide partners. In this latest edition, we cover insights a variety of topics from our sector specialists...
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27 June 2018 BY Jessica Keating
We are delighted to announce that we have won silver for 'Best Collaborative Approach' and bronze for 'Best Arts and Culture Programme' at the Corporate Engagement Awards 2018 for our partnership with HighTide Theatre.
2018 marks a decade of...
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26 June 2018 BY Michael Stott
A Vote in Favour of Heathrow
In the end, there wasn’t much of a contest in the votes for expansion of Heathrow. Last night MPs voted 415 to 119 to go ahead with a...
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13 June 2018 BY Ben Stokes
The changes to Volkswagen Group’s management structure, including the departure of its CEO, announced in April were in part designed to draw a line in the sand following the diesel emissions scandal of 2015. $31 billion dollars in fines later,...
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6 June 2018 BY Michael Stott
Once upon a time, a Government Commission reporting to Harold Wilson recommended a new airport to serve the South East be built at a rural site in Oxfordshire, but plans were soon abandoned. Next, in the early 70s, Foulness in Essex was...
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21 May 2018 BY Jessica Warner
Lansons Associate Director, Jessica Warner, reflects on the Lisbon summit and the formidable force of global communications with PROI Worldwide
May has seen Lisbon be host to two of 2018’s greatest international gatherings: the Eurovision Song...
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16 May 2018 BY Naomi Goodman
In 2012 I’d had enough. Enough of work, enough of London, enough of stressful relationships. Enough, enough, enough. So I packed up, switched off and headed to Asia.
The next few months were centred around mountains, meditation and mindfulness –...
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14 May 2018 BY Michael Stott
Still a toe in the water?
Former Foreign Secretary David Miliband’s speech today gave off the air of the prodigal son returning to our shores, as he warned that Britain should remain in the European Economic Area (EEA) once the UK leaves the...
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9 May 2018 BY Lansons
PROI Worldwide, the world’s largest partnership of integrated independent communications agencies, has appointed Clare Parsons as its Global Chair of its International Board of Directors with immediate effect. This is the first time PROI...
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4 May 2018 BY Lansons
Welcome to our Special Edition Newsletter- May 4th Election Briefing
In this newsletter we discuss what happened in the election as we saw the results coming through with insights from our public affairs team. We start off with our new head of...
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30 April 2018 BY Michael Stott
Ministerial Moves, Windrush & Amber Rudd
The resignation of Amber Rudd over the weekend should give some breathing space to the Prime Minister, with the opposition and media having claimed their scalp. While Theresa May is heavily implicated...
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26 April 2018 BY Lansons
We have some fantastic news to share … we have been recognised as a Best Workplace for the 14th year in a row by the Great Place to Work Institute! Lansons has been ranked 15th in the Top 66 Medium Size Workplaces. This is particularly...
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25 April 2018 BY Eva Blesinger
Why a global perspective with regional specialist insight pays off in a world of transformational change
Transformation is all around us. The impact of technology, political decisions and regulatory changes as well as societal shifts, are only...
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23 April 2018 BY Michael White
Content marketing describes creating content and sharing online materials that does not explicitly promote a brand but stimulates interest in its products and services. The Content Marketing Association’s (CMA) ‘The Future of B2B’ event brought...
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23 April 2018 BY Jamie Smith
Making my decision
I joined Lansons in January 2018, after facing tough decisions of where my future lay as a young professional in the competitive London landscape. As many can attest, it is difficult to decide on your next step when you are...
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20 April 2018 BY Lansons
Lansons are proud and thrilled to announce that once more, we took home a Best Places to Work award from PRWeek. We were awarded Bronze for the Large Agency category in 2018.
The judges also introduced three new categories this year, Rewards,...
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11 April 2018 BY Claire Southeard
We are delighted that Lansons has become the first PR consultancy member of the Content Marketing Association (announced on the CMA website on 4th April 2018).
It’s an exciting moment for us, both because it formalises our affiliation with...
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5 April 2018 BY Suzanne Ellis
neuroscience secrets for persuasive communications
According to a quick Google search, ‘persuasion’ is a form of social influence and often refers to an active attempt to change a person's attitudes, beliefs, or behaviours.
As a Director of a...
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27 March 2018 BY Michael White
Influencer Marketing.
Whilst waiting for your favourite TV programme to start, there’s an interruption. A bank is advertising their mortgage rates. A young couple begin talking… you’ve already mentally switched off. This is the predictability...
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19 March 2018 BY Naomi Goodman
As the Government’s April 4th (private sector) deadline for publishing gender pay gap data fast approaches, a recent think tank we hosted at Lansons revealed that although most companies have their data ready, many are still debating internally how...
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19 March 2018 BY David Masters
A matter of time
Board director and asset management specialist David Masters looks at some of the biggest challenges facing the sector in the years ahead.
As Foreign & Colonial, the first investment trust, turns 150 this year there has been a...
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14 March 2018 BY Lansons
Lansons Newsletter Spring 2018
Our Spring 2018 Newsletter is now live
You can read it here, including all the below topics, our Lansons Newsletter Spring edition will also include all of our upcoming events, Lansons company news and employee...
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13 March 2018 BY Ralph Jackson
The Spring Statement 2018- Opinion
The annual Budget statement in the UK has become something of a fixture for business and commentators, with many poring over the output for indications of change that will impact them. The problem of late on this...
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13 March 2018 BY Lansons
Our own Lansons Spring Statement briefing
Statement Chancellor Philip Hammond unveiled his first Spring Statement today. He had been clear from the start that this statement would simply give an overview of the health of the economy, and it did just...
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9 March 2018 BY Lansons
The PRWeek Power Book 2018
We are proud to announce that the PRWeek Power Book 2018 will feature our own Co-Founder and Chief Executive, Tony Langham, who has appeared in the book consistently since it's conception in 2007. He has been listed for...
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23 February 2018 BY Lansons
City and Financial Awards 2018
We are delighted to announce that Lansons has won City Agency of the Year Award at the PRCA City and Financial Awards 2018. The awards are aimed at recognising the talent and impact of individuals, teams and campaigns...
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13 February 2018 BY Lansons
What it means to be the UK B2B PR agency 2018
We are thrilled to be B2B Marketing's top UK B2B PR agency of 2018! The B2B Marketing Agencies Benchmarking Report is the go-to resource whether you’re hunting for a new agency partner or simply want...
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25 January 2018 BY Lansons
Lansons is handling comms for what is thought to be the first UK IPO of 2018: Investment and financial platform provider IntegraFin Holdings.
IntegraFin is the owner of the Transact platform, which helps businesses manage client investment...
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22 January 2018 BY David Masters
Reputation Management for funds management
When the whole industry is perceived to be under a cloud, protecting your own company’s reputation is never more important or challenging.
This is the situation currently facing many asset management...
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22 January 2018 BY Scott McKenzie
Crisis management is more complex than one might think, and here, we have managing director Scott McKenzie describing the aftermath of a crisis and how companies should respond.
At the height of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the then CEO of BP...
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22 January 2018 BY Ralph Jackson
‘There cannot be a crisis this week, my diary is already full’ Henry Kissinger once famously said on the topic of crisis handling and availability. The reality is that issues and crises strike when we least expect them to – even if we have...
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22 January 2018 BY Claudia Guembe
How it starts
It’s 8.30am on Monday morning. You walk into the office, coffee in hand, and notice it feels slightly quiet for a Monday. You turn the news on and see reports from the police investigating an explosion at your nearest tube...
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22 January 2018 BY Tony Langham
Managing crises has become a greater part of Lansons and our clients’ lives. Over the past four years we’ve won 7 major PR awards for helping the Co-operative Bank recover from one of Britain’s severest corporate crisis. Last year multiple...
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16 January 2018 BY Lansons
Click to read Lansons' special edition newsletter - Crisis Management
The latest edition of our newsletter is now available to view.
