By Stuart Smith on October 12, 2012
Ah, the cynicism of the modern corporation. Remember all those years ago when Jo Moore, spin doctor to Stephen Byers, Department of Transport, Local Government and Regions secretary, emailed her boss those immortal words, referring to 9/11: “It’s now a very good day to get out anything we want to bury”? Well, now the French [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Media, News, Politics, PR | Tagged Carlos Ghosn, Frederique Le Greves, le parisien, Maurice Levy, publicis groupe, Renault, scandal
By Stuart Smith on July 4, 2012
The Premier League just doesn’t get it, does it? The world is crashing around Barclays’ ears, its chief executive Bob Diamond has just been forced to step down by the Governor of the Bank of England, its chairman Marcus Agius will be exiting in the coming months, and Bob’s top team of investment bankers will [...]
Posted in Clients, Finance, Media, News, PR | Tagged barclays, Bob Diamond, Premier League, scandal, sponsorship deal, Wayne Rooney
By Stuart Smith on June 28, 2012
A lot of people are accusing Barclays Bank and its chief executive Bob Diamond of racketeering. Acting like white collar gangsters, in other words. They say the bank and its principal directors colluded in serial distortion of the interbank rate, Libor. What this means in plain English is that they beggared us – the saps [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Creative, Finance, News | Tagged barclays, Bob Diamond, leagas delaney ad, libor rate, Martin Taylor, scandal, £290m fine
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