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19th October 2023: Sir Keir Starmer's Labour Party Conference speech unveiled an ambitious vision to reshape Britain by tackling the obstacles within the current planning system and finally get Britain building houses again.
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13th October 2023: The Labour Party gathered this week for what many believe will be its final conference before the next general election. Labour Party Conference used to be something of a battleground, as the factions linked to Keir Starmer worked to marginalise the Party’s left wing. This year, with the battle for control of the party over, the focus was instead on the election battle to come.
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4th October 2023: As the Conservative Party and Rishi Sunak slumped to 18 points behind Labour in the latest polls, two things were abundantly clear at this year’s conference: the Government genuinely believe they can win the next election and to do so they will have to draw hard lines between themselves and Labour.
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2nd October 2023: Fiera Capital Corporation (TSX: FSZ), the Toronto-listed global asset management firm with CA$164bn (£100bn) assets under management, has appointed Montfort Communications as its strategic communications adviser and partner for the UK and EMEA regions.
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25th September 2023: In the latest episode of Montfort’s PropCast, Peter Freeman – Argent founder and current chair of Homes England and the Cambridge Delivery Group – speaks to our managing director of real estate and ESG, Andrew Teacher, about his vision for building more social housing, supercharging Cambridge into the UK’s Silicon Valley, and how public space is crucial for keeping communities onside.
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31st July 2023: We were delighted to host a breakfast roundtable with the Financial Reporting Council on the role of corporate governance in a strong economy.
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24th July 2023: With the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games set to begin exactly a year from now, LVMH has become a Premium Partner of this global event, which resonates with the Group’s mission, ‘The Art of Crafting Dreams’, echoing the vision of Paris 2024.
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11th July 2023: Last night the Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt gave his annual speech at Mansion House announcing a new set of reforms aimed at encouraging investment and increasing growth.
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27th June 2023: 2023 is set to become one of the most turbulent years for real estate since the global financial crisis. To help you understand the changing industry context, Montfort’s Andrew Teacher and Alexander Peace have surveyed the real estate landscape and identified 10 core trends in Hitting Reset: Real Estate Themes for the Next Cycle.
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23rd June 2023: We are delighted to salute the success of the Asset & Wealth Management team at Montfort Communications at this week’s Citywealth Awards 2023.
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19th June 2023: Montfort hosted its annual Spencer House event with Tortoise Media on ‘AI and the Battle for Truth’.
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12th June 2023: Leeds City Council’s chief executive Tom Riordan speaks to Andrew Teacher about his 13-year tenure working to harness investment, unlocking thousands of new homes, and reversing regional brain drain. Railing against the “debating society” culture of national politics and the failure to invest in regional transport, he hails Leeds’ success attracting major new occupiers and its future as the country’s health-tech capital. Just don’t mention the football.
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6th June 2023: London, 6th June 2023: Montfort, the award-winning reputation management consultancy has appointed Ben Craig to lead its Digital and Campaigns team. Ben will advise clients on corporate strategy, advanced analytics, and data-driven campaign execution.
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3rd May 2023: London, 3rd May 2023: Montfort, the award-winning reputation management consultancy has appointed Neil Craven as a Senior Consultant.
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25th April 2023: London, 25th April 2023: Montfort, the award-winning reputation management consultancy, has been appointed by HiiROC, a hydrogen production business founded in 2019.
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14th April 2023: Over the past fortnight thousands of column inches have been devoted to examining the ongoing crisis engulfing the financial markets following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the rushed acquisition of Credit Suisse by long time rival UBS. While the demise of the two institutions have different root causes there is a shared thread that links their downfalls, poor communications.
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11th April 2023: Colin Godfrey, chief executive of FTSE 250 Tritax Big Box REIT and chief executive of fund management at Tritax Group discusses how the company’s focus on people, platform, pipeline and performance has propelled returns for investors as it nears the ten-year anniversary since Big Box was listed. Speaking with Montfort Real Estate’s managing director Andrew Teacher, Godfrey heralded a new age of logistics that is prioritising decarbonisation and ensuring that occupiers benefit from intelligent buildings that help them retain staff and drive productivity in a climate where the war for talent is raging harder than ever.
