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3 Dec 2021
Levelling Up – a title without a ...
Clemency Huggins and Ed Bowie take a look at how the Government and Opposition are ap...
READ MORE2 Dec 2021
Online Sales Tax Report
New report highlights the ‘devil in the detail’ of the proposed Online Sales Tax....
READ MORE19 Nov 2021
Terrorism: Moving Past The Blast
Harry Barber takes a look at the steps which the U.K. government can take following t...
READ MORE5 Nov 2021
A Fair COP?
Pete Bowyer takes a look at the chances of success of COP26 ...
READ MORE22 Oct 2021
To tax or not to tax?
Autumn budget and spending review 2021...
READ MORE19 Oct 2021
Digital Markets Unit: UK tech uncer...
DRD Associate, Edward Bowie, reviews where the new Digital Markets Unit fits into the...
READ MORE14 Oct 2021
CITMA: Reputation, resolution and r...
Claire Davidson hosted: “Managing reputations in the world of IP – why it matters...
READ MORE12 Oct 2021
BRLA, Dentons & DRD: Reputatio...
DRD co-organised a seminar with international law firm, Dentons, and the BRLA. ...
READ MORE4 Oct 2021
Subsidy Control Bill Impacts Devolv...
The post-Brexit framework for the UK’s State Aid regime has serious implications fo...
READ MORE1 Oct 2021
How will Boris lead in these diffic...
After last week’s preview of the Labour Party Conference, DRD takes a look at what ...
READ MORE24 Sep 2021
Labour still struggling with key me...
DRD Partner, Jon Mcleod assesses Labour's problem with distinguishing between words a...
READ MORE3 Sep 2021
The Afghan Crisis and Domestic Poli...
DRD looks at how the fortunes of the Tories have changed over the Summer and consider...
READ MORE24 Aug 2021
Subsidy Control Bill Published
The Government has published its Subsidy Control Bill, outlining the UK’s new State...
READ MORE23 Jul 2021
Parliament’s End of Term Report
DRD assesses the state of play as Parliament goes into recess & explains how, after y...
READ MORE16 Jul 2021
Divided Unite
DRD takes an in-depth look at this year’s forgotten, but critical, election for the...
READ MORE14 Jul 2021
Podcast: Education in a Digital Age
In this podcast DRD Partner Kate Miller and Robert Lewis, Head of the Education Gro...
READ MORE7 Jul 2021
Global Britain: Notes from G7
DRD Partnership's Tamlin Vickers and Anna Bailey reflect on the lessons and key takea...
READ MORE7 Jul 2021
ESG & litigation: a rising rep...
The fast-growing rise of ESG has led to an increase in corporate litigation risk. DRD...
READ MORE6 Jul 2021
Lessons from Everyone’s Invited
We advise a number of schools and institutions. Here we look at some of the communica...
READ MORE2 Jul 2021
Taking stock of the EU’s Covi...
Tamlin Vickers looks at the EU Covid Recovery Fund as they try to rebuild some of the...
READ MORE25 Jun 2021
Brexit 5 years on…
Five years after the British public voted to leave the EU, Pete Bowyer explores how B...
READ MORE24 Jun 2021
Chambers & Partners Rankings P...
DRD Partnership has been ranked leading firm in both Litigation Support and Crisis by...
READ MORE23 Jun 2021
Communications in collective action...
We look at the implications of recent and potential developments in class actions fro...
READ MORE11 Jun 2021
ESG beyond G7
As world leaders from the G7 meet in Cornwall, UK over this weekend, Anna Bailey look...
READ MORE10 Jun 2021
Scandal at the Post Office
DRD Partnership was invited to attend a discussion and analysis on the Post Office Ho...
READ MORE20 May 2021
Levelling-Up & Post-pandemic p...
Ed Bowie explores what the Government needs to do to deliver results for local commun...
READ MORE7 May 2021
Time for Labour to get on the front...
Ahead of the Queen’s speech next week, and in the aftermath of “Super Thursday”...
READ MORE23 Apr 2021
Local Elections 2021
As the 2021 local elections draw closer, Sam takes a look at what they might have in ...