Included in this issue:
Crisis Management, Tony Langham, Co-founder and Chief Exec
Keep calm and what...
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18 December 2017 BY Lansons
We are delighted to announce that Lansons has been appointed as the official partner of London Blockchain Week in January 2018. We will be supporting the promotion of the event, taking a stand, and Tony Langham, will be chairing a panel of industry...
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18 December 2017 BY Rachel Dakin
The deadline for publishing gender pay data is less than four months away. Yet, at the time of writing, only 366 out of roughly 9,000 companies legally required to report have submitted their numbers. That is less than 5 per cent. Chances are, many...
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18 December 2017 BY Megan Murray Jones
The fact well documented is that we have entered a 4th revolution. After agricultural, industrial and digital we are now entering one dominated by technology and artificial intelligence. This new technology revolution is blurring what we own, who...
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18 December 2017 BY Scott McKenzie
As most of us do as we reach the final few working days of the year I start to reflect on the year that has been, and what might lay ahead.
I am a sucker for the Christmas period. I love the usual array of sugary sweet Christmas music and Richard...
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18 December 2017 BY Tony Langham
It's a curious Christmas for those of us who work in reputation management and PR, whether in consultancies or in house. On the one hand, our industry (profession ?) has never been better – we’re integrated in what we do, we help organisations...
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15 December 2017 BY Lansons
Click to read Lansons' newsletter - Winter 2017
The latest edition of our newsletter is now available to view.
Included in this issue:
Seasons greetings, it's time to accentuate the positive...
Misunderstanding millennials: the future of...
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7 December 2017 BY Lansons
Wilton's Music Hall has brought the extraordinary The Box of Delights to life and we are proud to have worked with them to create this enchanting trailer filled with mystery and nostalgia:
Head to their website to purchase tickets!
For more...
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29 November 2017 BY Lansons
We are very excited to be partnering with Wilton's Music Hall once again. This time we will be joining forces to create a trailer for the weird and wonderful, The Box of Delights!
Head over to their website to purchase a spellbinding ticket:...
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24 November 2017 BY Lansons
The Chancellor, Philip Hammond, gave a sobering assessment of Britain’s economy when he delivered his annual Budget Statement to Parliament. Stamp duty give-aways for first-time homebuyers and fresh money for the NHS was overshadowed by a stark...
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24 November 2017 BY Ralph Jackson
On Budget day, the media and commentators trot out those traditional clichés that the Chancellor should be a ‘magician’ and ‘produce rabbits from a hat’ as though we should be witnessing some form of entertaining spectacle. The reality of...
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22 November 2017 BY Megan Murray Jones
In this ever-changing, fast-paced world, we need to work harder than ever us to stay ahead in our industry. The latest AI revolution has changed how businesses operate and how we view the world, as well as blurred what we truly own, versus how much...
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7 November 2017 BY Lansons
We recently hosted an audience with Theodore Zeldin, the Oxford scholar of personal ambitions. Theodore was interviewed by Lansons Joint Managing Director and Head of Change and Employee Engagement, Scott McKenzie. Following the event we recorded a...
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2 November 2017 BY Rebecca Henning
Do you remember your first work experience? Perhaps it was babysitting for a family with far too many children, office experience mostly photocopying and making tea, or pulling drinks you’d never heard of behind a bar… and we wonder why young...
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1 November 2017 BY Lansons
We are delighted to announce that Director Ralph Jackson has been elected to the PRCA PR & Communications Council, the think tank of the PR and communications industry. Ralph will take on this appointment alongside his other industry roles with...
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1 November 2017 BY Hazal Kirci
PR has always been a career choice I’ve considered but if you were to ask me – before I undertook my work experience at Lansons – exactly why I wanted to do it or what it really was, I’d only be able to give you a vague answer. I’ve done...
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30 October 2017 BY Steven Arnoldi
Social media has created a new form of video and we can’t ignore it anymore.
When TV was first invented, we watched everything in a square format (pretty much, or 4:3 ratio to be exact) until high definition came about and we moved to the...
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27 October 2017 BY Sophie Church
The phenomenon that is ‘fake news’ has swept across the news agenda, muscled its way into speeches and been referenced by Donald Trump more times than I can count over the last 12 months or so. The Independent now has a dedicated section on...
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25 October 2017 BY Kapil Arya
There is no doubt that communications measurement has been one of the most keenly discussed themes in the communications industry. The evolution of the industry has highlighted the need for an effective and rigorous way to measure its value....
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24 October 2017 BY Suzanne Ellis
Are you ready?
Is your organisation ready?
It was whilst attending a client’s ‘Disrupt17’ conference, that the enormous implications of AI were first felt. Together with business leaders, I listened to influential Silicon Valley speakers,...
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20 October 2017 BY Ralph Jackson
For those not aware of what a political party conference event is like try thinking of an incredibly large and unconventional wedding that goes on for three days or more with more food and drink involved than is medically sensible to consume. ...
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19 October 2017 BY Rebecca Annable
Rebecca Annable, Lansons account director and partner visited Walker Sands in Chicago as part of the PROI agency exchange programme this summer.
Aside from triple layered burgers, fresh guacamole made in front of you (and at no extra charge like...
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18 October 2017 BY Lansons
Click to read Lansons' newsletter - Autumn 2017
The latest edition of our newsletter is now available to view.
Included in this issue:
Post party conferences: who is the better party for Government?
Artificial Intelligence will change...
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12 October 2017 BY Lansons
We are delighted to announce that Tom Baldock, Claudia Guembe and Eva Murphy have become partners in Lansons. This is in recognition of their contribution and commitment to the business and their importance to our future.
Lansons is entirely owned...
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6 October 2017 BY Lansons
Here's what we learnt at this year's Conservative Party Conference (click image below to enlarge).
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6 October 2017 BY Lansons
On Thursday 5 October Lansons hosted our Annual Party at Smiths of Smithfield.
We were delighted to share stunning views of the sun setting behind St Paul’s with over 500 clients, contacts and friends.
Thank you to everyone who...
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29 September 2017 BY Lansons
Here's what we learnt at this year's Labour Party Conference (click image below to enlarge).
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28 September 2017 BY Lansons
Lansons is delighted to announce that is has been awarded Public Relations Advisory Firm of the Year by Finance Monthly. The full list of winners can be viewed here.
Press release - Finance Monthly:
Finance Monthly Magazine is pleased to...
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27 September 2017 BY Lansons
We are excited to announce that Lansons has won the Best IR agency or PR consultancy award at the Corporate & Financial Awards 2017.
"We’re chuffed to bits as this is our 15th “agency of the year” award and it recognises our growing...
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14 September 2017 BY Lansons
For immediate release: Thursday 14th September 2017
Group statement from the Alliance of BVI Professional Services Businesses, representing the legal and professional services firms with operations in the BVI:
“Our thoughts remain with all those...
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12 September 2017 BY Timo Burbidge
If there’s one thing that businesses should be starting to appreciate, it’s that political earthquakes, geopolitical posturing and government backed saboteurs will no longer be constrained to outlying markets and distant, far off lands.
Over...
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24 August 2017 BY Faith Jones
My day starts at 7am. Really, it should start around 6:30 however, my desire to blow dry my hair is outweighed by my desire to spend an extra half an hour in bed. My alarm goes off and I’m up – I have 50 minutes to get ready and out the...
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24 August 2017 BY Nadine Landau, Klenk & Hoursch
As part of our international exchange programme, we hosted Nadine Landau, consultant, Klenk & Hoursch (our PROI Partner in Germany) for two weeks in May. Nadine is a skilled international media relations specialist and she has worked on a range...
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14 August 2017 BY Lansons
I was fortunate enough to spend ten months in Hong Kong with strategic communications firm Ryan Communication. The business at the time was part of our GCP Partnership but recently was bought by Teneo Holdings, the global CEO advisory firm.
My...