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30th March 2023: On the latest episode of PropCast, clustering, co-locations and a laser-like focus on customers are some of the things that British Land’s boss believes will drive value as it broadens its campus strategy to include life sciences, logistics and housing. Chief executive Simon Carter speaks to Andrew Teacher in an unscripted, hard-hitting and wide-ranging conversation. The pair cover everything from British Land’s 40-year tenure at Regent’s Place, the renaissance of retail parks and the rise of life sciences; through to its campaigning work improving child literacy.
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24th March 2023: In this episode of PropCast, Ibrahim Ibrahim of Portland Design, Radius Tech’s Burak Capli, and The Good Economy’s Vivienne King join Andrew Teacher to discuss the future of retail shopping. All three guests have contributed to Ibrahim’s new book, Future-Ready Retail, which explains how to make retail spaces smarter going into the future.
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16th March 2023: In the latest episode of our BossCast series, Aviva Investors’ real assets boss Ben Sanderson sits down with Andrew Teacher to discuss where the sector is headed amidst a challenging economic climate.
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13th March 2023: Productivity has become a national obsession here in the UK and it’s not hard to see why. Productivity growth is good for businesses, it’s good for workers and it’s good for the economy as a whole but it’s something we’ve seen very little of here in the UK since the Global Financial Crash.
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9th March 2023: Geeta Nanda OBE, chief executive of Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH), one of the country’s largest housing associations, speaks to Andrew Teacher about how a greater focus on housing can be a vote winner, help ease pressure on public services, and support some of the country’s most vulnerable people during an ongoing cost of living crisis.
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2nd March 2023: Group director of development and sales at one of the UK’s largest housing associations, L&Q’s Vicky Savage, tells Andrew Teacher about the non-profit’s role beyond delivering housing and how the industry can improve to better serve its employees and customers.
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27th February 2023: In the latest episode of PropCast, global head of ESG at Fiera Real Estate, Jessica Pilz, sits down with Andrew Teacher for a wide-ranging discussion on the responsibilities for investors, asset managers, owners and operators, and the government in creating the conditions for net zero in the built environment.
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24th February 2023: Jessica Hardman, head of European real estate portfolio management and UK real estate group at DWS, speaks to Andrew Teacher about the asset manager’s confidence in UK living sectors as an investment class, reflects on lessons from the Great Financial Crisis, and adds nuance to the refurb versus rebuild debate.
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21st February 2023: Montfort Communications, the corporate reputation specialist, is delighted to announce the appointment of Sally Todd as a Senior Consultant within its award-winning Asset and Wealth Management practice.
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21st February 2023: Socius director Olaide Oboh and Savills Earth’s new director of social value Wesley Ankrah tell Andrew Teacher that developers could play a critical role in supporting culture and youth development.
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8th February 2023: In this latest episode of PropCast, Russell Pedley, co-founder and director of Assael Architecture; Mark Davy, who founded the culture and placemaking consultancy Futurecity; and Marcus Foley, the founder of the international advertising consultancy Tommy, join Andrew Teacher to discuss the role and potential impact of culture in build-to-rent (BTR) developments.
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17th November 2022: The question for this Chancellor has always been: how to get out of this mess? The Chancellor has blamed everyone but the Conservatives and chosen stealth taxes and cuts. The answer is not as black and white as this Government would have us believe and that spells trouble down the line.
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5th October 2022: The last 72 hours has seen splits in the party, political wrangling over policy, and U-turns, but for businesses, nothing has changed. This conference was a steadying the ship exercise. The real challenge now is how the Government can hold the rebound in market sentiment, deliver its agenda and reunite the party in under 18-24 months before another General election. Next stop the ‘Medium-term fiscal plan’.
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30th September 2022: With the Conservative Government’s ‘mini-budget’ setting off market turmoil and dissent within the Tory party, this week’s Labour conference was the most business-like and business-focused iteration since the Blair-Brown years.
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23rd September 2022: With £45bn worth of tax cuts, growth at all costs was the overarching message of Kwasi Kwarteng’s speech announcing the Government’s fiscal measures.
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15th September 2022: Montfort Communications, the fast-growing corporate reputation firm, has been appointed as strategic communications adviser by LeapFrog Investments.
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28th July 2022: In the latest episode of PropCast, Kate Nottidge, director of social impact at Grosvenor, and Dr Eime Tobari, social value strategist and founder of COCREATIF, join Andrew Teacher to discuss the challenges in defining and delivering social impact in real estate.
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27th July 2022: Montfort Communications, the fast-growing corporate reputation firm, has been appointed by Pantheon International Plc (PIP), the FTSE 250-listed private equity investment trust, as their strategic communications adviser.