READ MORE20 Apr 2021
Competition Law & The European...
The proposal of a new European Super League - DRD Partners consider whether competiti...
READ MORE26 Mar 2021
Vaccines: a European perspective
Tensions over vaccines, specifically AstraZeneca, in Europe remains high but is it re...
READ MORE12 Mar 2021
Is it all doom & gloom for Sir...
Local elections are coming up. They will be a testbed of national sentiment for all p...
READ MORE26 Feb 2021
The secret to a great economy? Timi...
Toby Chapman takes a look at what might be in store in the upcoming Budget, the chall...
READ MORE19 Feb 2021
Retail’s 3 R’s: Reopening, Reco...
Ahead of the Prime Minister ’s announcement, CEO of AIR, Paul Barnes shares his ins...
READ MORE18 Feb 2021
Stick to the facts
Read how to navigate this year's challenges , including regulatory pressures, Brexit ...
READ MORE18 Feb 2021
Questions for Ambassador Stefano Ca...
In a world in ‘lockdown’, and with diplomacy rocked to the core, what role now fo...
READ MORE18 Feb 2021
DRD Guide to ESG: What you need to ...
Reporting standards and principles, and the Basics of ESG Terminology - Read DRD's ve...
READ MORE5 Feb 2021
The Gambling Act – A Game of ...
DRD Adviser, Steve Meyers takes a look at the Call for Evidence to input into the Gov...
READ MORE27 Jan 2021
Regulatory over-reach in Gambling
Pete Bowyer, DRD Partner, investigates and addresses the root causes of regulatory ov...
READ MORE22 Jan 2021
Biden’s monumental challenge
A former Congressional fellow, looks at some of his challenges ahead and what Biden ...
READ MORE15 Jan 2021
Labour troubles – key challenges ...
DRD Partner and former Labour adviser, Pete Bowyer takes a look at the key challenges...
READ MORE8 Jan 2021
Choppy waters ahead, Prime Minister
We're looking at the issues the main parties will face in 2021 and outline challenges...
READ MORE11 Dec 2020
Brexit: Talk is not cheap
Tamlin Vickers, Partner in Brussels, provides an update into what’s really going on...
READ MORE8 Dec 2020
ESG Regulation and the pandemic eff...
What effect is the pandemic going to have on legislative commitments to encourage fur...
READ MORE2 Dec 2020
Jumping on the ESG bandwagon
Whilst Covid-19 ravaged the economy one of the silver linings has been the continued ...
READ MORE2 Dec 2020
Are Boards behind the curve on ESG?
Accelerated by Covid, sustainability, and the ESG factors that describe it, has moved...
READ MORE2 Dec 2020
Power to your people
People can be your biggest asset, or your biggest cynics, when it comes to your ESG w...
READ MORE2 Dec 2020
Communicating ESG to the media
Any business hoping to amplify their ESG strategies must be aware that an announcemen...
READ MORE27 Nov 2020
Retail: A shot in the arm or a shot...
Paul Barnes is the CEO of the Association of International Retail, he leads AIR’s c...
READ MORE13 Nov 2020
Shifting sands – hopes and fears ...
Pete Bowyer, a veteran of four COPs and a spokesman on climate justice issues discuss...
READ MORE30 Oct 2020
US Election 2020: “You’re fired...
DRD Partner, Duncan Fulton, takes a look at the presidential candidates in the week r...
READ MORE23 Oct 2020
School Meals: No.10 fails the comms...
Samantha Beggs takes a look at the Government’s handling of the free school meals d...
READ MORE8 Oct 2020
Trust me, I’m a hacker – th...
Kate Miller and Geordie Hazeel examine the evolving threat of ransomware in the midst...
READ MORE6 Oct 2020
The final stretch for a Brexit deal...
As Brexit rumbles on, Johnson insists that a deal must be struck by mid-October, whil...
READ MORE6 Oct 2020
Permanent Secretaries & the Ci...
There's another deep current of change in British politics that shouldn’t escape ou...
READ MORE6 Oct 2020
Sport – under siege from all side...