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20 July 2017 BY Lansons
Chief Exec and Co-founder Tony Langham recently featured in PRWeek on why business must be honest & direct to reconnect with society. He discusses Theresa May's ‘dementia tax’ U-turn and the need for business to step outside of the...
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19 July 2017 BY Rachel Dakin
This morning the BBC admitted that two-thirds of its top earners are men, revealing the extent of the gender pay gap in the media industry. Chris Evans tops the chart making between £2.2 and 2.5m over the last year. In fact, the top seven highest...
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14 July 2017 BY Rachel Dakin
For almost a decade, Lansons and HighTide have enjoyed a unique, award-winning relationship between an arts charity and business. We share our offices with HighTide, which enables the theatre company to focus resources and funding on achieving...
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14 July 2017 BY Michael White
Are you reading this newsletter in bed? When it comes to the news, the public you’re trying to reach probably are. Today smartphones are now as important for news inside the home as outside, with 46% now accessing news in bed, which is more than...
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14 July 2017 BY Sarah Tye
It’s Friday night and you’ve had a pig of a day: bag got stuck in the tube door on the commute and you had to overshoot your stop until the doors opened on the right side of the carriage; your Tupperware of quinoa with salmon and mirin dressing...
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14 July 2017 BY David Masters
King Bailey’s Gambit
Given the weight of expectation ahead of the FCA’s final Asset Management Market Study (AMMS) report, there was a tangible sense of disappointment that it did not go far enough from the more fervent reformist quarters....
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14 July 2017 BY Suzanne Ellis
Lansons is excited to be launching its first book – Why We Do What We Do – authored by Dr Helena Boschi, a psychologist who focuses on applied neuroscience in the workplace.
Why We Do What We Do is for busy professionals who want to...
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13 July 2017 BY Lansons
The latest edition of our newsletter is now available to view.
Included in this issue:
Big business looks a lot like Theresa May
Lansons launches its first book
A look into the implications on the FCA's final report of the Asset...
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7 July 2017 BY Lansons
The Transparency Task Force (TTF) has launched a team to highlight what it recognises as "progressive" active managers (PAMs), who drive good practice in the industry. (James Phillips, Profesional Pensions)
Lansons is proud to be one of the first...
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30 June 2017 BY Lorna Russell
Overview
Over the last year the UK has entered a period of political uncertainty: initially brought on by the shock result of the EU referendum last year and then compounded by the equally unexpected result of the snap general election in June,...
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28 June 2017 BY David Masters
Today's publication of the FCA's final AMMS report shows both that the regulator has listened and that the fund industry has managed to get its message across fairly coherently. But whilst it may be perceived as a slight softening from the stance...
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28 June 2017 BY Lansons
Regulatory overview
The FCA has delivered on its promise in its interim report on the asset management sector study to provide remedies that actively work to the benefit of the investor. The message from this final study is: always act in the best...
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26 June 2017 BY Lansons
PROI Worldwide has appointed new Vice-Chairs in its APAC, Americas and EMEA Regions. The announcement was made by Richard Tsang, Global Chairman, PROI Worldwide, at the company’s recent annual meeting held in Sydney, Australia.
Lisa Ross,...
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16 June 2017 BY Lansons
Michael White discusses the importance of honesty, and knowing your audience when creating shareable content for social with PRmoment. He also shares his top tips for companies saying,
"Social networks are not just communication channels; they...
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14 June 2017 BY Emma Henderson
When Theresa May called the snap election back in April, it was expected by most experts that the Conservatives would win a large landslide, based on Theresa May’s strong leadership and Brexit plan campaign. However, when we look back over the...
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7 June 2017 BY Lansons
With one day to go before the 2017 General Election, the squeeze across the opinion polls appears to have bottomed out. In spite of the media frenzy over Corbyn’s apparent successful campaign (admittedly against low expectations), we still expect...
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5 June 2017 BY Lansons
The country goes to the polls on Thursday this week after a seven week campaign.
In our first Lansons/Opinium bulletin, on 2 May, we set out the fundamentals of the campaign as we saw them, and the extent to which that was likely to dictate the...
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30 May 2017 BY Emma Henderson
This week, May and Corbyn took part in a live TV debate, #BattleforNumber10. Unsurprisingly given its young and, overall, more left-wing population, the overall view on Twitter is that Corbyn came out on top, with the phrase #WeakandWobbly being...
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30 May 2017 BY Matthew Young
This morning the party spin-doctors are frantically doing the rounds across TV and radio, in an attempt to convince the electorate that their leader won yesterday night’s TV Q&A, simulcast live across Channel 4 and Sky News. Divorced from the...
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30 May 2017 BY Frederica Saunders
Last week Lansons hosted The Female Empowerment Strategy, a lively panel discussion which considered what it means to be empowered as a woman, and how women in the workplace face challenges to which their male colleagues likely are not exposed. ...
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24 May 2017 BY Francesca Clark - HighTide
This week, we are delighted to be attending the Third Sector Business Charity Awards 2017 in recognition of our partnership with Lansons.
Since 2008, Lansons and HighTide have celebrated a year-on-year partnership that is unique. Lansons donates...
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22 May 2017 BY Lansons
Following the manifesto launches of the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats last week, the weekend has seen the Conservative lead erode further, with Labour noticeably narrowing the gap. The Conservatives still enjoy a large 13% lead....
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19 May 2017 BY Lansons
PR experts including Sophie Church discussed whether or not they thought PR had gotten harder and the reasons why. Speaking to PRmoment, Sophie focuses on the challenges and opportunities of using new technologies and tools in PR today.
"We hear...
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8 May 2017 BY Lansons
The latest polling by Opinium shows the Conservatives with a 16-point lead over Labour, a decrease of 1 from last weekend.
Last week’s Local Elections saw the Conservative Party gain 558 seats. Labour and the Liberal Democrats both suffered...
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5 May 2017 BY Lansons
We are thrilled to announce that our partnership with HighTide has been shortlisted in The Corporate Engagement Awards 2017, in the following categories:
Best arts and culture programme
Best collaborative approach
Our partnership with...
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4 May 2017 BY Scott McKenzie
Like a lot of men my age I love a sporting metaphor. My colleagues get bored with my tennis analogies and general sports geekery.
However when I recently had to explain to an elderly relative what I do for a living I found myself making a...
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4 May 2017 BY David Masters
A few hours prior to Theresa May’s general election announcement on April 18th, the FCA published its Mission and Business Plan for 2017 and 2018. Given the surprise nature of May’s call to the polls, it’s unlikely that the FCA had timed...
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4 May 2017 BY Rollo Crichton-Stuart
In the summer of 2016, the chancellor of the exchequer, Philip Hammond gave his absolute backing for the takeover of Arm Holdings, saying the deal was a “big vote of confidence” in British business. Fast forward to the first half of 2017,...
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4 May 2017 BY Lansons
UK politics clearly has had a busy period over the last 12 months and the future certainly doesn’t look any less busy. The snap election on the 8th June this year is set to affect further changes and with Prime Minister Theresa May having...
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4 May 2017 BY Ralph Jackson
So now we know that a walking weekend over Easter in Wales has provided a much needed clarity of thinking for the Prime Minister, and we have a General Election on June 8th.
I don’t think I’m bothered about the ‘U-turn’...
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4 May 2017 BY Lansons
We are delighted to announce that we have been ranked 26th on the Great Place to Work® UK 2017 Best Workplaces list in the medium category. We are very proud to make the list for the 13th year in a row. This would not be possible without the...
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4 May 2017 BY James Dowling
The latest polling by Opinium shows the Conservatives with a 17 point lead over Labour, and Theresa May personally leading Jeremy Corbyn as “best Prime Minister” by 44% to 19%.
"This is the Brexit election – a poll defined by the...
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4 May 2017 BY Lansons
The latest edition of our newsletter is now available to view.
