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​VMAGROUP’s most significant research to date shows that CEOs now consider corporate reputation to be the cornerstone of the modern organisation. As a result, they want to see communications directors step up to the leadership mantle more so than ever before. Between May and August 2016, VMAGroup conducted 40 in-depth interviews with CEOs across Europe to establish their vie...

Plans surrounding Brexit seem to be quite up in the air at the moment, and the High Court’s decision to give Parliament a say on the decision to leave the EU has seemingly added another layer of complexity and potential confusion to the process. Whether or not the Prime Minister can stick to her deadline for initiating Article 50, the impending exit of the UK from the Europe...

Interim management can be an extremely effective way for organisations to implement solutions to any problems that arise. The world is an unpredictable place where sudden changes can come out of nowhere, making it doubly important to have a way of dealing with these changes swiftly. One of the primary advantages of interim management is that it allows an organisation to deal...

VMAGROUP is pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Bush as the new managing consultant for the marketing division of our external communications practice. VMAGROUP is the leading international recruitment specialist in corporate and marketing communications. Mr Bush’s appointment brings an invaluable six years’ marketing recruitment experience to the EC practice, in wh...

Change Management (CM) is a tricky process as the best of times – getting it right can reap significant rewards for your organisation, but getting it wrong can be equally damaging. When it comes to making changes at the management level, there is always the choice of bringing in someone on a permanent basis or deciding that an interim manager is the wiser choice to make give...

Written by Sophie Collins, Team Manager - Communications After graduating from the University of Sussex with a Sociology degree, I was at a bit of a loss. I knew I wanted to do something vaguely related to media and had a personal interest in health but that was it! I loved reading women’s magazines and thought it would be great to have a job where I got to do that all day. ...

Trying to get a firm handle on what impact the Brexit vote is going to have on the UK economy and businesses and the ripple effects it will have on everything from office space in the capital to the cost of mobile phone charges is well-nigh impossible. Everything, it would seem is speculation. From an IR point of view, this environment of uncertainty creates both challenges ...

There’s no mistaking it. Pretty much everyone wants to go digital, but what does the word digital actually mean? For many, it’s simply about technology. For others, it’s a new and exciting way of engaging with customers. However, in our world of internal communications, it’s seen as another way of reaching out to those within the organisation, a way of creating efficiencies ...

Social media is a relatively new phenomenon and its potential benefits are not entirely understood or implemented as it is very much an area in its infancy. Very basic internal communications (IC) in the past have simply consisted of a regular newsletter or staff email, but advancements in technology have changed this. There are multiple reasons why effective IC can strength...

We’ve all had a bad day at the office. In fact, we’ve likely had bad weeks. Realistically, everyone experiences peaks and troughs in their jobs, and too much flip-flopping in your career can send up big red flags to future employers about your tenacity and work ethic. Nobody wants to employ someone who seems to just cut and run when the landscape gets rocky. That said, the t...