Expand your comfort zone 1920 1280 Gavin Warren

Expand your comfort zone

In 1943 Abraham Maslow created his famous hierarchy of needs; a psychological motivational theory encompassing a five-tier model of our human needs. But why is this important to us 80 years later? Before I expand…

April Fools’ Day. A day made for joking. A day made for pranks. 1920 1280 Olivia Thomson

April Fools’ Day. A day made for joking. A day made for pranks.

April Fools’ Day. A day made for joking. A day made for pranks. I remember one year calling my father and telling him I got a speeding ticket. Let’s just say, he was not happy.…

World Autism Acceptance Week: a call to arms by Damian Beeley 2503 1669 Damian Beeley

World Autism Acceptance Week: a call to arms by Damian Beeley

Daisy’s diagnosis, when it came, was devastating. For a few years we knew instinctively that something wasn’t quite right and increasingly her school had raised concerns. But nothing prepared us for the opinion of the…

International Women’s Day 2023: #EmbraceEquity 1920 1280 Bec Seaton

International Women’s Day 2023: #EmbraceEquity

International Women’s Day (IWD) is a global day to recognise and celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. It also marks a call for action for accelerating women’s equality. According to the…

Orwell and censorship 1920 1280 Haggie Partners

Orwell and censorship

It’s World Book Day, a tradition started by the United Nations in 1995 as a celebration of reading, education, the free press, and copyright. It’s also a day where we come together to celebrate our…

Haggieversary 1920 1280 Haggie Partners

Haggieversary

Jointly written by Jack Sandbach and Megan Jay It’s 14 February. You know what that means? That’s right, two of Haggie Partners’ PR assistants, Megan (M) and Jack (J) have been here for a whole…

Time to test 1920 1280 Gavin Warren

Time to test

While it shouldn’t be, talking about cervical cancer screenings, otherwise known as smear tests, can be something of an awkward topic of conversation – almost a taboo subject. But it’s a lifesaving measure. According to…

Is the Year of the Rabbit the time to take stock of your communications strategy? 1920 1280 Caroline Klein

Is the Year of the Rabbit the time to take stock of your communications strategy?

It’s January. Time for new beginnings.  New healthy eating regimes. New gym memberships. Every year the magazines are full of new things to learn, new diets, new habits to take up and old ones to…

New Year New Blog…New Me? 1920 1280 Haggie Partners

New Year New Blog…New Me?

I’ve always liked the idea of new year resolutions. There’s something sincerely inspiring about striving to be better come new year, after the explosive celebratory period of Christmas. Many of us try to give something…

Ants and the importance of collaboration 1920 1280 Haggie Partners

Ants and the importance of collaboration

The humble ant, of the order Hymenoptera, are insectoid, six-legged creatures with black or orange exoskeletons. You may have heard of them. An ant on its own is pretty useless; they’re small, with the British…

Damian’s 10 golden rules to help survive your company/team Christmas party 1920 1280 Damian Beeley

Damian’s 10 golden rules to help survive your company/team Christmas party

Zoom and myriad Covid-19 rules are upon us so I have updated my ‘10 Golden Rules For Surviving Your Company/Team Christmas Party’ (from five years ago) to reflect the times. One or two are still…

To tweet, or not to tweet? 1920 1280 Mazin Shammas

To tweet, or not to tweet?

Social media is under the spotlight with Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter. Individuals and organisations are watching closely and debating whether Twitter will degenerate into a platform they no longer wish to be associated with.…