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25th July 2022: The stakes for the British economy are high. The UK is currently set for just 1% growth in 2023, it continues to languish at the bottom of the G7 table of business investment and is also caught in a longer-term trap of low growth. Higher productivity is the only sustainable way to achieve higher standards of living and tackle the fiscal challenges of an aging population and decarbonisation while lowering the UK’s high tax burden.
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25th July 2022: In the latest episode of our BossCast series, Andy Hulme, CEO of Hyde Housing, talks to Andrew Teacher about the housing association’s recent legal victory over a construction contractor, and how the property industry can do better on equality and diversity.
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20th July 2022: The property industry has come a long way to create a more diverse environment, but there is still much more to do to ensure its inclusive nature in the long term. In the latest episode of PropCast, Martin Prince-Parrott, Founder of Sub\Urban Workshop and Muyiwa Oki, Architectural Manager at Mace and a 2023 RIBA Presidential candidate discuss barriers, corporate social responsibility and how the built environment can be more diverse.
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28th June 2022: In the latest episode of our BossCast series, Canary Wharf Group’s managing director of people, culture and customer experience Jane Hollinshead speaks about the areas where real estate has been successful in championing equality, diversity and inclusion, and the lengths it still has to go.
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14th June 2022: IMMO’s co-founder Samantha Kempe explains how tech is helping institutional investors access single-family rental (SFR) and in the latest episode of our BossCast series with Andrew Teacher, she sets out her stall for why the most sustainable buildings are the ones already built.
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8th June 2022: After Monday’s vote, the Prime Minister soldiers on. It came with the high price of a dented ego and a brand-new policy platform rushed out just before the vote. So, what is this new policy platform and what does it mean for business?
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8th June 2022: In the latest ESG episode of PropCast, Christopher Wright, Norges Bank Investment Management’s head of ESG risk monitoring, explains how the sovereign wealth fund uses its size and influence to guide its investments towards better ESG outcomes.
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30th May 2022: As we see the first test cases of the Government’s New National Security and Investment Act, the lack of clarity around ‘call-ins’ is obvious. What can companies do to avoid being seemingly at the mercy of a new political tool for intervention in transactions and M&A?
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28th April 2022: 21Shares launches BOLD, the world’s first Bitcoin and Gold ETP
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25th April 2022: Montfort Communications acquires Blackstock Consulting
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1st March 2022: Montfort receives PRWeek UK ‘Industry Initiative Award’ for 10,000 Black Interns media campaign in 2021
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11th October 2021: Post-Conservative Party Conference and ahead of the Budget, Woolf Thomson Jones digs into three days in Manchester to tell us what the big takeaways are for businesses as the Government continues to navigate challenges on all fronts.
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30th September 2021: Don’t miss Tracy Alexander, Director of Forensic Services for the City of London police, discussing the current state of forensic science, her work with Inside Justice, and, having worked in forensic science for 29 years, she shares the biggest changes in the industry and how TV has skewed people’s perception of forensic scientists.
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13th September 2021: Amid governance scandals and intense scrutiny of businesses during the pandemic, UK companies are under more pressure than ever to demonstrate an authentic commitment to good corporate governance and their fitness to operate. In this podcast, we sit down with Maureen Beresford, Head of Corporate Governance at the Financial Reporting Council, for an exclusive interview to understand how companies and leaders can derive greater benefit for their stakeholders through best practice reporting.
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9th September 2021: Don’t miss Jasper Helder, senior partner at Akin Gump, and one of the most experienced professionals advising on national security, trade policy and export controls issues in the country. Jasper talks to our Senior Consultant Kiran Nagendran about the 2002 Enterprise Act, and the new National Security and Investment Act which will come into force in January 2022.
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26th August 2021: Karlia Lykourgou is a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers. She was called to the bar in 2013 and specialises in criminal defence cases. However, in 2020, she founded Ivy & Normanton, the first legal outfitter specialising in legal attire for women, with the aim of portraying real women and a diverse image of what it means to be a woman in law.
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10th August 2021: Lord Bernard Hogan-Howe is the former Commissioner for the Metropolitan Police. Currently he’s an adviser to the Financial Crime department at city law firm Rosenblatt. What you might not know is that he has made an arrest at every single rank, has ridden a horse at the Grand National, and has ridden a police horse at every London football ground during his term
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27th July 2021: David Marchant is an investigative journalist, the founder and editor of OffshoreAlert, the leading online portal for news on insolvencies, disputes and other problems in high value cross border finance. He discusses getting kicked out of Bermuda, starting OffshoreAlert, dealing with being sued and death threats, and the moral and ethical boundaries he won’t cross as an investigative journalist.
