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  • Monday, 9 January, 2023
    Teneo Holdings
    Teneo buys UK financial PR firm Tulchan for more than £65mn

    Deal marks latest consolidation by US group in lucrative business of corporate communications advice

  • Monday, 28 November, 2022
    News in-depth
    Global PR trade body at war over Ukraine comments

    Longstanding director-general attacked in poisonous power battle over governance

  • Monday, 5 September, 2022
    Rutherford Hall
    You can’t buy integrity, but you can nick the idea

    An FT column offering a behind-the-scenes look at the work of Rutherford Hall, critical communications strategist

  • Monday, 4 April, 2022
    Tom Brady joins firm launched by disgraced PR guru Declan Kelly

    American football star is named on Consello site as a partner alongside ex-Qualcomm and ex-Uber executives

  • Wednesday, 30 March, 2022
    British Airways PLC
    BA flights disrupted and cancelled at Heathrow after IT failure

    Passengers report being stuck on planes and missing connections in latest mishap for airline

  • Wednesday, 2 March, 2022
    Public relations firms cut Russia ties amid reputational fears

    Agencies from FTI to Brunswick ditch clients regardless of their risk of sanctions

  • Thursday, 10 February, 2022
    Due Diligence
    Guess who’s back, back again Premium content

    Plus, Luckin Coffee takes another shot at a US listing and the Securities and Exchange Commission takes aim at private equity’s fee free-for-all

  • Wednesday, 9 February, 2022
    Declan Kelly
    PR guru Declan Kelly plots comeback after sexual harassment claims

    Teneo co-founder forms new venture called Consello and has advised companies including Intel

  • Thursday, 13 January, 2022
    Due Diligence
    Bad publicity: the PR firms accused of spinning climate misinformation Premium content

    Plus, Houston emerges as the US’s unexpected new bankruptcy court capital, and Didi looks for a second chance in Hong Kong

  • Monday, 23 August, 2021
    Andrew Hill
    Beware: new chief executives are getting ready for their close-up

    Their videos may be cheesy but it pays for them to appeal direct to stakeholders

  • Tuesday, 6 July, 2021
    Teneo Holdings
    Troubled PR firm Teneo picks Ursula Burns as new chair

    Group scrambles to reassure clients following resignation of boss after misconduct allegations

  • Thursday, 1 July, 2021
    Teneo Holdings
    How Teneo’s master of the dark arts spun out of control

    Declan Kelly built the world’s premier CEO advisory firm but failed to survive his own reputational crisis

  • Wednesday, 30 June, 2021
    Due Diligence
    Damage control: PR firm Teneo navigates a crisis of its own Premium content

    Plus, private equity heads to the public markets, and Lex Greensill clears up a ‘misunderstanding’

  • Friday, 25 June, 2021
    GM cuts ties with Teneo after CEO misconduct allegations

    Claims of drunken touching of women by Declan Kelly has left PR firm trying to reassure staff and clients

  • Thursday, 24 June, 2021
    Due Diligence
    Friends in high places: Buffett’s banker buys into Brunswick Premium content

    Plus, Toshiba’s boardroom theatrics, and the chief of struggling drugmaker GSK presses on under activist pressure

  • Wednesday, 23 June, 2021
    Professional services
    Brunswick agrees to sell stake to US fund run by Buffett’s banker

    Deal values UK public relations group at £500m and triggers big payout for chair Alan Parker

  • Tuesday, 4 August, 2020
    FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly
    Someone should have a word with the government’s graphics team

    The rules are crystal clear: WASH COVER MAKE. HANDS FACE SPACE.

  • Tuesday, 26 May, 2020
    US & Canadian companies
    Corporate events get creative to beat lockdown doldrums

    Planners move beyond video conferences to entertain clients without meeting in person

  • Tuesday, 12 May, 2020
    FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly
    Someone should have a word with the government’s slogan department

    We Stand Together. Together Meaning 2 Metres Apart, Of Course.

  • Friday, 30 August, 2019
    Jonathan Guthrie
    How Tim Bell was overtaken by modern PR

    As City communications professionalised, brutality became more useful than charm

  • Tuesday, 27 August, 2019
    ObituaryLord Bell
    Tim Bell, PR and advertising executive, 1941-2019

    Thatcher’s spin-doctor could turn on the charm when he needed to

  • Thursday, 7 February, 2019
    LexMedia
    Publicis: cagency theory Premium content

    Disappointing results signal industry turf war is hitting hard

  • Friday, 11 January, 2019
    FT AlphavilleThomas Hale
    When the public relations industry does PR for itself
  • Tuesday, 4 December, 2018
    FT AlphavilleThomas Hale
    What crowdfunding is really about
  • Friday, 26 October, 2018
    The Top LineMatthew Garrahan
    The stiff challenge facing Nick Clegg at Facebook

    Running communications for the social network is probably the worst job in corporate world

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