Boris’s Britain

Portland’s senior staff and advisers examine what a Johnson administration means for businesses, organisations and the public and their external environment.
The modernisation of financial communications

An old clubbable profession has been forced to rethink fundamentally how it operates Traditionally, Financial Communications has been the most narrow and old fashioned of the public relations disciplines. We had one job to do – to cultivate positive investor relations through the proper disclosure of financial results and information. It was the task of […]
The New Model Corporate Affairs Director

On average more than 25 percent of a company’s market value is directly attributable to its reputation, according to a study by the World Economic Forum.
The Leader’s Voice

The success of a leader relies a great deal on how well or how much he or she can convince, encourage, defend, represent, demand, enthuse, evince and reassure.
Bringing Business Home

Time was, corporate communication was relatively straightforward. The chief audiences for public companies were shareholders and equity analysts.