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14th July 2021: What made renowned litigation funding pioneer, Susan Dunn, founder of Harbour Litigation Funding, get into the business in the first place? In this Chancery Lane Chat, Susan shares her fascinating journey into litigation funding, the cases she’s most proud of, what Harbour looks for in a claim, and how litigators can access funding from Harbour.
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23rd June 2021: Tracy Dovaston is partner at Boies Schiller Flexner, with over two decades experience in financial services regulatory investigations, and corporate investigations and disputes. What has been Tracey’s experience working in the traditionally male dominated area of investigations? And why is it mainly men who are attracted to it? And finally, what is Tracey’s top tip for women in law? Don’t miss all this and more in this special International Women’s Day episode.
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7th May 2021: Environmental, social and governance (‘ESG’) factors are critical to investment decision making for young investors according to a new research study published today by Montfort Communications’ asset management practice in conjunction with Boring Money, the retail investment blog and website.
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19th March 2021: The hybrid workplace promises to be more complex than the pre-pandemic model, or indeed the fully-remote workplace. Montfort provides a blueprint to equip managers with the skills, tools and values to encourage successful hybrid working.
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22nd February 2021: Montfort Communications, the fast-growing corporate reputation firm, has been appointed as strategic communications adviser by River and Mercantile Group PLC, the UK listed investment manager with over £44bn assets under management.
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7th January 2021: National World, a special purpose acquisitions company founded by David Montgomery and Vijay Vaghela to create a modern platform for news using the latest technology, acquired JPI Publishing Ltd, (“JPI Group”) on 2 January for £10.2 million.
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22nd December 2020: Charlie Holt is a campaign lawyer for Greenpeace International who advises the charity on its legal strategy and the use of strategic communications around environmental litigation. He discusses the rise of Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs), why he thinks they harm free-speech and the creation of the anti-SLAPP coalition, Protect the Protest.
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1st December 2020: Richard Royds, 30-year veteran of the UK and European asset management industry, has joined Montfort Communications, the corporate reputation specialist, as a senior adviser.
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27th November 2020: This special episode delves into the complex world of whistleblowing with an impressive panel of experts. Constantine Cannon’s whistleblower lawyers, Mary Inman and Henry C Su, alongside investigative journalists, Martin Bright and Katherine Eban, paint a fascinating picture of the US and UK legal and social landscapes within which whistleblowers have to operate. From a recent $48 million whistleblower reward in the US, to possible new whistleblower legislation in the UK, the panel are clear – with reporting under siege, whistleblowers must be protected and valued more than ever before.
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4th November 2020: In 1982 Sharon Jones graduated with honours from Harvard Law School and, yet, she felt she was met with the assumption of being an incompetent lawyer by virtue of not being a white man. Sharon became a highly successful federal prosecutor, in-house counsel to Fortune 500 Corporations and CEO of diversity consultancy, Jones Diversity. Deconstructing implicit bias, Montfort hears that Black Lawyers Matter and becoming an ally requires pushing for change. Montfort Communications is proud to provide pro bono support to a range of initiatives that encourage diversity and inclusion including: 100BlackInterns, The 30% Club, The Taylor Bennett Foundation and the Gray’s Inn Mentoring Scheme.
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29th October 2020: With eyes glued to Netflix and Zoom meetings replacing office space, lockdown has accelerated a ‘digital transformation’ across the world. At the intersection of this new online society is the tech industry, which this week’s guest, Ashley Hurst, International Head of Technology, Media and Comms at Osborne Clarke, says is one of the ‘winning sectors’ of the pandemic. From broadcasting and cyber security to the explosion of internet legislation, Ashley shares technology expertise, advice and predictions.
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22nd October 2020: As a result of Covid-19, the year 2020 will mark historic global change. Alongside geopolitical tensions which some think are reminiscent of the build up to World War 2, we have the added threats of global economic turbulence and climate change. As the pressures of lockdown preys on our morale, the question is – are there any reasons to be optimistic? Yes, says Professor Malik R. Dahlan, who thinks there is a growing appreciation of legal ethics, the Golden Rule and their application through the Rule of Law amongst the global legal community.
