The importance audio-visual communications

Read our latest blog written by our Senior Communications Executive, Gina Francey.  As somebody who works in PR, my work normally sees me spend a reasonable chunk of my time meeting and ‘networking’ with clients, journalists, and key stakeholders. Meeting someone in person is always helpful in making a good first impression and forging the […]

Prioritising mental health during Coronavirus

Read our latest blog written by our Senior Communications Executive, Gina Francey.  As a nation I think we are more aware of mental health and wellbeing than we ever have been. Over the last decade significant changes to social attitudes in response to mental health have improved and now every child in the country is […]

Cyber security: IT matters…

Read our latest blog written by our Managing Director, Caroline Woffenden.  The UK is in the midst of the biggest remote working and schooling experience in history, with millions of us impacted on a daily basis due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This new era brings various changes and challenges, not least given our increased reliance […]

Positive PR during the COVID-19 crisis

Read our latest blog written by our Communications Director, Ashlea McConnell. Lockdown, as it is now commonly known, has had a pretty significant impact on everyone. Whether you are considered a key worker and are therefore commuting to deliver vital front line services, on furlough, or officially ‘working from home’ and embracing the likes of […]

The importance of culture

Read our latest blog written by our Managing Director, Caroline Woffenden. During times of crisis driving the right culture is more important than ever in securing the ongoing success of an organisation. But as many business and HR leaders are currently experiencing, that is not always front of mind – is it not! – when […]

Is this what dystopia feels like?

Read our latest blog written by our Senior Communications Executive, Gina Francey.   As a lover of fiction, when times get tough you can often find me with my head buried in a book, rather than the sand. Given recent Government advice telling us not to leave the house I now have more time than […]

High achieving women

Read our latest blog written by our Managing Director, Caroline Woffenden. I’m a proud advocate of working women. We have a lot to thank our ancestors for in nudging us ever nearer to the table of equality. There’s still a way to go, granted, in what continues to be seen as a patriarchal world across […]

Staying alone together

The ways in which we connect to one another have drastically changed as a result of the current state of the world due to the ongoing pandemic. During this period I’ve really started to think about community and relationships, and what that means to me personally. Right now, many of us are working from home […]

Tips to ensure you stay productive whilst working from home

In response to the most recent guidance set out by The Government, the MK team has taken the decision to practice social distancing as a precautionary measure to ensure that we reduce social interaction and the likely transmission of coronavirus (COVID-19). For some, the opportunity to work from home may be the dream they have […]

Connecting Through the Kitchen

Cooking has always been a part of my life in a big way, whether I realised it or not. Growing up as an immigrant in Dubai, the biggest link to my Indian heritage was the hours I would spend helping my mother make traditional dishes that didn’t just taste like home but felt like it […]