neil bennett
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CEO of H/Advisors, former business editor of Sunday Telegraph, dogged runner, cyclist and reluctant commuter
St Pancras, London
Joined March 2009
“The Notebook: Bringing people together in a fractured world” The day President Macron invited me to a buffet lunch…and a global summit
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When President Macron invites you to a global summit along with 50-odd world leaders, it would be rude not to accept, writes Neil Bennett after attending the 19th Francophonie summit
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My rather grumpy contribution to the political debate in this morning’s @CityAM
https://t.co/lLsN1tf1qJ
@H__Advisors @MaitlandPR
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How to define the mood of this general election? One word: ennui, writes Neil Bennett in today's Notebook column.
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My latest column in @CityAM this morning (after a hurried rewrite). The grim regulatory legacy of the Conservatives and why it is not going to improve. @H__Advisors @MaitlandPR @havascreative
https://t.co/rUAnjXyhBp
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The Conservatives' parting gift to the City? An overreaching regulator that they were too slow and tired to deal with.
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My latest column for @CityAM this morning. How a 2% investment windfall tax could create an £80bn National Renewal Fund for a new Labour government https://t.co/7fowHyVprd
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Neil Bennett, global co-CEO of H/Advisors, takes the Notebook pen to talk wealth taxes, the ONS, and why history's the new rock and roll.
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Great Q&A with Steve Schwarzman at the @WSJ Davos lounge this afternoon. Some optimism amongst the gloom - but he’s still undecided who to support in the US election.
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My #Davos despatch in @CityAM this morning. After all these years I think I’ve become a believer… https://t.co/AVY0pO7KY2
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Neil Bennett is a former journalist turned boss of strategic comms advisory firm H/Advisors. This week he writes from the slopes of Davos
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Why do our financial authorities take SO LONG to bring people to justice. My latest in @CityAM @H__Advisors @MaitlandPR @Klareco_Comms
https://t.co/3q6qR63ekB
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H/Advisors co-CEO Neil Bennett takes the Notebook pen to talk the opera, Singapore and the perils of delayed justice.
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Decent scoop by my editor at @CityAM @silvesterldn to get a sit down with Keir Starmer this morning. Lots of pro-business promises…but let’s wait and see eh?
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David Cameron, my part in his comeback* (*with apologies to Spike Milligan) https://t.co/41aQG4raJQ
#DavidCameron @H__Advisors @MaitlandPR
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Neil Bennett, global Co-CEO H/Advisors, on the welcome return of statesmanship into the Cabinet, City jobs cuts and a West End recommendation.
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This is what happens when I try to replace myself with a machine. My column in @CityAM on AI https://t.co/dXzjtio8zf
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The notebook is a place for interesting people to say interesting things. Today, it’s the turn of global co-CEO of H/Advisors, Neil Bennett.
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Abolish the Mansion House dinner! This and other ideas in my latest @CityAM column. Please keep the ideas coming - even the mad ones. https://t.co/WkxwdnMRBu
@H__Advisors @MaitlandPR
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A few days ago my firm, H/Advisors, published a survey about leaks, the financial information kind rather than plumbing mishaps.
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Many thanks to my guests on this morning's edition of Business Live: Alan Smith from Water-People; @russmould1; @satyx and @neilbenet. Please join me again for our next edition at 1630 BST today.
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My column in @CityAM today - on water woes and Thread’s strange namesakes… https://t.co/KsnAny44kf
@H__Advisors @MaitlandPR #ThamesWater #Threads #Iceland
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Imagine a business with 11m consumers, an irreplaceable infrastructure and revenues of £2bn a year. That would be safe? Not if you're Thames Water.
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My @CityAM column on a recent visit to Dubai.
📒The Notebook is where interesting people say interesting things. 🇦🇪Today, it’s @neilbenet, global co-ceo of H/Advisors, a comms and advisory firm, on Dubai’s past, present and future
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So pleased the H/Advisors panel to mark the opening of our Dubai office has gone down well. Over 600k views! Wow!
Those quick to attack the UAE on our energy credentials should remember that we are an investor in all forms of energy. We have always led by example, with a strong track record investing in renewables though @Masdar, scaling up hydrogen and investing significantly in new
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My latest column for @CityAM . The politics and economics of potholes. And the short shortlist for the next BBC chairman. @H__Advisors @MaitlandPR
https://t.co/Bhazn9TVXq
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The other day my bike appeared in The Sun. Like any proud owner, I have carefully kept the cutting.The reason for this was a colleague needed a prop for his anti-pothole campaign, catchily called...
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Someone familiar on the masthead of @CityAM this morning. Column here - https://t.co/01Ao1i0irI
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Strikes, shares and the Wirecard fraud. My latest column in @CityAM today.
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Neil Bennett’s notebook on two very different types of strike in London versus Paris
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