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Public Affairs & Campaigns

21 Feb 2023

Labour means business, pledges shadow minister

DRD was delighted to host Bill Esterson MP, Labour’s shadow minister for business and industry, at a roundtable with leading businesses and organisations this morning.

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Crisis & Reputation Management

14 Feb 2023

Shareholder activism: harder, better, faster, stronger

Today’s activist shareholders come prepared with bold claims and sophisticated communications strategies. Viktor Koleda writes about steps that corporates can take to prepare for potential challenges.

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Schools & Universities

7 Feb 2023

Schools set to remain on cyber alert

Schools are braced for a fresh cyber onslaught after a bruising past year, say Kate Miller and Iona Cross.

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Reports
Competition & Regulation

6 Mar 2023

Chips with Everything

In this new report, DRD’s Ed Bowie examines how better policy coordination and the relaxation of competition controls could help resolve global chip shortages.

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Reports

25 Jul 2022

Conservative Leadership Election 2022

New report highlights the differences between the candidates for Leader of the Conservative Party.

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Reports

4 Jul 2022

Prising Open the Black Box

Six months since its inception, today DRD Partnership publishes its analysis of how the National Security and Investment Act has been working.

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Events
Events

25 Jun 2025

Delivering critical infrastructure: from policy to action

DRD, together with Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer and RenewableUK, hosted a panel discussion and reception with experts from across the energy and infrastructure space to discuss the upcoming…

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Events

16 Jun 2025

Managing a data and misinformation crisis: The legal, forensic and PR perspectives

Last week DRD’s Claire Davidson joined an expert panel at this year’s London International Disputes Week (LIDW). Sitting alongside Grant Thornton’s Vijay Rathour and 5RB Chambers’ Adam Speker…

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Events

2 May 2025

Why ‘hushing’ DE&I could backfire on corporates

DRD’s Senior Director, Sarah Mason joined Edward Kemp KC of Matrix Chambers at a ThoughtLeaders4 webinar, chaired by Senior Associate Rupert Bhatia, to discuss DE&I, workplace culture and…

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