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    How virtual events can increase employment engagement

    How virtual events can increase employment engagement

    With large gatherings currently banned, it can seem like one of the best channels for communicating with your internal team on a large sc...

    Research survey live for latest DRPG Whitepaper

    The research & insights team at our parent company DRPG are running a survey exploring wellbeing in the workplace and how it has evolved ...
    Working 9-5?! Hardly.  A working parent in pandemic

    Working 9-5?! Hardly. A working parent in pandemic

    If you’re anything like me, after Christmas (which was very different in comparison to other years) you probably felt slightly unsettled....
    The importance of creativity in communications

    The importance of creativity in communications

    Creativity lives on and here we look at how organisations can best hitch their wagons to the creative surge we are seeing today. We take ...
    Pardon my pyjamas

    Pardon my pyjamas

    As an antidote to all the advice about the dos and don'ts of video conferencing during lockdown, Firehouse managed to get hold of this tr...
    Keep Calm and Carry On

    Keep Calm and Carry On

    The definition of resilience is the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties. It’s fair to say we are all experiencing new challenge...
    Back to the Future...2020 already!

    Back to the Future...2020 already!

    With Christmas lights flickering on almost every street and mince pies offered with your morning coffee, we are fast approaching the end ...
    Courageous, authentic and curious...

    Courageous, authentic and curious...

    Anyone connected with internal comms will be very used to the concept of Employee or People Experience. Indeed the role of ‘director of ...
    Anyone for acronyms?

    Anyone for acronyms?

    Yesterday – or as some would have it: B.I.T.D (that’s back in the day for the uninitiated) I joined the A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A. (I might have ...
    The power of narrative

    The power of narrative

    Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin. Narrative and Story are words that are used a lot these days in association with almost an...
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    Virtually everyday

    Virtually everyday

    The Sandwich

    The Sandwich

    Keeping colleagues engaged and motivated

    Keeping colleagues engaged and motivated

    Yes, we did it!

    Yes, we did it!

    Firehouse joins DRPG

    Firehouse joins DRPG

    Bee one to watch!

    Bee one to watch!

    Hollywood comes to Manchester

    Hollywood comes to Manchester

    Dystopia to Utopia

    Dystopia to Utopia

    50 years in the making

    50 years in the making

    Dangerous Liaisons

    Dangerous Liaisons

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