As Conservative MPs will have awoken early this morning and checked their phones for the news they knew was coming, their thoughts will be about the future. They will have done the calculations in their heads about what would happen if they themselves were standing for election. All but a tiny number would be out … Read more

21 June 2022, London – Hill+Knowlton Strategies (H+K), one of the world’s leading public relations firms, has hired Sean Allen-Moy as a Director and Head of Media Relations in the UK. In this newly created position, Allen-Moy has joined H+K London’s Innovation + Creative Hub, working on best practice in media relations and providing senior … Read more

The creative industry’s full of advice about how to come up with great ideas. After all, ideas are what the industry’s built on, they’re often referred to as our ‘currency’. But there seems to be less said about the trickier issue of how to keep them alive once you’ve had them. At H+K we’re great … Read more

As part of H+K’s Sustainability and Social Impact consulting team, I frequently find myself chatting to colleagues and clients about the state of the planet; more specifically the matter of climate change, what actions clients can take to constructively engage, what is our greatest collective challenge, and how best to communicate about these efforts in … Read more

How are fans and communities shaping the way that brands communicate? Has the world of creators, and how brands work with them, changed forever? In the first issue of our new trends report, H+K Entertainment team share the top stories they have observed, our take on what’s changed, and what this means for fans and … Read more

The recent attacks on “woke capitalism”, or businesses that stand for something more than making profits, have roused some debate about the future of environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance by businesses. Too often recently I’ve heard reference to sustainability or ESG as a ‘trend’. Interest in sustainability among executives, consumers, investors and regulators has … Read more

Boris Johnson is currently presiding over a Cabinet meeting after the worst night of his political life (and that includes the farcical spectacle of his withdrawal from the leadership race to succeed David Cameron). Last night was a terrible result for Johnson; 148 of his colleagues declared they have no confidence in him. Comparisons with … Read more

The last time I visited the topic of a vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister was back on 19 January in the wake of the first shockwaves from allegations around parties held in Downing St during lockdowns. At the time, the Pork Pie Putsch players (so-called because one of the ring leaders was the MP … Read more

This month I attended the annual Creative Equals event RISE 2022. If you don’t know, the goal of this event is about creating better equality within the creative industries. That means challenging things like, where are all the female creative directors? Why is LGBTQ+ representation so poor in creative campaigns? And why are Black voices … Read more