Our Insights
Sub title
On business, politics, communities, markets and media
Sub title
On business, politics, communities, markets and media

News
SEC Newgate UK becomes first communications agency to be accredited as an age inclusive employer
SEC Newgate UK has become the first in its industry to become a fully age-inclusive accredited business through its partnership with 55/Redefined, an...
Read more

News
Is ‘Have Your Say’ going away?
Recently, the Government announced plans to scrap statutory requirements for pre-application consultation on NSIPs. The proposals would strike most of...
Read more

News
Communicating in chaos 2025: where do Americans go for trusted information?
A new flagship report from our US colleagues at Global Strategy Group, ‘ Communicating in Chaos’ examines where Americans go for trusted information...
Read more

News
Local elections results
A year ago, Mike Amesbury won the Runcorn and Helsby seat with 52% of the vote at the General Election, and Keir Starmer returned 411 Labour MPs...
Read more

News
The Local Elections were an aftershock rather than an earthquake
The stunning victory delivered by Reform UK last week has set commentators running with descriptions of a political earthquake, of an end to the two...
Read more

News
Runcorn rumble – final countdown
Given how little coverage it’s had compared to past by-elections, yesterday I decided to head to Runcorn and Helsby to get a sense of how the by...
Read more

News
Local elections polling day 2025
The main parties go into this local election cycle in various states of ponderance. Labour, in power with a massive majority seem to have accelerated...
Read more

News
Voters in poll position to provide judgment on the wider political and economic landscape
As voters go to the polls in local council and combined authority areas in England today, I wonder how much key local issues are at the front of their...
Read more