South Western Railways have just announced that they are going to give away coffee and jelly beans. This incredible act of generosity is...

The fall of Bell Pottinger has given the PR industry a serious wake up call. Corporate ethics is now top of the agenda for many agencies...

We all know Elon Musk is far from shy when it comes to his ambitious claims but today's announcement could change the world as we know...

Money towards incredible Airbnb's around the world, freedom to work poolside while travelling, or even unlimited paid holiday leave -...

The first thing to say is that it will not be a PR win for a business, if the reporting on its gender pay gap, that it legally has to do,...

Change is upon us. News has broken today that Twitter is currently testing an increase in their character limit, allowing some users to...

As much as I enjoy the odd trip to an art gallery, I could never pretend to know much about the art world, as interesting as it can be....

Despite political change and uncertainty looming over the nation, Brits are officially a little bit happier in 2017!

This is according to...

Tim Harford has written a brilliant column, about the "dead cat" strategy which got me thinking about gender pay gap reporting. 

The...

If my father had suggested coming on a gap year with me when I was 24, I would have been horrified! In those days parents fitted firmly...

Out of all the social media platforms my favourite is Instagram. 

Beautiful pictures - tick;  a keyhole perspective into other...

I recently read this highly amusing article on cracked.com, on how stupid people can fall into just five categories. And best of all,...

I can remember when Uber first hit the London scene. It was a pandemic of PR with everyone everywhere talking about it and recommending it.

There is probably not going to be Uber in London - unless the courts overturn the mayor of London's ruling. Personally, that is a huge...

First up I want to make it clear that I love the English language - pretty much all of it - well said or badly written.  I am no...

A fascinating survey has been released by the Institute of Practitioners of Advertising (IPA) which reveals how we spend our time...

Jeremy Hunt has a three pronged plan for tackling mental health. It's probably the first plan the government has really come up with. 

Where we were once hypothesising about the days of a cashless society, we could soon be doing the same about world without cards too as...

I recently listened to the Freakonomics podcast on failure and the upside of quitting. It's an interesting phenomenon, that we've...

As a society we are extremely lucky to have a huge amount of information available at our fingertips. Social media, newspapers,...

Lloyd's of London have been ready and waiting to insure autonomous aeroplanes and ships for years, but regulators aren't ready to let them.

Ryanair has done wonders for the growth of short-haul travel and is now Europe's largest airline. But at a time when it is cancelling...

A misty morning at the beginning of autumn and magical  deer on the magnificent long walk at Windsor Great Park. What could be...

The announcement comes on to turn off all mobile phones and enjoy tonight’s performance. The lights go down and the conductor strikes up...

Free Will - the power of acting without the constraint of necessity or fate; the ability to act at one's own discretion.

Free Will is a...

Quick thought experiment for you... Imagine the production company behind a smash hit series find out that another company is stealing...

For a while now 'flexible working' has been the workplace buzz phrase, used when talking about millennials' attitude to work, new mums...

Insurance is rarely something I ever think about. It only really enters my consciousness when I’m about to go on holiday. 

So I ask...

I don't want to add to the commentary about the demise of Bell Pottinger, as I think that has been fully explored, even exploited by...

Last week I was invited to a business award ceremony. It was in an interesting location and the after dinner speaker was the Reverend...

This week I sat in new business meeting and watched my team perform. It was magical and like watching the philharmonic at their best. The...

I have always loved Mary Wesley's novel The Camomile Lawn.  I fear this is out of sheer vanity -  as one her protagonists...

The BBC is one of Britain's proudest institutions, but what does its future look like?

As Netflix and other digital streaming services...

As a nation, we now spend more time using technology than we do sleeping as UK adults reportedly spend an average of eight hours and 41...

The majority of industries are currently undergoing a shake-up, and the funerals industry is no exception. 

We've been burying our dead...

So apparently I'm a millennial. But so are lots of other people. My 35 year old neighbour, with a wife, 2 kids, a mortgage and a dog -...

Journalists get a bad reputation for being salacious and digging into people's private matters. But at the end of it all, without correct...

If I used this post to run a poll on how many people regularly spend time scrolling down the sidebar of shame on the Mail Online I am...

This week has seen the fall of what was once  of the UK's leading PR houses Bell Pottinger. On Tuesday the founder Lord Bell who left the...

This week many thousands of people will have received a sternly worded letter warning that HMRC is getting 'unprecedented amounts of...