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Storming into Spring
Despite the odd storm or three, this time of year is when we think about the summer and start to swing into action. What do you have planned? New job? New location? A spring clean of your internal communications channels? A relook at how you work with your team?...
New Year, New Beginnings
It’s been another crazy, tumultuous year hasn’t it? And, perhaps not surprisingly, companies are unsure about how their people are feeling about their work and their workplaces right now. And yet what we do know is that the ’employee experience’ is important to...
Andy Macleod joins Comma Partners
In 2021 Comma Partners welcomed Andy Macleod to the business in a new Director role. Andy has been part of the internal communications industry for over 20 years. Most recently he was Director at Gallagher (previously Gatehouse), specialising in internal...
How the Pandemic Affected Microsoft UK
With Paul Downey, Head of Employee Communications I was delighted to catch up with Paul Downey, Microsoft UK’s Head of Employee Communications recently to explore how the pandemic has impacted his business and specifically how Paul’s team had adapted employee...
Self-employed and contracting with a single company? Read on. IR35 affects you.
The change in IR35 (off-payroll) rules was not welcomed by the communication, engagement and change industry which has long been populated by contractors using their own limited companies to cover vacancies or maternity leave, support growth and recovery through...
Flutter Entertainment’s Corporate Communications & Engagement Director about the impact of the pandemic
Last week, Virginia talked to Paul Lloyd, Flutter Entertainment’s Corporate Communications & Engagement Director about the impact of the pandemic on the business and how their communications adapted. All shops closed but there was no furlough and on-line business...
How the Fenwick’s internal communications team responded to the pandemic
We know the impact on retail was dramatic during Covid. In Virginia’s interview with Donna Reeves, Fenwick’s Head of Communication and Engagement, hear how this famous family business supported their employees and adapted their business to meet new consumer demands....
How Bupa’s communications team adapted during the pandemic
What was it like inside the healthcare business during Covid and how did the communications team adapt to support employees during the last 15 months? Join Virginia Hicks in her recent conversation with Jo Hudson, Bupa’s Global Head of Internal Communication. (Please...
How good leaders made the difference during the pandemic
Virginia Hicks talks to OD consultant, Marcus Powell, about what good leadership looks like in his experience. The video also refers to Marcus’s blog which can be found at https://www.commapartners.com/leaders-as-sense-makers/