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Written by Matthew Batten, Organisational Development Adviser at the Royal College of Nursing. This blog first appeared on All Things IC. Communications. Three words I used to fear. But after attending VMAGROUP's seminar, Moving on up: How to be more strategic in internal communications, led by Nicholas Wardle, Head of Employee Engagement and Communications at One Housing, I...

According to our latest market report, The View, the UK corporate communications industry is predominantly female, making up 64% of the profession. However, our research also indicates that more men reach the Head of/Director level than women. We’d like to open the debate about why this is and what can be done to redress the balance. Coinciding with International Women’s Day...

Leading international recruitment and executive search specialist, VMAGROUP, is delighted to announce the appointment of Andrew Harvey as Group CEO. Andrew will take over the role previously held by Julia Meighan, who moves into the position of Chair of VMAGROUP. Andrew joined VMAGROUP in 2013 and for the last two years has been UK Executive Director, responsible for the gro...

Leading international recruitment and executive search specialist, VMAGROUP, is delighted to welcome Associate Director Lisa MacMillan back to the UK following her relocation from Hong Kong. With a communications background in industry and more than 14 years recruitment and search experience in communications and marketing, Lisa now joins the company’s London team focusing o...

We are excited to be hosting a Marketing Insights and Analytics breakfast roundtable on Wednesday 13th March, 8am. We will be discussing hot topics currently affecting Marketing Insights & Analytics and what are predicted to be the biggest influences in 2019. This invitation-only event will be attended by senior marketing professionals from a range of industries. If you are ...

We are delighted to launch our new The Changing Face of Marketing Survey. We are seeing significant change in the way business is conducted and with content accessible across a multitude of channels and platforms, and in real-time by tech-savvy customers, how is the Marketing function shaping up to meet the shifting demands of today’s customer? The report itself will be an i...

We will be running a workshop 'Moving on up: How to become more strategic in Internal Communications' on Tuesday 5th February, 2019 at 6pm in London. The session will be led by Nicholas Wardle, Head of Employee Engagement & Communications at One Housing. Nicholas has over ten years’ experience in internal comms across a number of sectors including local government, media, re...

VMAGROUP is delighted to be hosting CIPR's Ethics in internal communication: Empowering people to do the right thing event. In this session you’ll learn: learn how to think differently about the challenges you face daily in your work discover the theory behind the practice when it comes to making ethical choices discuss ways to build your confidence to enable you to challeng...

VMAGROUP will be hosting Institute of Internal Communications's 'FutureNet: The Trailblazers' event on Thursday 31st January from 6pm. Have you ever wished you could get an insight into an award winning piece of work to help shape your thinking and your award submissions? Come and join FutureNet on 31 January as we hear from Jacqueline Ryan, Internal Communications & Employe...

This interview first appeared in CEO Today Magazine, November 2018 Edition. Julia Meighan is CEO at VMAGROUP. Founded more than 40 years ago, VMAGROUP is an international interim and permanent recruitment and executive search specialist for communications, digital and marketing. With 35 consultants, they operate from hubs in the UK, continental Europe and Asia, and work with...