Stuart Thomson
Stuart Thomson leads Bircham Dyson Bell’s public affairs practice. He advises clients on government engagement including political and corporate communications and reputation management. He is the author of several books and writes a blog, www.bdb-law.co.uk/publicaffairsblog
What is the GDPR?
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a piece of legislation which will overhaul data protection law in the EU. It comes into force on 25 May 2018 and will harmonise EU data protection law. (...
Her communications challenge will be to keep the agenda focused on Brexit when actually there is not that much to say. Her stated aim in announcing the election is to remove opposition in Westminster to Brexit but that simply will not happen,...
There is no doubt that 2016 was full of surprises, some of which were unwelcome. But the shock at the UK’s vote to leave the European Union and Donald Trump winning the US presidential election led to blame being placed firmly at the door of...
I must admit to being as guilty as other bloggers when it comes to writing posts about crisis communications. Many of these posts focus on the paucity of ‘the apology’, the lack of empathy, a failure to answer even the most basic of questions and...
The UK’s decision to back Brexit shocked everyone, even those campaigning for it. Whilst the financial markets have a chance to react immediately, just look at the value of sterling, businesses face a more challenging position – a...
With the result of the UK European Union membership referendum to be announced at the end of June, some opinion polls are showing a lead for the Brexit campaign.
Many organisations have so far preferred not to...
Poor behaviour, by an individual or an organisation, will always make for a good media story. It is all well and good putting a crisis plan together and media training senior executives, but they should only be considered to be the basic...
Public affairs develops and evolves but it is consistent in offering organisations the ability to ensure better engagement in decision-making processes.
That messages comes through loud and clear from practitioners across the world in my...