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At Hudson Sandler, nothing valuable goes to waste. We maintain a library of thought-leadership, podcasts, white papers and other materials containing our insights and analysis of news events. A rich and ever-expanding resource for our clients.

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Capital Markets
Hudson Sandler supports Airtel Money’s IPO
12/10/2026
Why investors can’t finance what is vague
09/10/2026
What’s in a map? How Africa got the world seeing it in its true scale
29/09/2026
Corporate & Brand
Hudson Sandler appointed by KERB
15/09/2026
Farnborough’s New Flight Path
27/07/2026
The Silk Cut – Read our latest insights from Uzbekistan
26/06/2026
From potential to production: why Nigeria’s next chapter matters
16/06/2026
Africa’s growth story is being rewritten in today’s world of disorder
13/06/2026
Inside Africa – Read our insights into the key developments shaping Africa
11/06/2026
Capital Markets
Hudson Sandler supports UzNIF’s IPO
13/05/2026
Capital Markets
ESG reporting may be Africa’s edge
27/04/2026
Corporate & Brand
Hudson Sandler appointed by Huws Gray
14/04/2026
Capital Markets
From “play it again Sam” to 200,000 AI skilled graduates by 2030; the transformation of Morocco
17/02/2026
Corporate & Brand
Why expert commentary in the media is more critical than ever
04/02/2026
Corporate & Brand
Hudson Sandler appointed by Eatphoria
08/01/2026
Sustainability & ESG
COP30 in Belém: Why Africa’s future depends on climate finance — and transparent reporting
19/11/2025
Corporate & Brand
Hudson Sandler appointed by IRO Sushi
18/11/2025
The Silk Cut – Sign up to our insights from Uzbekistan
18/08/2025
Corporate & Brand
Hudson Sandler appointed by Chocoberry
18/08/2025
Corporate & Brand
Hudson Sandler appointed by Chaiiwala
23/07/2025
Africa and Central Asia Powering Ahead, in Different Ways
16/07/2025
Capital Markets, Corporate & Brand
This is not just a cyberattack response… this is an M&S cyberattack response
16/05/2025
Corporate & Brand
Franchise Forward: Hudson Sandler’s insights into food and beverage franchising
09/04/2025
Sustainability & ESG
The Importance of Corporate Impact Reports in Kenya
17/02/2025
Corporate & Brand
Hudson Sandler appointed by Caprinos Pizza
11/02/2025
Capital Markets
Hudson Sandler provides communications support for two strategic cross-border transactions for airBaltic and RHI Magnesita
07/02/2025
Corporate & Brand
Hudson Sandler appointed by Popeyes UK
06/02/2025
Franklin Templeton arrives in Uzbekistan – a game changer for privatisation
05/02/2025
Corporate & Brand
A year of contrasts – the ‘brat’ and ‘brain rot’ brands of 2024
17/12/2024
Corporate & Brand
Betting on Kenya: Why Investors Should Look Beyond the Headlines
13/12/2024
Sustainability & ESG
What a Cumbrian coal mine tells us about the international ESG debate
03/12/2024
Q4 2024 Consumer Snapshot
03/12/2024
Capital Markets
Will this year’s Golden Quarter keep its lustre for retailers?
27/11/2024
Capital Markets
Getting real: Despite near term pain the long-term investment case for the leisure sector is strengthening
21/11/2024
Trump has Don it again!
08/11/2024
Corporate & Brand
From perfect pizza to flagging fraud: how AI is adding value to consumer brands
24/10/2024
Corporate & Brand
Introducing… The Social CEO report
14/10/2024
Corporate & Brand
Navigating Opportunity: Key Takeaways from the AIIB Meeting in Uzbekistan
10/10/2024
Corporate & Brand
Lend me your ears – using podcasts to tell your story
08/10/2024
Kicking-off a career in PR – football, storytelling and seizing opportunities
02/10/2024
Capital Markets
Has social media changed retail investor engagement for good and for good?
