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2021 Media Trends
Ian Kirby
Despite the January gloom, our best days lie ahead
Matthew Elliott
Anatomy of a Communicator
Nick Barron
Earning trust is simpler than you think
The rise of the ‘nervy-vaxxer’: overcoming one of comms’ greatest challenges
Kate Pogson and Greg Double
News
Political Insider: Spending Review
Political Insider: James Slack, New Downing Street Director of Communications
Jamie Lyons
The 2020 US Presidential Election: A Networked Age Guide
Nick Barron and James Gurling
Capital Markets Spotlight On: M&A Defence Positioning
We are The Village Green Preservation Society
New normal, reshaped NHS
Miles Watson, Laura Cook, Clara McDermott Simarro, Jessica Lewington, Ibrahim Zafar, Kacey Cogle and Madeleine Harris Smith
Mind the Gap – communicating diversity into 2021 and beyond
For those that come after me
Samantha Ndebele
Seven Internal Communications Ideas to Support Your Recovery Plan
James Midmer
Trending in Social: Campaign launches everywhere
Katie Aldridge
COVID-19 vs The World
Isabelle Scali
What lessons can the NHS learn from COVID-19?
Maddy Farnworth
MHP Health boosts senior team with hires from BCW, Incisive and ViiV
Build Back Better: programme for action or shovel ready soundbite?
Natasha Egan-Sjodin
Thought Leadership
Age of Advocacy: The Importance of the Patient Voice in the Networked Age
Why facemasks became a political fault line in the crucible of social media
Trading Places: how has COVID changed the narrative around the biggest NHS clinical priorities?
Brexit Update: Through the Looking Glass
Planning ahead in a noisy and uncertain world
Deborah Villiers
Dismantling Public Health England may exacerbate the already significant health inequalities in England
Clara McDermott Simarro
Setting new standards in behavioural science
Remote working could radically change the political landscape
New Leader: New Challenges
James Gurling
MHP appointed by Turkish fintech Papara to support its European expansion strategy
Conferences by Convention
Thomas Messenger
MHP to develop new corporate communications strategy for cryptocurrency firm Coinbase
To share or not to share – what impact has COVID-19 had on the public’s health data-sharing concerns?
Capital Markets Spotlight On: The Future Value of ESG
The end of DFID as we know it?
Julie Henri and Ibrahim Zafar
Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef Appoints Engine MHP as its Global Agency of Record
Yes COVID-19 has accelerated innovation, but patients must now be heard in its adoption
Rachel Power, Chief Executive, Patients Association
Journalism to rise to the challenge of the News Normal
Keith Gladdis
Atos hires MHP to deliver a “truly story-first approach”
Locking in health gains post-COVID
Philippa Brice and Charlotte Moss
It’s time to change the conversation
Arabella Moore
My Nightingale Experience
Laura Williams
Dark clouds on the horizon?
Mark Dayan and Matthew Elliott
The pandemic has shown UK science at its best, but challenges loom on the horizon
Jane Hughes
Getting the NHS back on its feet – redrafting the social contract
Miles Watson
Our new partnership with leading behavioural science consultancy – Influence at Work UK
MHP Back to Business Media Training
MHP Health: Innovation Inspiration
The challenge ahead: lockdown recovery communications
Barnaby Fry
MHP Health Strengthens Patient Advocacy Team
Adapt to Overcome: perspectives on Covid-19
Andrew McCracken and Paul Burstow
How Covid will change corporate behaviour and challenge the pre-eminence of shareholders
Alistair de Kare-Silver
Number 10 Special Advisor joins MHP’s Public Affairs team
The New Normal: What role do influencers play?
COVID-19: The Disunited Kingdom
Vashti Miller and Frances Neilson
Despite COVID, we should remain cautiously optimistic about ICS rollout
William Pett
Engine Mischief hires new creative director
COVID-19: changing the rules of financial communications
Oliver Hughes
Engine MHP + Mischief make a key digital hire
COVID-19: What Analysts are saying about Company Results Meetings
World Immunisation Week
Arabella Moore and Leith Greenslade
COVID-19 disproportionately effects BAME individuals, will they be proportionally represented in clinical trials?
Annette Jack
How Behavioural Science Can Shape Britain’s Exit Strategy
Nightingale hospitals; an agile future for the NHS?