Included in this issue:
General election 2017: overview
General election 2017: what we would like to know
How to navigate the key challenges and opportunities that Brexit has...
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2 May 2017 BY Lansons
Welcome to the first of the Lansons/Opinium briefing emails on the general election. Every week we will be circulating a note, compiled by Lansons political and social media experts and Opinium’s political pollsters, looking at the latest...
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28 April 2017 BY Megan Murray Jones
Traditionally, taking time off to look after a new-born has only been available to mothers. Now, Shared Parental Leave (SPL) allows most couples who are in paid work to both take time with their baby. Furthermore, this leave does not have to be...
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27 April 2017 BY Michael White
In the time it’s taken you to read this sentence over 40,000 Google Searches have taken place.
By the end of this sentence eight new people will have joined Facebook, adding to their colossal 1.86 billion monthly active users. To put that in...
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18 April 2017 BY Matthew Young
Matt Young considers whether or not the recent United Airlines incident was a Public Affairs disaster. He discusses the initial reaction by the firms CEO Oscar Munoz, media reaction, and the importance of swift and effective engagement with...
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6 April 2017 BY Lansons
Digital Account Director Michael White talks about the tools and technologies used by PR services today to deliver 21st century work and stay relevant in 2017. He goes on to say that "PR is more than media relations", and he challenges us to use...
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5 April 2017 BY Michael White
Corporate governance and the behaviour of businesses and their leaders is higher on the agenda than ever before.
According to the largest study on corporate reputations in Britain by Reputation Institute, corporate governance has a more...
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31 March 2017 BY Lansons
In light of Brexit and the triggering of Article 50 on Wednesday our public affairs team have put together this useful timeline of events for Brexit.
Click to view our Brexit timeline
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31 March 2017 BY Mitchell Cohen
After Theresa May formally triggered Article 50, the Government brought forward its Great Repeal Bill White Paper (entitled ‘Legislating for the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union’) – the draft legislation through which the...
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30 March 2017 BY Jen Smallwood
“There should be no glass ceiling; setting up Lansons gave me the opportunity to reframe the world of business.” These were the words shared by our Chairman, Clare Parsons, at a recent women in business event I attended. I haven’t forgotten...
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29 March 2017 BY Lansons
Our Co-Founder and Chair Clare Parsons, Board Director Anna Schirmer and Joint MD Rebecca Mayo are currently in attendance at the PROI Global Summit in Sydney. Find out about the event online. They will have the opportunity to engage with global...
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29 March 2017 BY Lansons
We are thrilled to announce that Lansons has won a PRCA Ethical Champions award in the Very Large Agency category. We are very proud to have won this award in the first year that it is running.
Congratulations to everyone involved!
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23 March 2017 BY Lansons
Lansons is thrilled to feature in the Evening Standard article on firms that share their office space with start-ups and small companies. For over 9 years Lansons has donated office space and resources to theatre company and charity - HighTide, whose...
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16 March 2017 BY Lansons
With the number of false news stories increasing, Lansons' Director Louise Ahuja talks to Gorkana on how to tackle both rumour and fact in the news and the importance of being alive to the personalities and politics involved.
“The story broke...
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9 March 2017 BY Lansons
We are thrilled to announce that CEO and Co-founder Tony Langham is featured in PRWeek's Power Book 2017 - the definitive guide to the brightest and most influential PR professionals in Britain.
Congratulations Tony!
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8 March 2017 BY Lansons
Lansons public affairs team have put together this insightful analysis of the Spring Budget 2017
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8 March 2017 BY Lewis Wilks
I’m aware of the inherent irony of having a man write a blog for International Women’s Day. Particularly when written on behalf of a company where 70% of the senior leadership team are successful women with far more interesting things to say.
I...
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8 March 2017 BY Lansons
James Dowling, Head of Public Policy at Lansons, discusses how comms professionals will be put to the test immediately after the Budget today, with decisions around efficiency and reform needing to be taken with everyone fully sighted of the...
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1 March 2017 BY Rollo Crichton-Stuart
As part of a wider programme of work that is designed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of primary markets, the FCA has today, launched a consultation paper (Reforming the availability of information in the UK equity IPO process) proposing...
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24 February 2017 BY Lansons
In this podcast, Lansons CEO and Co-Founder Tony Langham talks to Ben Smith about what it was like to set up Lansons and how he has managed to lead a successful public relations business for the last 28...
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24 February 2017 BY Lansons
We are delighted to announce that we won two awards at the PRCA City and Financial Awards 2017 on Tuesday night in the following categories:
Best Crisis Communications Campaign Award
Lansons and PPF: Protecting People’s Pensions: Managing the...
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7 February 2017 BY Matthew Young
The release of the Government’s long awaited White Paper on Housing represents the completion of a policy triumvirate, after weeks of set piece announcements. The Corporate Governance Green Paper, the Industrial Strategy White Paper and now the...
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2 February 2017 BY Tony Langham
On Monday Lansons CEO Tony Langham attended and took part in the International Financial Services and Small States Conference. Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP and the Centre for Small States, Queen Mary University of London, with the...
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26 January 2017 BY Rachel Dakin
The 2017 award season is in full swing. The Oscar nominations have just been announced, and speculation is mounting in the wake of the Golden Globes and BAFTAs, which saw a record breaking number of awards go to La La Land. The hype...
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4 January 2017 BY Michael White
LinkedIn has begun rolling out its new website design for business pages, three months after the initial announcement. The facelift is intended to lure people into spending more time on the social network and includes a host of new features for...
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19 December 2016 BY Michael White
Digital Account Director at Lansons, Michael White, writes about one of the big digital themes of 2016.
Mainstream social media sites have reached maturity, they have come of age; either hitting the precipice of user registrations or continuing to...
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19 December 2016 BY Sarah Tye
In a year characterised by ‘fake news’, filter bubbles and the demise of the ‘expert’, and in which events have proven that the disconnect between what the ‘mainstream media’ and comms professionals think and what the public actually do...
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19 December 2016 BY James Dowling
With the UKs historic vote to leave the European Union and the shock election victory for Donald Trump, 2016 has been a landmark year that shook the political establishment. Further votes in France and Germany, in particular, pose more trouble...
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19 December 2016 BY Tony Langham
“We will explore ways to improve and extend good governance across big business so that everybody plays by the same rules and we create an economy that works for everyone, not just the privileged few” Theresa May told the CBI in late...
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19 December 2016 BY David Masters
It’s been a challenging year for the investment industry. Leaving aside the market turmoil created by a series of geopolitical surprises for the moment, the year started as it ended – largely in the shadow of the FCA’s asset management market...
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15 December 2016 BY Lansons
The latest edition of our newsletter is now available to view. As the year draws to a close we reflect on the future and how we can learn from 2016 to grow and thrive in 2017.
Included in this issue:
Should businesses take action to...
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30 November 2016 BY Lansons
We are proud to announce that Board Director and Partner, Louise Ahuja has won Best in Financial Services Communications - United Kingdom at the Wealth and Finance 2016 Women in Wealth Awards.
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25 November 2016 BY Lansons
Our overview of the Autumn Statement. Our key takeaway is that this was a substance-light Autumn Statement, with the Government looking to keep its powder dry until the current political and economic headwinds, brought about by Brexit and other...
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25 November 2016 BY Lansons
Head of Public Policy, James Dowling gives his views on Wednesday's 'lacklustre' Autumn Statement in Money Marketing. Read the full article here.
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22 November 2016 BY Lansons
Lansons head of public policy and former senior official at HM Treasury, James Dowling discusses what we can expect from this week's Autumn Statement in MinuteHack. Read the full article here.
Ahead of the Autumn Statement we conducted a poll with...
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14 November 2016 BY Lansons
Board Director Lisa Carr has been elected to stand on the PR and Communications Council for a 2nd year. Congratulations Lisa!
You can view the full story here.
