Insight

VMAGROUP is working hard to support the marketing and communications community, specifically by facilitating the sharing of ‘best practice’ and creating opportunities for marketing and communications professionals from all sectors. We’re encouraging everyone to come together to support and learn from each other, as we work through these evolving challenges together. We have ...

Julian Eccles is an experienced Communications and Corporate Affairs Director who has led these functions at Sky, Ofcom and The FA as well as international companies Millicom and Travelport. He has also been a government Special Adviser and started his PR career at Hill & Knowlton. Whilst most of us regard the household onboarding of essential goods as our number one priorit...

BREAKING NEWS: IR35 reform is now delayed until 2021. Steve Barclay, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, announced yesterday evening that the legislation will come into effect 6th April 2021. He has confirmed that the delay is due to COVID-19. He has stated: “Government will therefore not move the original resolution tonight, but will shortly table an additional resolution conf...

In 2018, we published our Bridging the Gap report, which focuses on the communications, digital and marketing interim market. With over 250 responses, the report covered the profile of an interim, IR35, the interim recruitment landscape, as well as case studies on digital marketing and change communications. We’ve already seen several shifts in the market since the report wa...

Evolution, Revolution or Adaptation is focused on the trends and developments in the communications profession in Belgium and the Netherlands. It is based on the responses of 100 in-house communications leaders in those countries who told us what their day-to-day looks like and the challenges they face.  Transparency, consistency, alignment, new technologies, leadership, tru...

We are delighted to announce that our latest Inside Insight survey is now open. Now in its eighth year, Inside Insight is a comprehensive analysis of the UK Internal Communications industry, covering everything from strategy and planning, budgets, team size, remuneration, communications channels, professional development, and the influence of the internal communications func...

SURVEY NOW CLOSED - REPORT COMING SOON.  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...

This interview first appeared in CEO Today Magazine, November 2018 Edition.  Julia Meighan is Chair 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 w...

Bridging the Gap focuses solely on the UK interim communications and marketing market. Survey responses from over 250 UK-based interims working in communications and marketing across all industries are reported, along with key topics of interest, including IR35 (the latest regulation to affect the interim market), globalisation in marketing, the changing nature of the commun...

The latest edition of Inside Insight is our most extensive research into the UK internal communications profession to date with input from over 670 practitioners across 23 industries. This comprehensive study delves into challenges and opportunities as viewed by those working in the internal communications sector. Please contact Sara Tehrani if you are interested in discussi...