When you work across regions and languages like we do, you quickly notice that even if reputational and communications challenges are similar, the attitude and approach to tackle them can be quite different. This makes…

By Dexter Hastie It was a Monday morning when I first entered the Haggie Partners office. I was filled with nerves with no idea what to expect. Despite that, those nerves disappeared instantly when Emma…

With the increase in popularity of large language models (LLMs) the communication landscape is starting to shift. We no longer have to consider only our human readers, but there is a case to be made…

Don’t make the mistake of thinking that specialist trade publications are less worthy of attention that mass media. Last week the Telegraph complained bitterly in an article that Lloyd’s of London had “shunned” the newspaper…

Some figures (or brands) become permanently linked in public imagination. Before my visit to Tate Britain’s Turner & Constable rivals & originals exhibition (ends 12 April 2026), I didn’t know these two great artists had…

International Women’s Day is a global celebration dedicated to the advancement of women worldwide and belongs to all who care about gender equality. This year marks 115 years of collective action, advocacy, and progress towards…

As the new year is now upon us, many will be starting a year of self-improvement, taking on new hobbies or skills. One of the most common new year’s resolutions is learning a new language,…

I recently participated in two thought provoking events on the same day: one was an in-person Insider Progress event hosted by EY with breakfast and networking thrown in, while the other was an online webinar…

While most people mourn the slow death of summer, the long days and the warm nights, I feel a quiet thrill as September arrives. I am a July baby, born in the heart of summer,…

All my life, I believed there was only one side to my dad. The side of a fun, relaxed (unless there is a cushion on the floor) nice but seemingly not incredibly hard-working man. But…

I’m not really sure what came over me, or what my colleagues thought had come over me, when one day during a Wednesday afternoon CSR meeting, I proposed an idea. After this year’s expected unsuccessful…

The summer solstice is arguably my favourite day of the year. I may not be banging a drum and frolicking around Stonehenge with a bunch of hippies, but I take it as a day to…