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Reflections on lockdown

Reflections on lockdown 1920 1280 Damian Beeley

On Friday 13 March this year, the four partners at Haggie Partners had a chat over the telephone and decided it would be prudent to invite our colleagues to work…

How can communicators support businesses in their planning for returning – or not – to offices?

How can communicators support businesses in their planning for returning – or not – to offices? 1058 706 Haggie Partners

Haggie Partners directors Becky Young and Caroline Klein recently presented to the Insurance Marketers Group on the subject of “How can communicators support business in their planning for returning –…

How to maximise your LinkedIn profile

How to maximise your LinkedIn profile 1920 1280 Mazin Shammas

Social media is a powerful communication tool and we have seen even more clearly just how powerful it is since the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown began. In the UK, those…

Mental Health Awareness Week 2020: Ten Random Acts of #CoronavirusKindness

Mental Health Awareness Week 2020: Ten Random Acts of #CoronavirusKindness 1920 1280 Haggie Partners

Mental Health Awareness Week, hosted by the Mental Health Foundation, is an annual, national week established to raise awareness of mental health and inspire action to promote good mental health…

A View from Retroland – Fish Pie Every Fourth Day

A View from Retroland – Fish Pie Every Fourth Day 1920 1280 Michael Mattinson

I was ludicrously ill-equipped for life under lockdown. I have long laboured under the weight of two principal anxieties (I’m sure there are several more minor ones). The first is…

How are you preparing for a return to the office?

How are you preparing for a return to the office? 1920 1280 Haggie Partners

It is difficult to plan while we wait for clarity around possible post-lockdown workplace rules and how the country can return to normality. Nevertheless it is important that companies start…

What communications lessons can we learn already from COVID-19?

What communications lessons can we learn already from COVID-19? 1920 1280 Haggie Partners

Communications departments have probably never been busier than during the past six weeks. Companies have had to adapt rapidly to the new “normal” with, in financial services in particular, the…

Communicating with employees during the COVID-19 outbreak

Communicating with employees during the COVID-19 outbreak 1920 1280 Michael Mattinson

“I was extremely impressed with the recent microsite that Haggie Partners designed and built for us.” The COVID-19 outbreak is putting pressure on businesses like nothing we’ve experienced in modern…

Advice from an ex-jock

Advice from an ex-jock 1920 1280 Olivia Thomson

I am two weeks into an indefinite three months of working from home. Netflix has become a staple part of everyday life. At the beginning of this incredibly weird situation,…

Kindly refrain from amphibological abstruseness in explanations

Kindly refrain from amphibological abstruseness in explanations 1920 1280 Caroline Klein

In the recent days we have seen impassioned pleas from scientists, medical professionals and politicians to ‘practise social distancing’, ‘avoid non-essential travel’ and ‘self-isolate’. And yet, although numbers of people…