The Nigel Farage Coutts banking battle has dominated headlines for the best part of a month and the former UKIP’s leader’s media-savvy approach has resulted in a full-blown crisis at the elite private bank. The closure of a single bank account has sparked debates in Westminster, government pressure, internal investigations, high-profile resignations and a public […]
The CBI’s strategy over the sacking of Tony Danker is intriguing. The most common communications approach when someone leaves an organisation for behavioural shortcomings is to suck the life out of the story by making it so bland that the news agenda moves on as quickly as possible. This is also practical: the high degree […]
After a bruising few months, Sports Direct – bashed by MPs and the media for the quality of its corporate governance and its treatment of low-paid staff – has finally taken some positive steps to address its reputational problems. In a brief statement to the stock market it said leading law firm RPC would carry […]
Corporate culture is back in the news with the publication of the Financial Reporting Council’s study into the relationship between business culture and success. At its simplest, corporate culture is simply ‘the way we do things round here’. It is a powerful force that grows over time and dictates how people in organisations behave and […]