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1 month ago | 
lexology.com | Sarah Hawes |Antonia Kirkby |Robert Moore
The FCA has published a Primary Market Bulletin (PMB 54) which focuses on strategic leaks on M&A transactions and the fact that a leak may involve the unlawful disclosure of inside information. The FCA says that it has seen an increase in situations where material information on live M&A transactions appears to have been deliberately leaked to the press.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
kentinvictachamber.co.uk | Sarah Hawes
Once you have customers on-board, there’s work to be done to keep them interested, encourage them to buy again, buy more or recommend you. Think of your customers as year-round buyers – don’t rely on them to remember, tell them!One way to do this is through digital marketing – think MailChimp-type e-newsletters. Lucy Jones, on university work experience with Sarah Hawes from Izzy PR, outlines the basics of e-newsletters.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
kentinvictachamber.co.uk | Sarah Hawes
LinkedIn is the ultimate contacts book for businesses. If you are selling products or services, growing your business, increasing your network, looking for suppliers, going to networking or are in a competitive industry, LinkedIn should be a social media platform you get to grips with.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Sarah Hawes |James Palmer |Gareth Sykes |Stephen Wilkinson
In the King’s Speech, which sets out the government’s legislative agenda for the upcoming parliamentary session, the government announced that it intends to put forward a draft Audit and Governance Reform Bill. In May 2022, the Conservative government published the response to its March 2021 consultation paper Restoring trust in audit and corporate governance (read more on our blog here).
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
kentinvictachamber.co.uk | Sarah Hawes
Vegetation clearance and groundwork management specialists Avondale are unveiling new branding this summer, thanks to a successful partnership between Izzy PR and designers, Howell & Hicks. As an existing Izzy PR client, Avondale is currently supported by the agency with its social media, website content, internal communications, marketing materials and exhibition preparation.
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Mar 14, 2024 | 
kentinvictachamber.co.uk | Sarah Hawes
If you don’t have a marketing plan or strategy but instead, fit marketing in when you can, it’s worth spending some time reviewing a few areas that could improve how you look, to your customers and clients. Customer JourneyWhat happens when a client gets in touch? If they fill in a form on your website, what message do they get back – on screen, via email? Do they know what happens next and when? If they’ve bought something, does the sales confirmation email tell them all they need to know?
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Feb 19, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Mark Bardell |Sarah Hawes |Antonia Kirkby
Our public law team has released two podcasts on shaping and
challenging policy. In a year in which we expect a general
election, companies will be thinking about what policies the UK
political parties will be proposing in their manifestos and the
potential impact on their business.
Part 1 looks at the formal and informal ways
in which businesses can influence policy development; and
Part 2 looks at how to challenge a policy that
may have a detrimental impact on your business.
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Feb 19, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Silke Goldberg |Sarah Hawes |Gavin Williams
The Chartered Governance Institute (CGI – formerly known
as ICSA) has published sample terms of reference for board
ESG/sustainability committees. The terms of reference can be
downloaded from the members' section of the CGI website.
Companies are not required to have an ESG committee at board
level under the UK Corporate Governance Code (nor will it be a
requirement to have one under the 2024 Governance Code, which will
apply to financial years beginning on or after 1 January 2025).
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Jan 15, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Sarah Hawes |Caroline Rae |Gareth Sykes |Robert Moore
The FCA is pressing ahead with plans for a revolutionary restructuring of the UK listing framework. Its consultation paper CP 23/31, published on 20 December 2023, sets out the first tranche of draft rules for the UK's new combined single category listing regime. This snapshot provides an overview of the proposed new rules applicable to the ESCC Category.
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Jan 15, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Andrew Lidbetter |Nusrat Zar |Jasveer Randhawa |Nihar Lovell |Cat Dankos |Sarah Hawes | +1 more
The High Court has refused environmental NGO ClientEarth’s application for permission for judicial review of the decision taken by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to approve the prospectus of an oil and gas operator Ithaca Energy plc (Ithaca): R (on the application of ClientEarth) v Financial Conduct Authority [2023] EWHC 3301 (Admin).