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13th October 2020: The recent FinCen Files exposé has once again identified the UK as a possible “weak link” in the global fight against financial crime.
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5th October 2020: Montfort Communications, the corporate reputation firm, has appointed Anthony Eskander to its fast-growing Litigation & Disputes team. Anthony joins from Church Court Chambers, where he practised as a financial crime barrister.
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24th September 2020: Montfort Communications, the fast-growing corporate reputation firm, today announces that it has advised on two of the largest investment trust deals of 2020.
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23rd September 2020: When it comes to state endorsed sanctions, Investigative Lawyer and Partner, Matt Getz, tells Montfort Communications that business reputation is at the mercy of geopolitics, complex law and inaccurate reporting. Matt tackles cases on corruption and white-collar crime and represents multinational corporations in their moment of crisis for his internationally revered firm, Boies Schiller Flexner. In an educational account of financial crime, Matt unveils the differences between the EU and the US model of sanction endorsements, predictions on what the UK’s post-Brexit freedom may entail and how media consultants are ‘invaluable’ when it comes to protecting businesses from uncorroborated press accounts.
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7th September 2020: In a special collaboration between Montfort Communications and Institution Quraysh (iQ), Professor Malik Dahlan has the privilege of discussing the role the Rule of Law has to play in current world events with one of the greatest jurists of our times, the former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Woolf CH. As a Crossbench Peer in the House of Lords with a rich international career, Lord Woolf shares tales of dramatic interactions with Russia’s President Putin, his experience of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Hong Kong and his wisdom on the historic, but temporary, waves of global political tensions. “There are problems, and there are things to be very worried about, but in general, my feeling remains that looking at the matter globally, across countries, the appreciation of the Rule of Law is continually growing”, Lord Woolf reassures.
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24th July 2020: Preparing H1 financial results in the COVID environment
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27th May 2020: When international criminal tribunals deal with accusations of crimes against humanity, media scrutiny is ferocious and reputations fragile. With experience on landmark cases, Steven Kay QC, one of the world’s leading criminal lawyers, reveals that in high profile international criminal cases there are often blurred lines between the law, politics and a ‘narrative’ woven by the media. In a globalised world where lies travel faster than the truth, Montfort hears that multidisciplinary collaboration is the way of the future.
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19th May 2020: A professional who ‘defies categorization’, Michele DeStefano is a highly ranked ‘Legal Rebel’ who researches and writes about the growing intersections between law, business, and legal innovation. As a professor at the University of Miami School of Law and Affiliated Faculty at Harvard Law School, Michele understands why communications and law are becoming like yin and yang professions in reputation management. Michele predicts that the success of law firms in the future will depend on what she calls ‘proactive co-collaboration’.
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12th May 2020: With lawyers underwhelmed by litigation evidence, Nick Bortman co-founded Raedas, a corporate investigations consultancy purely focused on contentious work. Credible evidence for Raedas means evidence that can stand up in court and make a real difference in resolving a dispute. In this episode recorded during the UK’s COVID-19 lockdown, Montfort Communications hears how this specialist consultancy thrives in a niche where contentious work and high stakes are the name of its game. Plus, Nick’s prediction that COVID-19 will lead to relief fund fraud.
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29th April 2020: “Lowering the cost of insurance would be accomplished by such things as making it harder for lawyers to win frivolous lawsuits against insurance companies.” So said the American economist Thomas Sowell. Justifiably or not, I’m sure the board of many insurance companies would share this sentiment. But Sowell probably did not have in mind the kind of backlash insurers are facing during the time of a pandemic, and the sorts of class actions touted in the media across the world against insurers who are refusing business interruption claims brought about as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.
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28th April 2020: What exactly are McMafia laws and what does it have to do with Mrs Hajiyeva spending £16 million in Harrods? Alan Ward, a senior lawyer at Stephenson Harwood specialising in corporate and white-collar crime, uncovers the details of the UK’s controversial anti-money laundering powers in Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) to begin combating £4.4 billion of London’s criminal assets – both its background and its problems including unfairness and resourcing shortages to an accounting nightmare.
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27th April 2020: At Montfort we strive to anticipate the issues that our clients are facing and to help us we have a longstanding relationship with economic and social forecaster David Murrin. In recent years he has correctly called significant geopolitical moves and political results, notably calling the result of the Brexit referendum before the referendum was even announced, the election of Donald Trump, and the rise of China to challenge the US for global leadership. A year ago, David urged his subscribers to heed the economic threat posed by a global pandemic. And from late 2019, he has accurately forecast the impact of COVID-19 on society and global financial markets – including the exact dates that the markets and the oil price fell.
