Home to 1.1 million people, but better known for its manufacturing heritage than its digital future, Birmingham is a city at a crossroads. The West Midlands city has an economy that is undergoing change, though, according to insights from jobs site Monster.co.uk.

Corporate affairs directors that are to succeed in the challenging landscape presented by modern communications will need to be courageous. And they should exhibit good judgement.

As per the Chinese zodiac, 2019 is the Year of the Boar. According to Pantone, the 2019 is the year of the colour ‘living coral.’ But for the PRCA, 2019 is the year of digital change, PR professionalisation and a maturation of the market.

If the years of experience were counted between the judges of the inaugural Internal Communications and Engagement Awards it would surely be in the hundreds. If the levels of experience were tallied, it would cover nearly every sector from financial services to government communications to FMCG to professional services to health and more.

In our autumn roundup, we examine events, interviews and news that took place in the last quarter of 2018. Dragon Rouge’s new head of voice, Bee Pahnke, spoke with Communicate magazine and at a Dragon Rouge event about the use of verbal identity in corporate communications.

In our autumn roundup, we examine events, interviews and news that took place in the last quarter of 2018. On 13 November, Gorilla Gorilla! hosted an event examining its annual video research, exploring best practice in corporate film.

In our autumn roundup, we examine events, interviews and news that took place in the last quarter of 2018. On 6 December, Instinctif Partners hosted an event examining internal communications, featuring speakers from across the sector.

For seven years, the unsung hero of London’s conference landscape, the BOC Internal Communications Conference, has been crafting a programme designed to give internal comms professionals the space to think about the modern communications landscape and their place within it.

Corporate partnerships, sponsorships and CSR activities are becoming ever more integral to a business’ core operations. This has made the communications surrounding these programmes more challenging, more creative and more important than ever before.