Reputation matters – just ask the Law Society
What do you love about being a solicitor? Email us! Maybe add a picture of yourself running a marathon or learning to fly. These are some of the new year exhortations from the...
Tips for the festive season: protecting a professional reputation
In the run up to Christmas, one of the fun parts of working so hard throughout the year is getting invited to all the festive parties. From the annual bash at your own organisation, to client events and industry dos,...
Is the Daily Mail bricking it?
If you've ever stepped on a Lego block in bare feet, you'll have known real pain. The little plastic bricks are a rare product - more dangerous to adults than children. This week, is it the turn of the Daily Mail...
Unilever vs Tesco – who was covered in brown goo?
What do we think about The Great Marmite Crisis of 2016? It ran from the morning of Wednesday 12 October to the afternoon of Thursday 13 October. To recap, in case you were having a try-out at a non-communicative religious order...
Two tragic events. Two different reputation outcomes.
The crash on the Smiler ride at Alton Towers last year was not the finest hour for Merlin Entertainments. When 16 people were injured last June as a moving car crashed into a stationary car it could very easily have...
Making the most of the International Barrister™ brand
This week I have been lucky enough to be chosen as the guest blogger for the Bar Council of England and Wales. As plenty of us are heading off to the IBA in Washington next week I thought a blog...
Traingate: Corbyn vs. Branson
Will a leading politician ever tweet while taking a Virgin train north again? Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s social media update, insisting that he was experiencing a problem faced “by many passengers every day” is now notorious. The episode polarises opinion – his...
Busting up sexist views about women in the media
You were probably as surprised as I was on Wednesday to see an article circulating from the Metro entitled ‘Theresa May’s husband steals the show in sexy navy suit as he starts new life as First Man.’ The...
Leave vs. Remain. The PR battle has just begun.
A lot of people I know were staring at the TV in hope or despair from the 10 o’clock news till that 6am declaration at the end of last week. (Some say they blinked in this time, but I don’t...
Putting the boot into your reputation
To enjoy being walked on in high heels is, apparently, a thing – though even among fetishists, I imagine we’re talking about a minority of dedicatees. Certainly accountancy giant PwC didn’t seem to enjoy the experience over the last week. If you...