by leah@firetap.co.uk | May 26, 2020 | Crisis communication, Media Training
Was Dominic Cummings right to make his 260-mile trek to Durham a few weeks ago? You probably have your own view. I’m not going to get into the rights or wrongs of his decision but as someone who provides media training courses and advises organisations on how to...
by leah@firetap.co.uk | May 22, 2020 | Crisis communication
Just when the emissions testing controversy seemed to have died down Volkswagen has been bit with a new scandal – and a PR disaster. Their crisis communications capability has once again been put to the test. We’re getting more requests for crisis media training...
by leah@firetap.co.uk | May 20, 2020 | Crisis communication
If you happen to be Sir Elton John, Barbra Streisand or Andrew Lloyd Webber you’re probably feeling rather nervous this week. That’s because the business details of these celebrities and many others were reported to have been the subject of a ransomware attack. New...
by leah@firetap.co.uk | May 13, 2020 | Presentation Training
Donald Trump’s press conferences are always entertaining and newsworthy if not necessarily enlightening. Not only is Mr Trump one of the most powerful people in the world but he doesn’t appear to care what he says. What more could the media ask for? There is, however,...
by leah@firetap.co.uk | May 7, 2020 | Presentation Training
ITV’s This Morning programme managed a royal coup today as Philip Schofield and Holly Willoughby interviewed the Duchess of Cambridge about a community project that she is promoting called Hold Still. The idea is that members of the public submit photographs that...