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14 November 2016 BY Lansons
An overview of Donald Trump the 45th President of the U.S. This document features our analysis on Trump’s policies and what the election result may mean for the UK, as well as an insightful, on-the-ground contribution from our PROI American...
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10 November 2016 BY Mitchell Cohen
In the early hours of Wednesday morning it was confirmed that, following one of the most personal and divisive elections in U.S political history, Donald Trump would be the 45th President of the United States. Trump defied the odds, the pollsters and...
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9 November 2016 BY Lansons
Lansons CEO and Co-founder Tony Langham was honoured with the Mark Mellor Award at the PRCA Awards last night. This prestigious award recognises exceptional achievement in, and contributions to, the development of the PR industry. We are all...
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20 October 2016 BY Scott McKenzie
'Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement and success have no meaning.'- Benjamin Franklin The turbulence of working life in the last few years has made concepts like growth, progress and...
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20 October 2016 BY Lansons
This post was written by Adam Drummond, Research Manager at our partner Opinium. You can contact Adam directly here. The most notable result from Opinium’s work on “political tribes” is that open vs. closed is as important a...
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20 October 2016 BY Lansons
The latest edition of our interactive newsletter is now available to view.
In this issue we reflect on the world of business since the referendum result: how have things changed, is the outlook as bleak as previously predicted...
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20 October 2016 BY Rollo Crichton-Stuart
We would all like a crystal ball; how easy would that make all our lives? In the City, though, we lesser mortals often rely on the written word of economists and analysts. With deep sector knowledge and understanding of macroeconomics they act as a...
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20 October 2016 BY Michael White
Twitter’s mission is ‘To give everyone the power to create and share ideas and information instantly, without barriers’, but it looks like these dreams were not possible for the social network as an independent company. The process of selling...
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19 October 2016 BY Tony Langham
We don’t yet know much about Brexit, but we know that as a result of leaving the European Union, the United Kingdom will lose something, economically. An Oliver Wyman report, for TheCityUK, estimated that a hard Brexit will cost the financial...
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6 October 2016 BY Matthew Young
This year’s Conservative Party Conference was strikingly upbeat. It was also, in marked contrast to Labour, packed, with the secure zone itself notably larger than in previous years, and most fringes over-subscribed. The elevated mood was perhaps...
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30 September 2016 BY James Dowling
The Labour Party conference was quieter than usual, with fewer fringe events taking place and fewer MPs, businesses and lobbyists in attendance.Partly, this was because a lot of the action took place away from the secure zone, with both...
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22 September 2016 BY Michael White
Do you feel in control of your online reputation? The internet continues to radically challenge the business of public relations. Information about you and your organisation isn’t just in the hands of the media, it’s open for anybody to discuss...
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12 September 2016 BY Lansons
Lansons is thrilled to be ranked 14th in the Holmes Report Global Creative Index 2016, which recognises global creative excellence within the PR industry. You can get the full run down here.
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12 September 2016 BY Lansons
Lansons is pleased to announce that it has recruited Rollo Crichton-Stuart as a board director to strengthen Lansons’ growing capability in the financial communications space.
Rollo joins Lansons from Bell Pottinger, where he was a senior member...
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15 August 2016 BY Frederica Saunders
Last week The Economist revealed its exclusive partnership with the Audited Bureau of Circulation (ABC) in the UK to produce the first Worldwide Brand Report. Currently The Economist is the only brand signed up to this new way of reporting which...
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8 August 2016 BY Dixie Maloney
Charity has been at the heart of our agency for over two decades, as Lansons have been committed to fundraising, developing awareness, upskilling and offering pro-bono support to and for various worthy causes since the agency was created over 25...
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2 August 2016 BY Lansons
Joint MD and Director of Change and Employee Engagement - Scott McKenzie, comments in PR Week's article on the Byron Burger scandal:The Byron saga would be difficult to sweep under the carpet. "It has acted in a way that is unethical. Its treatment...
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22 July 2016 BY Michael White
It feels like the ‘90s as Blink-182 release a new album and the craze of Pokémon hits the world, hard. Pokémon Go, the new smartphone app that overlays a insanely detailed virtual world across the Earth tracks peoples steps via GPS and uses a...
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21 July 2016 BY Lansons
Lansons is pleased to announce today that Katherine Hobby and Suzanne Ellis are promoted to the board. At the same time Emma Beresford, Maddy Morgan Williams, Alice Stevens and Jess Warner are promoted to the role of associate director....
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15 July 2016 BY Lansons
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14 July 2016 BY Pete Knott
I bet you didn’t know that the first emoji was created back in the 90’s and that the ‘Face with Tears of Joy’ emoji was the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2015. This emoji beat ‘Brexit’ and ‘sharing economy’ to the top spot, but...
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1 July 2016 BY Tony Langham
Britain (or at least England and Wales) will be leaving the EU and we all need to accept the result of the referendum. We shouldn’t indulge any blame games or conversations about a second referendum, or complain at how close the vote was. As...
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1 July 2016 BY Lansons
After the referendum results were announced on 24th June 2016, there has been turmoil and doubt from UK businesses, this article from Tony Langham, Lansons Co-Founder and Chief Executive, addresses how Brexit is likely to impact on UK...
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1 July 2016 BY Lansons
Our July newsletter is now available. Click the image below to flick through.
In this issue we reflect on how Brexit is likely to impact on UK businesses and our industry and how we plan to positively move forward. There is also a piece from...
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29 June 2016 BY Beatrice Giribaldi
Friday morning’s seismic decision left most of us dumbfounded and asking ourselves – has this really happened? Feeling shell-shocked by a decision which does not seem to represent our generation. The political and economic consequences of this...
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22 June 2016 BY Matt Lowe
As the final day of official campaigning arrives, polls still show that tomorrow’s referendum will be a ‘neck and neck’ contest. The final Financial Times’ Poll of Polls shows a slender one percentage point lead for ‘Vote...
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17 June 2016 BY Anna McLean
Keeping your eyes and ears open, to see and experience new things that challenge your thinking and your perceptions are key for any consultant. Only by continuously being curious about the things we don’t know yet or haven’t yet considered, are...
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13 June 2016 BY Lansons
It is a huge pleasure to collaborate once again with our friends at Opinium and the London School of Economics. This is a remarkable thorough report, offering a far deeper analysis of the electorate than anything we have seen before....
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27 May 2016 BY James Dowling
Anyone looking at the recent polling on the referendum question would be forgiven for suffering a considerable level of uncertainty over whether the UK will vote to stay in or depart the EU on 23 June. The latest poll – by YouGov for The Times on...
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26 May 2016 BY Lansons
The Digital World is an every-changing beast and many companies – the asset management industry included – are under scrutiny to develop their websites and digital content for their audiences. However, this is not typically an area where asset...
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23 May 2016 BY Lansons
Lansons has recruited Kate Aldous as associate director to join the healthcare team. Kate joined the award winning consultancy last week to bolster Lansons’ growing capability and demand in the corporate healthcare space. Kate has 11...
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23 May 2016 BY Lansons
Ahead of the EU referendum, Lansons has commissioned Research agency, Opinium, to carry out a number of polls with 500 SME businesses to gain insight into how they think the Brexit result is likely to impact their business. Once again our findings...
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19 May 2016 BY Matthew Young
OverviewThe State Opening of Parliament took place at 11.30am this morning, when the Queen took to her throne in the House of Lords to outline the Government's proposed legislative programme for the coming session of Parliament.There were three key...
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16 May 2016 BY Matthew Young
Overview
The State Opening of Parliament will take place at 11.30am on Wednesday 18th May, when the Queen will take to her throne in the House of Lords to outline the Government's proposed legislative programme for the coming session of...
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13 May 2016 BY Lansons
Scott McKenzie, joint MD and head of change and employee engagement gives an insight into office life at Lansons in this article in PR Moments.“My morning stroll to work involves me walking past some of London's most iconic landmarks: from the...
