News

Edelman's new office was featured in a special programme about healthy working environments for CNBC Healthy Horizons.

Strong Personal Beliefs in Making a Difference Signal Opportunity for Marketers

Edelman hosted a panel discussion to gaze into the crystal ball of the wisest among us to see what 2009 and beyond may hold for the Economy, Business, Government, the Media and Consumers.

The panel included:

Today's Queen's speech confirms that legislation for the next parliamentary session will focus on measures to tackle the recession and ease its impacts on the public.
The theme of the speech was fairness with the government stating that, through the bills set out, it hopes to support people in an uncertain economy by delivering security for all and "a fairer Britain".

Edelman has been confirmed as a sponsor of a new international thought leadership forum on the role of the individual and the collective in the mass age. 

Organised by Editorial Intelligence, We Are Names Not Numbers will bring together senior players in Media, Business, Politics, Technology and Social Entrepreneurship. The two-day forum takes place in Portmeirion on 8-10 February 2009.

Described variously as a “mini-Budget”, “emergency Budget” and “economic recovery plan”, this year’s pre-Budget report was vastly different from its predecessors.

Just 36 hours after Barack Obama's historic election victory, Edelman hosted a breakfast on the issues raised by the US election and the implications for Politics, Business and Society with Editorial Intelligence, Newsweek and the Bank of New York Mellon.

Survey Shows Companies and Organisations in Health Must Build Trust to Succeed.

More than half of adults (55%) in the UK are becoming more actively engaged in health issues, with conversations about health more important to them now than in the past, according to a study of 1,000 people released today by Edelman.  

Approximately one in three people (33%) feel that conversing with their doctor is more important now than it used to be and over a quarter feel that resources such as Web MD (27%) and Google (28%) are more important health sources than before.

Edelman’s London Office has been handling the high profile appointment of Stanley Fink, former Man Group CEO and one of the most respected names in the City, as Chief Executive of International Standard Asset Management (ISAM), an absolute return investment company incorporating specialist Macro and Gold funds.

Edelman, the world’s largest independent public relations firm, announced today that it has opened new offices in Berlin and Rome.

The new offices reflect a strategic decision by Edelman to seek to enhance its public affairs offer worldwide between now and 2012.