Long before Covid-19, sport was already under siege. The pandemic has brought a host ...
READ MORE25 Sep 2020
Revenge of the nerds
With every scientist becoming an armchair politician, and every politician becoming a...
READ MORE18 Sep 2020
What is the point of the Lib Dems?
Ross Ewing takes a look at Sir Ed Davey’s first few weeks as leader of the Lib Dems...
READ MORE11 Sep 2020
Kier Starmer: So far, so good…...
Part two of our series on how the party leaders are faring as Parliament returns from...
READ MORE4 Sep 2020
Conservatives perform well but prov...
As the Government returns from Recess – and schools across England and Wales return...
READ MORE26 Aug 2020
Lessons from Down Under: A warning ...
Ross Ewing investigates the debate in AUS on class actions and litigation funding and...
READ MORE24 Jul 2020
The Russia Report – worth the wai...
DRD Partner Duncan Fulton looks at the Intelligence and Security Committee's long awa...
READ MORE17 Jul 2020
EU-UK negotiations – View fro...
DRD Partners take a 360° look at the view on the EU-UK negotiations on a future trad...
READ MORE10 Jul 2020
Stormbreaker?
Stormbreaker? DRD Analyst Bella Soames looks at the Chancellor’s announcements this...
READ MORE10 Jul 2020
Data Security Breaches – Farr...
DRD Partner, Kate Miller took part in Farrer & Co.’s event to consider how family o...
READ MORE9 Jul 2020
Carpe Diem: House of Lords’ Gambl...
Steven Myers has written on the potential implications of the recent House of Lords r...
READ MORE6 Jul 2020
ESG – Covid cure-all or emperors ...
The ESG ‘movement’ had been gathering pace well before the Covid-19 outbreak, dri...
READ MORE6 Jul 2020
The rise of class actions
Aided by technology and the ease of identifying affected groups, class actions are be...
READ MORE6 Jul 2020
Great expectations
As we emerge from “our national hibernation”, blinking into the light, we are wel...
READ MORE3 Jul 2020
A Critical juncture for Government
Pete Bowyer explores why this weekend is a critical juncture for the Government, and ...
READ MORE26 Jun 2020
No news is good news… right?
Fflur Sheppard looks at the impact of the Downing Street Covid-19 press conferences,...
READ MORE22 Jun 2020
PRCA: Covid-19 and Law firm communi...
On 18 June 2020, DRD Co-Founding Partner, Claire Davidson took part in the PRCA’s e...
READ MORE19 Jun 2020
Coming to Boris’s Aid
Snapshot was given unique access* to this week’s No10 ‘Grid’ meeting, the gathe...
READ MORE12 Jun 2020
Two metre, or not two metre –...
Ross Ewing looks at the pressing issues facing the government over the next few mont...
READ MORE5 Jun 2020
“Britain is open for business, bu...
Paul Barnes looks at how social-distancing will affect sectors of the economy and wha...
READ MORE3 Jun 2020
Which countries will top the league...
DRD Advisor, David Landsman, looks at the criteria and "branding" for countries to co...
READ MORE29 May 2020
Cummings’ Cock-Up: Classic Dom! ...
DRD Analyst Bella Soames asks what the long-term consequences of Dominic Cummings’ ...
READ MORE22 May 2020
Getting out into the world after lo...
Read DRD Partners, Duncan Fulton and David Landsman, asess how we can wereboot intern...
READ MORE22 May 2020
Sport post-Covid: do they think its...
DRD's Pete Bowyer and Samantha Beggs take a look the immediate effects of Covid on sp...
READ MORE15 May 2020
Returning to work – Between Scyll...
As lockdown eases, companies must strike a complex balance between returning to work ...
READ MORE7 May 2020
Lockdown Roadmap: More unenviable c...
With the PM set to announce an exit strategy on Sunday, Duncan Fulton discusses the r...
READ MORE5 May 2020
Litigation in the wake of COVID-19
Lawrence Dore and Kate Miller examine whether the challenges to reputation posed by C...
READ MORE1 May 2020
Stakes are high for the future of g...