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13 May 2016 BY Lansons
The Telegraph's recent coverage of Vince Cable and Chuka Umunna and their campaign for the UK to stay in the EU, featured commentary from head of public policy, James Dowling. It also took exclusive results from a joint research initiative...
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10 May 2016 BY Lansons
Check out Scott McKenzie's - joint managing director and head of change and employee engagement at Lansons, feature in PR Week, which discusses the importance of communicating boardroom decisions with employees and the visibility of...
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10 May 2016 BY Pete Knott
Last Thursday, Lansons hosted its first personal finance blogger meet-up. Twenty of the UK’s most influential personal finance commentators met for an evening of networking at Clerkenwell and Social. And between you and me, it was pretty exciting...
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10 May 2016 BY David Masters
“History repeats the old conceits. The glib replies, the same defeats” - Beyond Belief, Elvis CostelloThe volume of negative media around hedge funds in the mainstream press seems to have turned up to 11 again. Shrinking assets, crowded trades,...
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10 May 2016 BY Michael White
Brighton offers more than a pier and lively nightlife, it’s also home to the biggest Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) conference in the UK called BrightonSEO. Over 1,700 people attend the twice-yearly conference to hear from digital experts from...
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6 May 2016 BY Lansons
We are proud to announce that Lansons has risen one place to 25 in PRWeek Top 150 UK consultancies ranking.The PRWeek Top 150 rankings provide key insights into the status of the PR sector in the UK. There were 39 new entrants into the list and all...
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3 May 2016 BY Tina Woods
Worldwide there is a dramatic shift in demographics as more people are living longer and birth rates fall in the developed world. In London – where 32% of the population is under 25 – the number of people over 60 is projected to expand by 48%...
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26 April 2016 BY Lansons
Tony Langham was featured in the 2015 PR Week Global Power Book. As part of it's #PRProSeries, Katie Simpson, Managing Consultant at Hanson Search, interviewed Tony to find out how he made it in the industry.Read the interview...
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14 April 2016 BY Lansons
Workplace stress sees a quarter (24%) of UK employees take time off in the last 12 months
A fifth of employees (21%) receive no health or wellbeing benefits at work
Three quarters of employees (76%) have been through a major organisational...
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14 April 2016 BY Lansons
Reputation Institute’s UK RepTrak® 150 identifies the most reputable companies among the UK general public LONDON – The Lego Group, IKEA and BMW Group top the UK RepTrak® 150 ranking of the most reputable companies among the UK general public,...
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18 March 2016 BY Lansons
The latest edition of our interactive Lansons newsletter is now available to view here.
This issue:
• As Cameron fails to convince his own party to stay in the EU, can Corbyn rise...
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16 March 2016 BY Lansons
Read Lansons' response to the Budget 2016. Published 16th March 2016.
Content from James Dowling, Head of Public Policy at Lansons and Associate Director Sophia Morrell.
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7 March 2016 BY Lansons
The Lansons Online team have scoured the internet to collate the best news and views from the past two weeks. Get insight into what’s happening online and keep an eye on our blog and social media for more of these updates! 1. Google DeepMind...
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4 March 2016 BY Sophia Morrell
This article was published in the Huffington Post 3rd March 2016. Author Sophia Morrell is an associate director at Lansons. Will we ever have gender equality in financial services? Genuine equality - parity of earnings, representation on...
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3 March 2016 BY Lansons
Lansons has today announced that Scott McKenzie, Director and Head of Change & Employee Engagement, has been promoted to the role of Joint Managing Director, joining existing Joint Managing Directors Laura Hastings, Rebecca Mayo and Stuart...
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26 February 2016 BY Lansons
Lansons has scooped an award at the PRCA City & Financial Awards 2016. Hosted at Merchant Taylors’ Hall in London on 25th February, Lansons was present to receive the award for our work on 'Delivering Change for British Assets Trust plc...
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25 February 2016 BY Tina Woods
A recent Pharmaceutical Marketing Europe article was right to say that consumer expectations of healthcare services are changing because of their day-to-day experiences in areas such as retail, banking and entertainment.Pharma companies have little...
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25 February 2016 BY Lansons
Lansons is extremely proud to announce that we have been awarded the large agency gold award in the PR Week UK Best Places to Work 2016. In judging the awards the PR Week panel looked at numerous aspects of life at Lansons including...
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17 February 2016 BY Lansons
Lansons has recruited James Dowling in the newly created role of Head of Public Policy. James joins the award winning consultancy today (Tuesday 16th February) to strengthen Lansons’ growing capability and demand in the public affairs,...
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16 February 2016 BY Lansons
A new study conducted by Lansons and Opinium Research shows that consumers are increasingly turning to the media to make financial decisions. These findings have been published in PR Moment and are available to view online. The report...
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15 February 2016 BY Sophia Morrell
What does it mean to be a feminist in 2016? The answer to that question, it seems, touches on everything from buying neutral toys for girls to not accidentally laughing at sexist jokes, as we discovered last week when Lansons gathered...
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9 February 2016 BY Lansons
Need some help creating paid-for content? Lansons Associate Director Megan Murray Jones shares a list of questions with PR Moment that will ensure your language adapts to the media owner’s without losing your own voice and that content appeals...
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18 January 2016 BY Lansons
Lansons and The Health Tech Innovation LABS have launched Healthinnovators.tv a global multichannel online platform to support the health innovation community and facilitate routes to market for start-ups, by:• sharing leading edge thinking in...
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14 January 2016 BY Lansons
Racing Enterprises Limited (REL) the joint commercial business owned by Britain’s racecourses and the Horsemen’s Group, and whose operational arm is Great British Racing has appointed Tony Langham as its new Non-Executive Chairman on a three-year...
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14 January 2016 BY Lansons
In February 2016 Lansons held an evening panel debate with the authors of 2015’s ‘I Call Myself A Feminist’ as we discussed what it means to be a feminist in 2016.The book brings together the voices of 25 women under thirty to explore what...
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11 January 2016 BY Lansons
In an article for PR Week, Chief Executive Tony Langham shares his views and predictions for 2016. Tony Langham has cited reputation management as one of the key trends of 2016 following a year of reputation problems for the likes of Volkswagen,...
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7 January 2016 BY Scott McKenzie
The Institute of Internal Communication has published its latest e-book which compiles expert views on internal communication trends for 2016. Read Scott McKenzie's contribution in which he discusses Britain at Work and lists the four areas...
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21 December 2015 BY Shirley Collyer
In a year when Lansons was celebrating its 25th anniversary, being named “Agency of the Year” at the European Excellence Awards was certainly a highlight and one of which we are very proud. It was a great way to end the year with European...
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4 December 2015 BY Lansons
Read our December newsletter, featuring corporate reputations, content marketing tips for 2016, innovation in the elderly care sector and the debate between "asset management and asset gathering".
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3 December 2015 BY David Masters
“We wanna be free! We wanna be free to do what we wanna do!”Heavenly Blues (played by Peter Fonda), The Wild Angels Film, 1966 (via Screamadelica’s Loaded)“Oh, you’re no fun anymore!”Monty Python sketch, TV series 1, Episode 7,...
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2 December 2015 BY Michael White
In the USA, Dow Jones plunged 140 points after a rumour spread on Twitter from Associated Press’ Twitter account. The estimated temporary loss of market cap in the S&P 500 totalled $136.5 billion. This isn’t the only example of...
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19 November 2015 BY Lansons
To toast Money Marketing’s 30th anniversary we invited some key figures from the financial services industry to celebrate at the Langham in London.This event gave everyone the opportunity to reflect on thirty years of tumultuous change in the...
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19 November 2015 BY Tony Langham
"Over the last 30 years financial services has done its best to trash its own reputation. But, even now, it’s not too late as long as the industry values its critical friends."When Margaret Thatcher accepted Norman Fowler’s resignation from the...
