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Europe In The Throes

Fleishman-Hillard’s James Stevens features in the Spring edition of the World Policy Journal in an article about the importance of Brussels and EU regulation to business. The article, written by the Financial Times’ Brussels correspondent Stanley Pignal, underlines the reach …Read Post »

Join Us For ‘Communicating Science’ Event

Thursday, 24 November, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. CET While science can provide incredible insights, it’s not always easy to communicate it. The impact of European legislation on scientific processes and chemical substances is rapidly growing. So how can scientific evidence …Read Post »

Bendy Bananas and Curly Cucumbers Back on the Shelves?

In Britain’s popular culture the marketing restrictions on bendy bananas and curly cucumbers have always been associated with the Bureaucrats of Brussels. Nothing so well underpinned a public perception of meddling officials in a foreign country imposing their will on a hapless populace by setting fruit and veg dimensions by millimetre and by degree. The [...] Read Post »

Policy Makers in Crisis Mode Over Food and Fuels

The surge in world food prices, oil prices at well over $110 a barrel and measures to boost the use of biofuels in the US and Europe are putting policy-makers into crisis mode. It is extraordinary how this situation has …Read Post »