Ben Jones
The New Age of Advocacy
Jonathon Sheppard, Jonathan Blades, Michael Connellan and Alison Dunlop
Kicking open the digital front door of the NHS
Ben Davison and Suzy Foster
MHP Lockdown Sessions
Why it’s important to support young creatives in lockdown
Georgina Rudkin
Tips for Video Call Media Interviews
Inside the communications around COVID
Joseph Marks and Denis Campbell
How Can Industry Help Patient Groups Survive An Unprecedented Threat?
Jonathon Sheppard and Alison Dunlop
Parliament goes virtual
Holly Johal
A NICE transformation?
Nicola Boyd
Labour’s New Era: The View From Tom Watson
Tom Watson
The Labour Party is back in the serious game of politics
Leadership communications in times of crisis: PR chiefs offer insights
MHP boosts fintech roster with Klarna win
Sunak’s Spending Spree: Engine MHP Budget 2020 panel
Coronavirus: Communicating your response
Young journalists should be celebrated not abused online
MHP + Mischief 30 To Watch: Young Journalist Awards 2020
Time to think big with campaigns for small businesses
Sam Holl
Every Breath Counts Campaign
Bridging the gap – gender as a barrier to health awareness campaigns
Rebecca Lawes and Vashti Miller
MHP strengthens Capital Markets team with two senior hires
With a little more kindness
Madeleine Harris Smith
Digitalising the Doctors orders
MHP appoints Nick Woods as Head of Financial Services
An audience with the Prime Minister to mark Twenty years of World Cancer Day
Can you predict the future in PR?
Callum Attew
Who’s in the Chair?
Gabriel Gavin
Predicting design trends of 2020
MHP Design
New decade, new hope…
Frances Neilson
Ones to watch: Healthcare champions in the new Parliament
Where next for the Liberal Democrats?
Chris Adams
Where next for the Labour Party?
Where next for the Conservative Party?
Amy Fisher
A 21st century election: how communications influences the polls
A night canvassing in Battersea – bellwether no more?
Charlotte Tosti
In poor health – no sign of a long term cure to Northern Irish governance crisis
‘Choose emotion over function’ – how to create a great financial services campaign
Matt Village
Take a look in the mirror
Reg Hoare
What Happens on Social Media, Doesn’t Stay on Social Media
Matt Rhodes
Can Brand Purpose Be Global?
Maria Sizyakova
The View From Brussels
Giles Keane
The Brexit Election
The interview that should have turned everything around
Ian Kirby, Keith Gladdis, Barney Fry
Could this election see the rise of the independents?
Mental health ‘at risk of being crowded out’ during election debate
Paul Burstow, Senior Adviser
When it comes to the NHS, why is ‘private’ still such a dirty word?
Kate Pogson
How do we make disruptors less disruptive?
General Election 2019 – MHP Political Insider analysis
Diversity in Financial Services
Diversity 2.0 – it’s time to look at the bigger picture
Cat OmmanneyDirector – Financial Services, MHP
What communications challenge? Customers don’t need to know about Open Banking
Mike Robb
By 2030, pneumonia will kill 11 million more children unless the world takes decisive action now
Fighting the last war
Be careful what you wish for
Make room for ‘Workington Man’
Queen’s Speech – Politicising the Queen
Tom Hamilton
Queen’s Speech – Sunny Uplands v 1970s
Brexit: Business leadership in a moment of turmoil
Are brands guilty of embracing purpose as defined by liberal city dwellers, while largely ignoring other tribes?
Betting the House on Health? Can Boris Johnson win public trust when it comes to running the NHS
Robert Ede
How not to change your mind: BBC backflip becomes face-plant
Michaela Gray
MHP’s Insider panel reviews the PM’s speech
Sajid Javid pitches Conservatives as the ‘Workers’ party’
Labour Conference:Going through the motions
MHP’s Insider panel reviews Corbyn’s speech
Labour Conference: Business Given Little to Cheer
Labour conference: the view from CCHQ
Labour on Health: Turning a new leaf?
They didn’t shoot the Deputy
Labour Party Conference – Setting The Scene
Lib Dems use conference to flesh out policy agenda
Engine MHP launches first ever Visual Communication Graduate Scheme
Lib Dems pledge to block Brexit
The PR industry often denies it, but superficial indicators count
Labour: In the SNP’s pocket?
