by Rupert Lewis | July 9, 2015

On Wednesday, Britain’s Chancellor George Osborne delivered his first budget of the new parliament and the first all-Conservative budget for 19 years. Freed from coalition and compromise with their former Liberal Democrat colleagues, there was expectant anticipation among political, media and business audiences that this would be the defining budget for the next five years. […]

by Rupert Lewis | June 3, 2015

As three of Britain’s political party leaders fell on their swords spectacularly after the General Election, a sense of uncertainty descended upon David Cameron, his party and the British people. The ‘known’ outcome of the election was obvious for all to see. Labour failed to secure victory. The Liberal Democrats were in meltdown. The Scottish […]

by Rupert Lewis | May 13, 2015

This has been the overriding sentiment conveyed by Conservative central command since last Friday. Media stories in the last two days have claimed that the Tories suspected, a full week before the election, that the final polling numbers would work to their benefit and deliver a victory, but nobody seriously took that for granted. This […]

by Rupert Lewis | December 17, 2014

It’s been a year of highlights, low points and upheavals across the political and business landscape in the UK and around the globe. As the Ketchum team peers into our Christmas crystal ball we look back at some of key issues which piqued our interest over the last twelve months, and what we have to […]

by Rupert Lewis | October 8, 2014

Yesterday, as the Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg brought the curtain down on the end of this year’s annual political party conference season, all of us still looking for pointers as to the likely winner (or winning combination) of next May’s General Election, were left scratching our heads and trying to make sense of the […]

by Rupert Lewis | January 31, 2014

This year’s Davos gathering was somewhat controversial. Depending on who you ask, it was either a rare opportunity for business and political elites to discuss the world’s most pressing problems, or a luxury break for movers and shakers to talk inequality in “champagne bars and cigar lounges”, to quote Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. […]