DRD Analyst, Ross Ewing takes a look at the future of gambling. The gambling industry...
READ MORE24 Apr 2020
The view from Brussels: What does C...
DRD's Partner in Brussels, Tamlin Vickers takes a look at the state and future of Bre...
READ MORE17 Apr 2020
Coronaviolence
Will Covid-19 provide an impetus for the Government to tackle domestic abuse? Read mo...
READ MORE6 Apr 2020
Crisis: The kaleidoscope has been s...
A manual will tell you that a critical first step in a crisis is to define it. But th...
READ MORE6 Apr 2020
Think big to exit crisis stronger
Today, almost every business has become to some extent dependent on the Government. H...
READ MORE6 Apr 2020
Public affairs in unprecedented tim...
The government has provided an unprecedented raft of support packages to support busi...
READ MORE6 Apr 2020
Court on camera
Our court system, with all its antiquated charm, has been at the forefront of this pu...
READ MORE6 Apr 2020
ESG: each letter counts
ESG and its role as a key determinant of corporate behaviour will certainly be accele...
READ MORE3 Apr 2020
Starming to victory
Starming to victory: how Sir Keir needs to make the most of his moment....
READ MORE27 Mar 2020
COVID: Communicating the crisis
We won’t be offering our ‘hot-take’ on the Government’s Covid-19 strategy but...
READ MORE20 Mar 2020
Biden his time
John Casey, a former press secretary for a Democratic Member of Congress, takes a lo...
READ MORE18 Mar 2020
Managing challenge & change in...
We’ll be closely following policy, regulatory and legal developments to help you u...
READ MORE13 Mar 2020
Covid-19: getting the economy back ...
See DRD Partner, Paul Barnes' take on how big businesses can get the economy back on ...
READ MORE6 Mar 2020
Is it time to bring back the feel-g...
Is it time to bring back the feel-good factor? Read our latest public affairs blog po...
READ MORE2 Mar 2020
The view from Brussels: Johnson’s...
DRD's Partner in Brussels, Tamlin Vickers, shares his views on the EU and UK trade ...
READ MORE2 Mar 2020
Your guide to the integrated Defenc...
DRD Partner Duncan Fulton's piece about the integrated Defence and Security Review.Th...
READ MORE24 Feb 2020
Labour Leadership Election
DRD shares his views on the fast approaching Labour leadership election. Read more a...
READ MORE17 Feb 2020
Restructure or reshuffle? Part 2
Restructure or reshuffle? Many expected to wake up on Valentine’s Day to a new Cabi...
READ MORE10 Feb 2020
Restructure or reshuffle? Part 1
Mr Johnson will stamp his authority on his government and provide a glimpse into the ...
READ MORE5 Feb 2020
Power to the People – are we all ...
DRD Partner Duncan Fulton writes in the February edition of DIPLOMAT magazine. 2020 w...
READ MORE3 Feb 2020
Decision on the future of HS2 immin...
A decision on HS2 ’s future is imminent.Transport Secretary confirmed that the Gov ...
READ MORE27 Jan 2020
End of an Era/Error?
End of an era/error? “We are inextricably part of Europe. Neither Mr Foot nor Mr Be...
READ MORE20 Jan 2020
Davos: Going for Green
Britain has a good story to tell on action to tackle climate change and is looking to...
READ MORE13 Jan 2020
The Labour leadership election
Moving slowly through the gears: the Labour leadership election reaches its next stag...
READ MORE6 Jan 2020
Taking aim – what’s in the cros...
2020 promises to be another year of increased scrutiny from investors and a year when...
READ MORE6 Jan 2020
Mind the perception gap
New expectations won’t be set by regulators or governments but by the mobilisation ...
READ MORE6 Jan 2020
A 2020 political snapshot
After one of the most turbulent years in modern British politics, it’s a safe bet t...
READ MORE10 Dec 2019
Welcoming the DUDE!
Welcoming the DUDE! Our consulting partner, Duncan Fulton, has prepared the following...
READ MORE10 Dec 2019
Labour Party Conference: Triumph an...