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22nd April 2020: As the lockdown persists, companies and shareholders are coming to terms with the idea of ‘virtual AGMs.’ Montfort was a pioneer in this field when, in 2016, we managed the first virtual AGM permitted under LSE rules, (for Jimmy Choo). Since then, we have assisted LVMH in staging a series of hugely successful shareholder meetings which have expanded the boundaries of shareholder engagement and general reputational outreach.
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21st April 2020: In 2014 when film, The Interview, about the assassination of North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un went from being a harmless spoof to the cause of a mass cyber-attack on Sony Pictures, Jonathan Pearl was Sony’s General Counsel in the USA. Bringing together his legal expertise and technological savvy, Montfort hears Jonathan’s crisis management pearls of wisdom on communications, how to mitigate long-term reputational damage and retain public trust when hackers do their worst.
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14th April 2020: In an age of fake news, ‘black PR campaigns’ and ‘anti-immigration propaganda’, communications expertise is ‘pivotal’ for success, immigration solicitor Elena Tsirlina advises. With immigration being a hot topic in the media, be it accurate reporting or the proliferation of misinformation online, Elena gives communications consultancy Montfort her ‘winning formula’ for cases with ferocious public interest – along with a powerful message for the media to educate on immigration, not misinform.
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9th April 2020: At a time when the world seems to be going to hell in a hand cart, with stock exchanges plunging and ominous talk of a global depression, many are asking if this is the end of the road for the ESG bandwagon? When companies are rightly focused on survival, should investors abandon their ESG commitments and their related requirements of companies as bull market excess?
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7th April 2020: No more pie in the sky policies, Sir Keir’s team have the expertise to deliver
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7th April 2020: From A-listers Naomi Campbell to Sir Cliff Richard, lawyer Gideon Benaim gives Montfort the inside story of what makes communications and legal expertise a ‘fundamental’ partnership in protecting the reputation of his many and varied high-profile clients. As Head of Reputation at law firm, Simkins, Gideon uses reputation law to help companies in a range of sectors and high net worth individuals when crisis strikes. How does he do it? With the ‘best people advising’ from the earliest possible moment.
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31st March 2020: The Montfort Communications Litigation & Disputes team explore how reputation management plays a crucial part in determining who is the ‘right winner’ or the ‘wronged loser’ in high profile litigation.
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27th March 2020: Montfort’s Malcolm Munro, a former senior ITN journalist, reviews how business communicators are handling the coronavirus crisis.
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26th March 2020: Anyone who has been booked to attend an event over the last fortnight, has likely been a witness to the wave of widespread cancellations, brought about by the measures imposed to contain the coronavirus outbreak.
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24th March 2020: Business should not think that the current crisis presents an opportunity to bury bad news. The opposite is the case and organisations will not be able to dodge bullets, nor sugar the pill.
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20th March 2020: Given unprecedented gyrations in financial markets, a brutal ending to the longest bull run in living memory and unabating volatility and fearfulness, it is crucial for companies to continue to show leadership to their investors.
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18th March 2020: While the Covid-19 pandemic presents real challenges and dilemmas in all walks of life, Montfort is focusing on short term solutions and long-term intelligence to help our clients plot their way through the crisis.
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28th February 2020: “It is a myth that you cannot have financial returns as well as social impact.”
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28th February 2020: Alex Just and Stuart Leach, from Montfort Communications’ Litigations and Disputes team, joined Nicholas Bortman and Jenna Burton of Raedas in a recent webinar.
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10th February 2020: Coronavirus has put the spotlight on the international community’s capability to manage the contagion, not least in the field of communications.
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6th February 2020: The fast-growing corporate reputation specialist has made a senior hire in its Change & Employee Engagement area.
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13th January 2020: Montfort Communications, the fast-growing corporate reputation firm, has been appointed as a strategic communications adviser by BNP Paribas Asset Management.
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6th January 2020: After the festive break many listed company boards will soon reconvene with some facing the heightened possibility of difficult pre-AGM shareholder discussions…
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19th December 2019: On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me – a Boris bonanza, runway to Brexit and surge in sterling…
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13th November 2019: Woolf Thomson-Jones
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