If you can’t truly trust your staff to work from home, do you deserve them?
Social media is awash with comments and opinions about the views of Andrew Monk the chief executive in the city of London who clearly isn’t an advocate of working from home. In a BBC Online interview, he is quoted as saying that people abuse it (working from home) and are less productive, at least in financial services. His […]
The Art of Effective Public Affairs Campaigns
At JBP, our expertise encompasses PR, marketing and digital. Public affairs is a key part of our business, led by Nick O’Hara in our Westminster office. Here, he sets out JBP’s approach to public affairs, providing a very high-level overview of the different elements to consider when conducting a UK public affairs campaign. JBP’s clients […]
The exciting return of the pub (meeting)
As a Westminster-based and Parliament-adjacent public affairs agency, here at JBP, we’re very familiar with the importance of “soft power” engagement. In other words, the value of pitching up at one of the various Westminster haunts (read: pubs) frequented by Ministers and MPs, Special Advisers and staffers, and other decision-makers from across Whitehall. Throughout the […]
The Art of Effective Stakeholder Engagement
Public relations is often seen by many as media relations. But media is just but one stakeholder that PRs and their organisations need to consider when developing a highly effective communications programme. That’s why stakeholder engagement across the board plays a critical role in enabling organisations to grow, maintain and safeguard their reputations. As one […]
PR in the post pandemic landscape
Pretty much every business and every industry have, in some way, been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Admittedly some more than others, but for many in the world of PR, the last 18 or so months has been an opportunity to recalibrate and rethink the business model. At JBP we had already begun the transition […]
5 ways to optimise your PR for search engines
Public Relations (PR) and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) are key parts of all effective reputation building and management strategies. With global executives attributing 63% of their company’s market value to reputation, no business can afford to miss a trick here. Are PR and SEO related? PR and SEO are both long-term brand strategies that help […]
Logistics: Delivering communications in a changing media world
Having provided communications counsel to the distribution industry for the best part of 30 years, I’ve always been amazed by the limited airplay that the logistics sector receives in the media given its business-critical nature to UK PLC and companies globally. Whilst there have been, and still are, transport correspondents on the national media, they […]
How to avoid digital burnout in the workplace
During Mental Health Awareness week, one of our newest clients, Just Ask Max, the first digital well-being platform, offers advice on how employees can avoid digital burnout. Reduce digital distractions We’re bombarded with so many notifications across all our devices that it’s almost impossible to stay focused. On average, we check our emails every 37 […]
Mental Health Awareness… Are we really paying attention?
“The millisecond my hands left the rail, it was an instant regret…” These are the words of Kevin Briggs, a survivor of attempted suicide. The BuzzFeed video is just a small insight into how someone’s mental health can develop into an illness and eventually be a risk to life, but those words stayed with me […]
Mental Health Awareness Week 2021 at JBP
Keeping our people brilliant It’s been a difficult and challenging time for more than twelve months and every one of us have had to change our lives and adjust the way we work. For many, working from home has been a rewarding and beneficial experience. In a world where we all experience time poverty & […]