Triumph and disaster - Pete Bowyer, Partner at DRD Partnership and a member Labour fo...
READ MORE9 Dec 2019
General Election 2019: They think i...
DRD Partner, Pete Bowyer's view in the final week running up to the general election...
READ MORE2 Dec 2019
Is Nationalism on the rise?
DRD Associate Samantha Beggs investigates whether nationalism is on the rise and what...
READ MORE27 Nov 2019
A 2.5 party system for 3.5 countrie...
Will the 2019 General Election be the death of the two-party system?...
READ MORE26 Nov 2019
What does AI mean for lawyers?
DRD's Antonia Kendrick, explores the legal sector’s technological revolution, and a...
READ MORE25 Nov 2019
Where in the world…On foreign pol...
DRD partner Duncan Fulton assesses the foreign policy offerings of the three main par...
READ MORE18 Nov 2019
Just how right wing would a new Joh...
DRD Partner Paul Barnes assesses just how “right-wing” this Conservative party ha...
READ MORE18 Nov 2019
Newsnight at the Palace
DRD Partnership's take on Prince Andrew's interesting decision to be interviewed by t...
READ MORE18 Nov 2019
My Life My Say: Common Futures Foru...
On Saturday 16 November, hundreds of young people convened at the old Olympic Park in...
READ MORE11 Nov 2019
6 reasons why Labour could still wi...
DRD's Pete Bowyer investigates the six reasons why Labour could still win and the six...
READ MORE25 Oct 2019
Roundtable Discussion with Sir Vinc...
DRD Partnership’s roundtable breakfast discussion with Rt Hon Sir Vince Cable MP, h...
READ MORE23 Oct 2019
Crisis communication for schools
DRD provide strategic and practical advice to attendees at a breakfast seminar on cri...
READ MORE3 Oct 2019
A Conference of Two Halves
Samantha Beggs is an Associate at DRD Partnership in London, looks at the Conservativ...
READ MORE27 Sep 2019
Brexit: Optimism evaporating
Tamlin Vickers, Partner at DRD Partnership in Brussels, looks at the current mood in ...
READ MORE19 Sep 2019
Brexit: The View from Brussels
Tamlin Vickers, Partner at DRD Partnership, shares the view from Brussels on the outl...
READ MORE19 Sep 2019
Public Affairs & The Law
Pete Bowyer, Partner at DRD Partnership in London, assesses the intertwined relations...
READ MORE27 Aug 2019
What will become of the Union after...
Samantha Beggs, Associate at DRD Partnership in London, looks at the Awesome Foursom...
READ MORE7 Aug 2019
Damn and Blaster: Boris 14 days in
Damn and blaster - DRD Consulting Partners, Duncan Fulton and Tamlin Vickers, share t...
READ MORE25 Jun 2019
The Race to be Prime Minister
Samantha Beggs, Associate at DRD Partnership, looks at the race to be Prime Minister ...
READ MORE3 Jun 2019
The aftermath of the European Elect...
As MPs return to Parliament after the Spring recess for Mrs May’s last week as Lead...
READ MORE7 May 2019
Cyber Security – A business issue
On Tuesday 7th May 2019, Claire Davidson, Partner at DRD Partnership, spoke on the pa...
READ MORE25 Apr 2019
DRD breakfast roundtable: Jeremy Co...
DRD breakfast roundtable: An insight into Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party and their pl...
READ MORE15 Nov 2018
Stuck in the middle with the EU Ref...
With the imminent collapse of the Withdrawal Agreement, the clamour for a second EU r...
READ MORE14 Nov 2018
DRD breakfast event: Business &...
Early in the morning of a day which saw tumultuous events set in train, DRD Partnersh...
READ MORE5 Oct 2018
Reflections on the Conservative Par...
DRD's reflections on the Conservative Party Conference in 2018. It was the best of c...
READ MORE27 Jun 2018
Breakfast briefing: digital activis...
DRD took part in Social360's breakfast briefing panel discussing how digital activism...
READ MORE13 Oct 2000
ESG
Environmental, social and governance matters are an increasing focus, not only for ou...
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