Corporate sustainability strategies must go further and faster in the coming decade
Events
The Networked Age: The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same
Saskia Kendall
Lib Dems could be the big winners from a Johnson premiership
Continuity represents both a challenge and an opportunity for our ambitious Health Secretary
Labour’s Boris Johnson Problem
What constraints will the new Prime Minister face?
What does the Boris coronation mean for Government?
Can the new cabinet meet the looming brexit deadline?
Will Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt be able to unravel Brexit’s ‘Gordian Knot’?
Boris Johnson as Prime Minister: Electoral Implications
Fintechs are missing a trick ignoring older generations. They’re the ones with the money.
Why “the apology” can no longer be the default option of the corporate crisis
Awards
MHP Health win big at Communiqué
How to spot Fake News
Nick Collins
Against the tide of shareholder activism
Welcome to The Fake News Age – telling health fact vs fiction
Miles Watson and Tara Phaneuf
Best Laid Plan? Assessing NHS Leaders’ Views on the NHS Long Term Plan
Robert Ede and Jonothan Blackbourn
Men’s Health Week – is gender harming men’s health?
Laure-Anais Zultak and Hayley Blackburn
Diversity celebrated at 30 To Watch Awards
Adam Batstone
Rising to the scale of the challenge: time for new thinking on tackling mental health
Isabel Lawicka
MHP announces winners of 30 To Watch: Young Journalist Awards 2019
Capturing the patient voice through film
Rebecca Lawes
Rachel Bower to lead new Brand & Reputation practice
The Networked Age: Coming soon to a company near you
Labour: Trying not to talk about Brexit
mytaxi appoints MHP as Public Affairs advisor
MHP wins another leading fintech company
Have we reached The End of Excess?
Revolut appoints MHP for strategic brief
Brexit update: May fights on multiple fronts
Amy Fisher and Tom Hamilton
Jake Humphrey and the #ninefornorah campaign
Varinder Dhinsa
MHP wins Large Agency of the Year at PRmoment Awards
Alex Bigg
Tony Gallagher and Tina Daheley to host 30 To Watch awards
Health fact vs harmful fiction – the role of communications in navigating the fake news era
Brexit update: Who’s lost control?
Back in business
Helen Byard
MHP appoints new senior crisis specialist
International Women’s Day – How do we achieve gender balance in healthcare?
MHP strengthens Capital Markets team with hire of Tulchan’s Peter Hewer
Avon Rubber appoints MHP as financial PR adviser
3 Conservative MPs join The Independent Group
7 MPs quit Labour Party to form new independent group
Children’s mental health: In the limelight but challenges remain
Ibrahim Zafar
MHP to sponsor Headlinemoney Awards
Has cancer had its time in the spotlight?
Catrin Hughes
Top agency seeks bright grads
Katie Spence
News to look forward to in 2019
The future of influencer marketing – do you know the new rules?
Emily Canessa Davies
Financial Services Reputation Index for Asia: Has the sector become complacent?
Emma Smith
Brexit: What next for Labour?
May’s defeat puts pressure back on Brussels
Matthew Elliott, former CEO Vote Leave
Open Banking: living up to the hype?
Social impact platform tickr appoints MHP
The new battle on the doorstep – opening the digital doorway to the NHS
Rachel Rowson
Predicting design trends of 2019
MHP announces panel event – Open Banking: living up to the hype?
London & Capital appoints MHP as PR adviser
Helping Promote the Public Good of Universities
MHP Health Team Win PRCA Party Conference Fringe Event of the Year Award
Universities UK Appoints MHP To Promote Universities
MHP Health Team Win Coveted PharmaTimes ‘NHS Communications Team of the Year’ Award
MHP appoints former senior Labour policy adviser
Is this pension equality? Not quite
Andrew Fleming
Speedy Hire appoints MHP
New hires boost brand and financial services
Daily Mail’s hard Brexit u-turn under Georgie Greig
Tech support for mental health
Hancock’s high-tech approach to cancer care
Why health jargon is bad for you
Robert Ede and Michael Cousins
Podcasts
On Message: New Rules for The Networked Age
MHP
MHP partners with Affective Brain Lab to launch Networked Age research
What is The Networked Age?
How do you make people positive about HIV?
