MarComm’s Star Parade is a series where we shine the spotlight on some of the global stars from the Marketing and Communications industry, and Sarah Fleming, Founder of The Right + The Left is precisely that. Q) Give us a brief insight into your career so far? I was lucky to have discovered the possibility of a career […]
BY Natasha Samek – Head of Strategy, Butterfly Cannon
Is this Paradise Lost? – The need to act sustainably now or never.
Octopus Energy’s widely reported £3bn deal will catapult the energy business from a start-up into one of Europe’s biggest renewable energy investors and fastest growing energy suppliers. Octopus is now targeting 50 million customers in the UK by 2027 and has plans to increase its new renewables division to generate as much clean electricity as […]
MarComm’s Star Parade is a series where we shine the spotlight on some of the global stars from the Marketing and Communications industry, and Helen Stephens, Founder and Creative Director Absolute is precisely that. Give us a brief insight into your career so far? I graduated from Falmouth College of Art in 1989 and moved to the Big […]
By Anne Thistleton, partnering with creative and strategic healthcare agency, Create Health
Discovering the mind Not far from Edison’s first light bulb and the Wright Brothers’ first airplane in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC rests the Indomitable, the first Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner ever built. It is a crude but shiny, 1½ ton corset-like contraption with an antenna coil surrounding a movable platform. It was built by […]
BY SIOBHAN FREEGARD OBE, founder of ChannelMumTalent.com
WE DO better in exam results, more of us enrol in higher education – but when it comes to starting our own firms or being the boss, women are still not reaching their full potential. Statistics show women make up just 18% of FTSE 250 executive committee members, and while the number of female entrepreneurs […]
By Louise Findlay-Wilson, Founder and Managing Director at Energy PR
What determines whether a brand is great or loveable and does it matter? These were the questions which drove our Brand Love, research, and to complete it we interviewed over 100 leading marketers. What we found is that there’s a clear link between a brand’s lovability and the loyalty it enjoys. Furthermore, communications have a practical role […]
As governments across Europe announce their post-lockdown plans, people are slowly starting to dream of a sunnier life. This hazy optimism may well keep us going through isolation but how might we prepare for what’s coming. For every CEO who is banking on a potential economic boom, there is an economist with a grim outlook. […]
BY Pete Hayes, Managing Partner at PB Creative
Distinctiveness has been proven, time and time again, to be more important than differentiation when it comes to marketing priorities. Distinctiveness is about being individual, recognisable and valued above and beyond the competition. It’s about creating ownable codes that instantly signal the brand and evoke a myriad of associated benefits and values. We believe it’s the key to […]
MarComm’s Star Parade is a series where we shine the spotlight on some of the global stars from the Marketing and Communications industry, and Jamie Williams has been a creative beacon for over 15 years now. He joined isobel in 2012 and put on the big boots as their Managing Partner. ‘If you need a deal […]