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, I vowed to divest away from the three Netflix series I seemed to alternate between (depending on my mood, of course) because, well, how many…

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 outside, travelling and at work have dropped dramatically in the UK, it still seemed to be insufficient.  Pictures of Brits out and about in parks…

When I told people that I was moving to work at a PR agency, having spent all of my communications and marketing career working in-house, I got a few questions. Quite a number of people assumed that there would be a huge gulf between agency and in-house life that would take me a while to…

The start to any communications plan is understanding who you are trying to reach with your messaging. Nine times out of 10 everyone will prioritise: their customers, their brokers/underwriters, their investors/shareholders – but will mention their employees last, almost as an afterthought. Yet your employees are arguably your most important audience. Businesses are quite rightly…

A number of the Haggie Partners team were at the latest Insider Progress event. It was hugely encouraging to see the significant numbers attending and a relative increase in diversity of the audience. Ironically, in this context, diversity means ‘more senior men’. It is critical that they are part of this culture conversation. It’s not…

When we start a design project – particularly a branding project – we want to know as much about the client as possible. The more we learn, the more relevant our work will be. We ask lots of questions. We want to hear about their values, their methods and their peculiarities. Most of all, we…

For anyone that is new to 9-5 work life, the idea of summer in the office is equivalent to the news that the sky is falling. No more hot days filled with the feeling of utter freedom and no more forgetting what day of the week it is because you’ve been swallowed up by the…

The Marsh & McLennan (MMC) Rising Professionals Forum undoubtedly claimed a spot on the highlight reel of my time so far at Haggie Partners. This was my first opportunity to attend an insurance conference and it was exciting to be sitting among a sea of young professionals, dressed in business attire, all within my age…

A hot topic of conversation at the moment are the perceived differences between millennials and older generations, particularly when it comes to work. I have come across countless articles revealing tips and tricks on how to make a business more appealing to millennials and how to use their young work ethic for good. Tips usually…