As Prime Minister Boris Johnson fights to save his political career, our CEO Melissa Davis looks at the continual flaws in the government's crisis response. A few days after Downing Street’s party problems became serious, I wrote about ‘party-gate’ as a PR crisis for the government. Boris Johnson’s problems...
No.10 is having a crisis. Over a month has passed and they still don't appear to have a crisis management plan in place or has the Government changed the rules of media crisis management? Our founder, Melissa Davis shares what needs to happen when managing a...
Our founder, Melissa Davis, looks at how No 10 could have handled the current PR crisis. How it started…'Bring your own booze'. Rarely have four words caught the public attention quite as effectively or quickly as those have. I’ll give you two more words. Sue Gray. I use them as until a few minutes...
Our chief executive Melissa Davis discusses the latest crisis gripping the government, which has led to the resignation of No 10's senior spokesperson. Last Christmas was a difficult time for everyone. I certainly understand and share the anger the alleged Downing Street party has caused. Many of us might think party-gate...
MD Communications partner Keith Hardie shares his thoughts on this week’s virtual Legal Business Development and Marketing Conference, hosted by the International Bar Association. Summarising four days of great speakers, collages and roundtables pulled together by our CEO Melissa Davis, Itzik Amiel and Deborah Farone – three leaders of...
Co-authored by Melissa Davis, CEO MD Communications and Natalie McEvoy, Counsel, Slateford. Reputation problems very rarely come totally out of the blue. That is an advantage – identifying problems earlier gives you more opportunities to achieve better outcomes and build the organisational resilience to handle them. In our previous blog,...
When well-known local celebrity Freddie Mercury (not that one) came off worst in a tussle with a QC’s dog, the barrister’s legal response and warnings to the media backfired. Our CEO Melissa Davis looks at why. A dog is our best friend, they say. Which is true for many people and...
Our CEO, Melissa Davis, looks at the perils of not thinking before posting on social media, after Burger King's misjudged International Women's Day tweet. In amongst all the positive, supportive and often inspiring posts on International Women’s Day, in tune with the theme of #ChooseToChallenge, one post stood out. Sadly,...
This week we hosted six illustrious speakers at our reputation webinar. Up for discussion was how to protect your brand during turbulent times, looking at the UK government's and legal sector's reputation, press interviews that went right and wrong, the risks associated with social media, and how important it...
As businesses of all sizes navigate through the challenging times caused by COVID-19, it’s important to ensure your crisis communications plan is up to scratch to deal with the impact the coronavirus may have on your company’s reputation. Crisis communications means immediately working in a reactive mode, whereas most businesses usually...
