Pandemic flu – are you ready?
11 June 2009
Swine flu - two small words that have put enormous pressure on governments and health organisations around the world in recent months, and on 11 June 2009, the World Health Organisation (WHO) formally confirmed that the world is at the start of an influenza pandemic.
RL has been, and continues to be, central in helping leading organisations with their pandemic response and preparedness planning. View our pandemic preparedness guidelines to ensure your organisation is ready.
NASSCOM appoints Regester Larkin as UK public affairs consultancy
11 June 2009
Regester Larkin has been appointed as NASSCOM’s public affairs consultancy in the UK. The three-year contract starts with immediate effect.
Regester Larkin director, Andrew Fairburn, said: “We’re thrilled to be NASSCOM’s representatives in the UK. The IT sector has been at the forefront of establishing India as a global trade player and the UK continues to be a significant part of the sector’s activities. As the premier trade body for the IT sector in India, NASSCOM has an exciting remit both in the UK and internationally. We are very much looking forward to the opportunities and challenges that will come with a busy programme of activity for this fascinating client”.
Regester Larkin enhanced several of it services and made a series of appointments in 2008 to help the consultancy widen its proposition to its clients. As well as providing issues and crisis management advice, Regester Larkin provides advice on a broad range issues – recent projects include organisational restructuring and planning applications to responding to the threat of new legislation or changing social expectations on public issues such as obesity, binge drinking and climate change.
Aligning with the interests of shareholders
11 June 2009
The Treasury Select Committee in the UK has published its third report on the collapse of financial institutions Banking Crisis: reforming corporate governance and pay in the city. The report hit out at many areas of governance which the committee considered had become ineffective including the remuneration of failed executives, uninterested non-executive directors and inaccessible auditing and reporting. It also looked at the media’s reporting of the crisis and the failure of shareholders to scrutinize their investments properly.
Regester Larkin consultant, Kate Brader looks at how banks can best minimize the impact of regulation.
Are you planning for economic recovery?
1 June 2009
The World Bank predicts that global GDP growth will contract by 1.7 per cent this year and that economic distress will remain acute for the next two years.
The challenges facing business leaders are as complex and tough as they have ever been - for some a fight for survival - for many a time of insecurity in the face of mergers, acquisitions and restructuring - for all, a ruthless focus on cutting costs and improving efficiency. But how many leaders are concerned with their organisation’s internal communication?
RL director, Eddie Bensilum, looks at how organisations can get employee communication right during times of organisational change and a downturn.
Reputation management in the Middle East blog
15 May 2009
The Managing Director of Regester Larkin Middle East, Rob Sherwin, has for the past few months been blogging his thoughts and comments on reputation management in the region.
Rob said: “The level of corporate scrutiny in the region from both an increasingly sophisticated and international media, and an emerging civil society sector, is steadily rising which makes this a very exciting time to be observing and involved with reputation management in the Middle East. This blog will capture my own observations of these trends.”
Rob’s blog can be viewed at Reputation management in the Middle East and he welcomes your comments on any of his posts.
Communication strategies for managing environmental issues
15 May 2009
Regester Larkin’s managing director, Andrew Griffin, will be running an evening seminar on 3rd June at the Energy Institute titled ‘Communication strategies for managing environmental issues’. The session will explain why technical excellence is not always enough when dealing with environmental issues and that the ability to understand and engage with key stakeholders can be fundamental to success.
For more information and to register for this event, please contact Gemma Wilkinson at the Energy Institute: GWilkinson@energyinst.org.uk.
