by Emma Pyott | Oct 1, 2020 | Communicating
Today (1st October 2020) is National Poetry Day, and we’re all encouraged to celebrate by sharing a poem with friends, family and neighbours. Both online and in the places we live and work. At Semaphore we love a poem, so we thought we’d get the ball rolling by...
by Emma Pyott | Sep 1, 2020 | Communicating, Editorial, Press Coverage
Do you have a story that you’d like to see in a newspaper or magazine? No matter how interesting you might find your news, the final say as to whether it appears goes to the journalist. Contrary to what you might read or see in the movies, real life journalists tend...
by Emma Pyott | Jun 2, 2020 | Communicating
I’m sure we all remember the deluge of emails we received at the start of lockdown explaining how every company had been affected by Coronavirus. Never has the word ‘unprecedented’ been used so freely. So, now that restrictions are starting to lift, and with the...
by Emma Pyott | Jul 12, 2018 | Editorial, Press Coverage
We’re still a month or so away from ‘silly season’ when the dearth of ‘real’ news has editors gloomily watching celebs, MPs and other movers and shakers hotfoot it to sunnier climes and great summer sporting events (Wimbledon, World Cup) are a but a distant memory. As...
by Emma Pyott | Feb 5, 2018 | Staff Communications
Do you have a plan or strategy for communicating with your staff? As your businesses develop and teams grow it’s easy to get caught up in the day to day. Or in planning for the future of the business, setting budgets and reviewing progress. But it’s important that...