Brexit puts May at the crossroads
MHP wins consumer briefs for all Kimberly-Clark UK brands
MHP flying high for #RAF100
Lesley Sandford
Women and investing – it’s time to move the needle
Cat Ommanney and Kelsey Traynor
How MHP helped #RAF100 become a Twitter trend
On Message: Changing the story about higher education
The Download: Matt Hancock
Pete Digger and Robert Ede
Capital Markets builds momentum with succession of IPOs
Kate Pogson wins Communique Award
Draper Esprit appoints MHP to manage financial PR
Ten trends from 2018 Digital News Report
Who will regulate the future of Artificial Intelligence?
New Daily Mail editor Geordie Greig has big shoes to fill
Can empty warehouses mean green shoots?
Law firm Knights appoints MHP for AIM IPO
The Download: Wired Health 2018
MHP HK appoints James Hill
Britain’s top young journalists named in 30 To Watch awards
Address your stress
MHP helps take Coca-Cola European Partners forward
MHP Communications
On Message: What makes a great podcast?
Record numbers apply for 30 to Watch awards
Face off: The next big digital privacy scandal
Tom Gillingham
GKN and Melrose – The Great British Takeover
Jack Hickman
Do politics and pensions mix?
Andy Fleming
Poll King Curtice describes Brexit impact on UK voting
Sir John Curtice, University of Strathclyde
Laithwaite’s Wine create a brand new colour
Tom Hills
PLSA Investment Conference 2018: Who said what
James Morgan
Spring Statement 2018: The death of the political set piece?
On Message: Ten years after the crash – do we trust bankers?
How women are shaping future of healthcare
New capital markets head completes team changes
Reputation in Financial Services: Problem Solved?
NHS Trust boards must take control of new data laws – or face the fines
Man and machine
Gary Neale
France’s vision for setting ethical health policy
Laure-Anais Zultak
Reputation of fintech staggeringly low with only 8% of consumers positive
On Message: Health, social care and the NHS at tipping point
MHP announces 30 to Watch: Young Journalist Awards 2018
Cancer: the big issues for 2018
Anna Reilly, Catrin Hughes and Michael Cousins
Neptune Investment Management appoints MHP
Charlie Barker
What a Strava palaver
Predicting design trends of 2018
A New Year and a new, healthier you…? Well, at least until February…
Open Banking: Game-changer or reputational minefield?
Who Won The News
What a Carrie on at the BBC
MHP strengthens leadership and expands health practice offer
The Day of the MiFIDS is here…what can we expect?
Old Masters and shoe laces: My route to PR
Charles Hirst
Super-cool comms, Instagram zeitgeist and Alexa news
On Message: ‘Awkward conversations’ Talking FemTech to investors, media and consumers
Gemma Irvine is new Head of Brand
Gender imbalance; a threat to humanity?
Fiscal Phil’s Budget tightrope act
Lisa Hunter
MHP Budget poll reveals spending split
Alastair Hill
Welcome to our new website
Delivering Hope – a win to be proud of
Navigating the MiFID II maze
Christian Pickel
Safeguarding your School’s reputation – the dos and don’ts of communicating in a crisis
On Message: Party conference preview
IDS to speak at MHP Budget briefing
Common sense plan to tackle pension timebomb
Media training masterclasses
MHP Media
The starting pistol and the loaded gun: Next steps for STPs
Rachel Ross
Big data: Healthcare’s friend or foe?
Is the news breaking?
Dirty Digger or fit and proper?
Keith Gladdis and Adam Batstone
On Message: Vlogger, coder or editor – who will dominate UK media?
MHP appoints new heads of Corporate and Public Affairs
On Message: Election 2017, who’s winning the comms campaign?
Mike Robb is new Head of Financial Services
Megan Stott
Nick Barron is new MHP deputy CEO
MHP toasts young media stars
Fry takes on MHP Crisis role
MHP opens in Singapore
Daily Mail Executive News Editor Keith Gladdis joins MHP Communications
#MissingType: Campaign of the year
Alex Bigg joins MHP as CEO
Who’s solving the social care crisis?
MHP Briefing – Next Steps on the NHS Five Year Forward View
Why live video streaming is challenging TV
Georgia Laudat
Osborne’s new job is a PR coup
School’s out
On Message: The case for strident PR
Gove scoop: Who pulled the strings?
PR in the 90s: A survivor’s story
Mark Perkins
Big Bang – 30 years on
Why the brainstorm is such a thing as a bad idea
Cry me a river: why it’s time to stop floating stuff down the Thames