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17 November 2015 BY Lansons
Twenty-six years ago, on 14 November, 1989, Tony Langham and Clare Parsons officially launched Lansons Communications.Whilst our name has been shortened and our portfolio of clients and expert services has broadened, we still love to remember how we...
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10 November 2015 BY Lansons
On 4 November Lansons hosted Reaching your audience: Clearer Communication for Asset Managers, aimed at equipping communicators in this sector with the tools to reach national and international audiences more creatively whilst complying with...
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5 November 2015 BY Lansons
The Financial Conduct Authority has warned that consumers face ‘information overload’ in their communications with financial services groups. It suggests smarter communications through the use of things like infographics and video, and changes to...
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5 November 2015 BY Russell Graham
Do I really think my next boss will be an iCEO robot? NO. Do I think communications professionals would be naive to rule out the threat of automation altogether? PROBABLY.Is this one of many significant trends underway that we must attend to in...
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4 November 2015 BY Lansons
Writing on the PR Week website, Lansons Chief Executive and Founder Tony Langham gives his thoughts on the recent news of the merger between Fishburn Hedges and Fleishman Hillard...Fishburn Hedges was crucial in our industry’s journey from PR to...
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3 November 2015 BY Lansons
Lansons has today announced that Scott McKenzie, Director and head of Change & Employee Engagement, has been promoted to the Management Board. Scott joins nine other senior consultants on the Management Board, which is responsible for the day...
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29 October 2015 BY Michael White
In the run-up to our event ‘Reaching Your Audience, Clearer Communication for Asset Managers’ on Wednesday 4th November (9:00am – 10:15am), this blog post explores the FCA’s recommendation for firms to be smarter with their communications. If...
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29 October 2015 BY Russell Graham
When it comes to brand building, a lot of organisations and agencies are in need of a reality check. Too many companies are still putting their brand on a pedestal, spending millions polishing it and expecting that manufactured “thing” to be how...
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19 October 2015 BY Lansons
With many keen to hear how the SNP intends to assume the role of the “Real Opposition” in Westminster, here’s what we learnt at this year’s SNP Conference (click image below to enlarge).Please keep in touch with Lansons:Email...
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12 October 2015 BY Lansons
On Thursday 8 October Lansons hosted our Annual Party at Smiths of Smithfield.We were delighted to share stunning views of the sun setting behind St Paul's with over 500 clients, contacts and friends. Thank you to everyone who came, we hope...
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12 October 2015 BY Lansons
Listen to the Q&A session from Lansons' event as part of Social Media Week London, 'States of Digital: Roles of the Future, In-house Structures & Agency Offerings', which took place on 18 September.Panellists Russ Graham, Head of Digital...
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8 October 2015 BY Lansons
Societe Generale appoints Lansons to handle Corporate & Investment BankingSociete Generale, the French multinational banking and financial services company, has appointed Lansons to provide agency support for its Corporate and Investment Banking...
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7 October 2015 BY Lansons
On Monday 5 October, Lansons hosted our annual Financial Services Reception as part of the fringe programme at the Conservative Party Conference.We were pleased to welcome over 140 guests to the Restaurant Bar and Grill in Manchester. Guests heard...
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2 October 2015 BY Lansons
With many keen to hear how Corbyn will reinvigorate Labour, here's what we learnt at this year's Labour Party Conference (click image below to enlarge). Please keep in touch with Lansons:Email consultancy@lansons.comSubscribe to our quarterly...
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1 October 2015 BY Michael White
Today the second #PRstack book has launched; a practical guide for learning how to use some of the best social media tools on the market. It concludes what has become the largest crowd-sourced education effort in the history of PR. Written by 30 PR...
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29 September 2015 BY Lansons
On Monday 28 September, Lansons hosted our annual Financial Services Reception as part of the fringe programme at the Labour Party Conference.We were pleased to welcome over 130 guests to the top floor of Brighton Music Hall right on the waterfront....
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29 September 2015 BY Tina Woods
At the recent 'Connected Health' event in London, Lansons Health and Opinium presented findings from their research into innovation in healthcare - you can download the full report here.Below you can find the slides from the event - if you have any...
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29 September 2015 BY Lansons
The PRCA held its annual National Conference on Friday 25th September 2015 at BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly. The PRCA National Conference is the premier conference for the PR and communications industry, and Lansons Chief Executive Tony Langham was there to...
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23 September 2015 BY Lansons
Listen to the panel discussion from Lansons' event as part of Social Media Week London, 'States of Digital: Roles of the Future, In-house Structures & Agency Offerings', which took place on 18 September.Panellists Russ Graham, Head of Digital...
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21 September 2015 BY Lansons
On Friday 18 September Lansons was joined by over 60 guests (and 170 live streamers) for 'States of Digital: Roles of the Future, In-house Structures & Agency Offerings', as part of Social Media Week London.The event discussed how the...
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18 September 2015 BY Lansons
What does the general public want and expect from healthcare today? What are the opportunities that technological innovation can provide healthcare? How will technology help to meet the rapidly evolving patient expectations and healthcare needs...
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14 September 2015 BY Lansons
OverviewOn Saturday Jeremy Corbyn was elected as the new leader of the Labour Party.The veteran left-winger won with a huge 59.5% of the vote, an astounding first round victory. Andy Burnham was a distant second, polling 19%, whilst Yvette Cooper...
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14 September 2015 BY Tina Woods
The UK government is clear on where the priorities lay ahead in delivering the next five years of their plan for health: keeping people out of hospital, getting better at preventing disease, diagnosing earlier, rewarding healthy lifestyles, and...
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14 September 2015 BY Ralph Jackson
Jeremy Corbyn would hate it but he has achieved a delicious similarity with Tony Blair: he won a landslide victory to become party leader.Whereas Blair advanced the Labour party to unheard-of successes with three election victories, the new leader of...
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10 September 2015 BY Henry Oliver
The resounding answer from the insurance industry is a firm no.The most recent Insurance and Financial Services APPG saw a cry for help from some of the Insurance industry’s top trade associations. The unanimous message across the board was simple;...
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9 September 2015 BY Michael White
This blog post is part of the #SMWDigitalFuture series leading up to our event on 18 September, ‘States of Digital: Roles of the Future, In-house Structures & Agency Offerings’ as part of Social Media Week London. For more information...
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3 September 2015 BY Tina Woods
If you are interested in healthcare innovation then you will be interested in what consumers think about using new health technology. On 18 September, Lansons Health will be sharing the findings of our Health Innovation Survey at the Connected...
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2 September 2015 BY Russell Graham
This month, Europe’s biggest social media conference is coming to Lansons. On 18th September, we will be hosting an event, States of Digital: Roles of the Future, In-house Structures & Agency Offerings, as part of Social Media Week London,...
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20 August 2015 BY Helen Proud
This week at Lansons we had the pleasure of a visit from Lieutenant Colonel Tim Coles, who came to our offices to accept a cheque for ABF, the Soldiers Charity, and told us about the brilliant work the charity does to support serving and retired...
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13 August 2015 BY Lansons
Click on the image above to read our August newsletter, featuring employee engagement, Britain's problem with productivity, our new health offering, the changing face of brand building and what Martin...
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7 August 2015 BY Pete Knott
Did you set up a LinkedIn profile ages ago but haven’t gotten around to updating it or sorting out the details yet? One very good reason to devote more attention to it is by Googling yourself - your LinkedIn profile is probably the first search...
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6 August 2015 BY Caroline Cant
As the hazy summer days roll on and holidays begin in earnest, lone desks appear throughout offices across the UK, patiently waiting for their usual inhabitant to return rested and (hopefully) tanned. These spaces provide the perfect chance for those...
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4 August 2015 BY David Masters
It appears that asset managers aren’t to be construed as systemically important, which is good news. Nonetheless, they remain hugely significant in the global flow of capital. And, for an ever growing number of investors and households, they will...
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30 July 2015 BY Scott McKenzie
Below is the full presentation, delivered by Scott Mckenzie, Director of Employee Engagement at Lansons, and James Endersby, Managing Director of Opinium, to present the findings of the Britain at Work study 2015.
Britain at Work is an insight...
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28 July 2015 BY Lansons
In the wake of Martin Wheatley's departure from the FCA, how is the regulatory environment likely to change in the coming months? Independent consultant Richard Hobbs examines the issue and offers some thoughts on what Mr Wheatley's exit may mean...
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27 July 2015 BY Lansons
On Tuesday 21 July, a lovely balmy summer evening, the Lansons courtyard was taken over by around 120 clients and guests for the annual Lansons Asset Management Summer Cocktail Party.Our courtyard was transformed into a bustling outside arena with...
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23 July 2015 BY Scott McKenzie
Following a wonderful panel discussion at the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, I am delighted to launch our Britain at Work study.As a consultancy which advises organisations on issues which affect employees and other stakeholders, Lansons...
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22 July 2015 BY Russell Graham
However strong a company's SEO, it's almost a certainty that its entry on Wikipedia will be one of the top search results for its name - and yet there's a lot of uncertainty as to how best to manage what appears on the site. Here, Lansons' Head...
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21 July 2015 BY Lansons
Tina Woods joins Lansons today as a Board Director to launch Lansons Health, a start-up helping healthcare clients navigate disruption and develop opportunities in a turbulent healthcare environment. The start-up will work with the Lansons team, to...
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20 July 2015 BY Lansons
Lansons recently provided six media students from Oklahoma City University (OCU) with valuable insights into the UK PR industry and media landscape. So what did OCU student Justis Huddleston (@JustisHudd) think about his experience at...
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17 July 2015 BY Lansons
University of Southampton student Helen Archer is studying a BA English Literature and recently undertook work experience for one week at Lansons. She shares her exciting experience below.Starting my week long work experience placement at Lansons, I...
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17 July 2015 BY Michael White
There is no social media tumbleweed where Tumblr is concerned. The blogging website that was bought by Yahoo for $1.1bn in 2013 deserves a place alongside Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn in the marketer’s social media armoury. Just look at the...
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16 July 2015 BY _editor
In the second episode of the new Lansons Blogcast, we focus on Chancellor George Osborne’s “New contract for Britain” budget statement on July 8th, the first entirely Tory Budget for almost two decades.Sharp welfare cuts, a new Living Wage...
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16 July 2015 BY Eva Blesinger
The long-awaited gala concert of St. Paul’s Co-Educational College Primary School, one of Hong Kong’s most prestigious music schools, was held on 15 July at London’s prime concert venue St. John’s Smith Square. This final concert rounded...
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15 July 2015 BY Scott McKenzie
The announcement today of a rise both in unemployment numbers AND the levels of pay (as well as the announcement of the Trade Union Bill limiting workers’ right to strike) demonstrate just how mixed the picture is when looking at the modern UK...
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8 July 2015 BY Ralph Jackson
"There’s only one direction. One world, one nation, yeah one vision". Unwittingly or not the Chancellor today has echoed the key phrases from Queen’s anthem of the 1980’s with a yet again carefully constructed Budget statement. This was the...
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8 July 2015 BY Lansons
Lansons last night won three awards at the 2015 Corporate & Financial Awards, presented by Communicate Magazine. The agency was awarded for its work with the Co-Op Bank and for its overall strength in corporate PR, winning: - Best PR...
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6 July 2015 BY Scott McKenzie
On 23 July Lansons will be launching our study of the contemporary UK workplace – entitled Britain at Work. Our study of over 2,000 UK employees explores elements such as pride in the organisation, job satisfaction, line management effectiveness,...
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25 June 2015 BY Lansons
As part of our ongoing year of celebrations to mark a remarkable 25 years in business (est. 1989), we hosted drinks at Le Café du Marche in Farringdon on 24 June to officially launch Lansons' alumni network and to take a little trip down memory...
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18 June 2015 BY Lansons
A new study from the PRCA, in conjunction with Opinium Research, as part of its “Economics of Reputation” campaign, reveals that a company’s reputation is one of the top three most important factors for Britons when it comes to seeking new...
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15 June 2015 BY Russell Graham
Technology and the rise of social media has enabled people to form groups more quickly, on a greater scale and without the need for physical proximity - but the fundamentals of human psychology still sit behind all successful online communities.The...
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15 June 2015 BY Michael White
Almost no one attended Mark Zuckerberg’s 2005 lecture at Harvard University. Facebook was one year into its growth, having expanded into 2,000 schools and generating 400 million page views per day. How times have changed.The social network’s...
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9 June 2015 BY Lansons
On 2 June 2015 Lansons hosted its third annual Future of Financial Services Conference in London, bringing together some of the industry's leading professionals and commentators to discuss the impact of the new government, pension reforms, industry...
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9 June 2015 BY Russell Graham
Financial services providers have an opportunity to develop offerings, seek new business opportunities and diversify their stakeholder relationships using social media. It’s unlikely that we’ll see the whole sector adapt as quickly as their...
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4 June 2015 BY Lansons
Below is a selection of articles reporting on the Future of Financial Services Conference 2015, highlighting some of the key themes that the speakers identified for the sector in the coming months:FT: Scottish Widows reports pension cash-ins surgeThe...
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4 June 2015 BY Lansons
The CIPR Awards on 3 June proved to be another successful night for Lansons, picking up Best Business and Corporate Communications for our work with the Co-operative Bank, and with Valentina Kristensen winning the award for Outstanding Young...
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3 June 2015 BY Tony Langham
Yesterday, Lansons Chief Executive and Founder Tony Langham gave the following presentation at our Future of Financial Services Conference, looking at how the Financial Services industry's reputational issues are likely to evolve over the coming...
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3 June 2015 BY Lansons
Yesterday's Future of Financial Services Conference saw our hashtag #futurefs trending on Twitter both in London and nationwide. Below are some of the most interesting tweets from the conference, in Storify form:[<a...
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3 June 2015 BY Sophia Morrell
Following yesterday's Future of Financial Services Conference, organised by Lansons, Sophia Morrell has summarised the lively debate around pensions reform by our panellists Michelle Cracknell (CEO, The Pensions Advisory Service), Josephine Cumbo...
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11 May 2015 BY Michael White
Dipping into the sea of public opinion to analyse perceptions of the banking culture is an expectantly gruelling process. It was never going to be positive, although it’s not as gruelling compared to some of the comments that were made during The...
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11 May 2015 BY Ralph Jackson
It’s back to school for the Labour party to revisit the three Rs: reinvent, rebuild, renew.The election defeat wasn’t just a recognition that the party’s policies are not appealing to the country but more a sense that the party as a whole is...
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8 May 2015 BY Ralph Jackson
Everything that could have changed in British politics actually did change over the past twenty-four hours. We have, for the first time since 1992, a Conservative Government with a working majority and the major opposition parties almost hunted to...
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6 May 2015 BY Sophie Lilley
We've just announced new speakers for the Future of Financial Services Conference 2015 on 02 June - see the list below. We've also just published a draft agenda for the Conference, setting out running order and topics to whet your appetites. You can...
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5 May 2015 BY Ralph Jackson
Welcome to the last Lansons Briefing of the 2015 General Election, supported by Opinium. Our first new Government Briefing will follow as and when there is one!
In little over 40 hours the British public will go to the polls to elect the next...
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30 April 2015 BY Ralph Jackson
Welcome to the ninth edition of the Lansons Election Briefing, supported by Opinium.
With less than two weeks until polling day, the outcome of the UK general election 2015 is still far too close to call, however the polls are showing some signs of...
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30 April 2015 BY Sophie Lilley
With just over a month to go, we are eagerly anticipating our 3rd annual Future of Financial Services Conference – this year taking place on 2 June 2015 at 30 Euston Square, London, NW1 2FB.
When we launched the conference back in 2013, we wanted...
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