25/09/2024
Capital Markets
Brazil in Focus at SBC 2024: An Exciting New Frontier for Betting and iGaming
23/09/2024
Corporate & Brand
Sports betting in Africa: a continent of opportunity
23/09/2024
Emerging Markets PR: A top-down strategy for success
20/09/2024
Unlocking Africa’s Investment Potential
16/09/2024
The Silk Cut – Insights from Uzbekistan
11/09/2024
Corporate & Brand
Oasis vs Ticketmaster: How crisis communications could have been The Masterplan
06/09/2024
A dawn for digital activism in Kenya
05/09/2024
Lessons from World Water Week: the WASH sector needs a communication overhaul
28/08/2024
The value of taking control of your share register
25/08/2024
Winning an audience through brand purpose
23/08/2024
Corporate & Brand
Regrette rien or pardon? Communications lessons from the Paris Olympics
15/08/2024
The power of anniversaries for companies to showcase strategic progress and engage with stakeholders
09/08/2024
Can Africa Save the Internet?
01/08/2024
Marshalls plc appoints Hudson Sandler to drive its financial and corporate communications strategy
26/07/2024
The State of African Technology Businesses: What’s next?
25/07/2024
Building a media profile: How brands can cut through the noise
23/07/2024
SATO & Hudson Sandler: Taking a consumer-centric brand to the next level
22/07/2024
Gareth Southgate: reputation management specialist
19/07/2024
Now is the time for a refreshed WASH sector story
17/07/2024
Step forward — the time for apologies is over
15/07/2024
Safestay PLC appoints Hudson Sandler as retained financial and corporate communications advisor
11/07/2024
Will the proposed FCA reforms boost the London Stock Exchange?
10/07/2024
Can British politics deliver?
05/07/2024
Global Africa – a platform for shared prosperity
03/07/2024
Hudson Sandler employees at Collective
Collective culture – the Hudson Sandler way
24/06/2024
Making an impact with your Capital Markets Event
29/05/2024
London Stock Exchange celebrates Corporate Rewarding Awards
Ring in the new – optimism at the London Stock Exchange
17/05/2024
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Is The New Uzbekistan taking off?
09/05/2024
Woman presenting at 2024 AmCham summit in Nairobi
Is Kenya Africa’s South Korea?
26/04/2024
Hudson Sandler Africa provides strategic communications support to AmCham Kenya for a second consecutive year
23/04/2024
Hestia and Hudson Sandler Partnership announcement
Hudson Sandler appointed by Hestia Hospitality to build its corporate profile as it aims to build £100m revenue premium hospitality group
22/04/2024
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Use it or lose it – are Share Buybacks the best use of surplus cash?
04/04/2024
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Green shoots emerging in the consumer sector
03/04/2024
Women entrepreneurs discussing
Can the UK really become the “best place in the world” for women entrepreneurs?
02/04/2024
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Misleading eco-claims will always come out in the greenwash
28/03/2024
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Quit-Tok trending – a timely reminder of the key reputation role of internal comms
25/03/2024
Hudson Sandler’s Spring 2024 consumer snapshot
15/03/2024
PRCA Award and our colleagues
Hudson Sandler wins “Best IPO Campaign” Award
04/03/2024
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A new era of corporate broking
21/02/2024
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Making philanthropy work for Africa in 2024
11/01/2024
Hudson Sandler update – Our Managing Partner looks back over 2023
13/12/2023
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Paving the Way for Positive Impact: Accelerating ESG agenda in African Businesses
28/11/2023
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OpenAI: people over product
22/11/2023
Hudson Sandler’s Consumer Snapshot
15/11/2023
African women cooking around a pot in a rural district
Development dialogue needed to end climate culture wars
19/09/2023
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Choreography of a campaign to cut it in the media
04/09/2023
News room
Key PR lessons on protecting brand reputation
09/06/2023
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A renewables bounty at the heart of the EU’s energy transition
31/05/2023
A iPhone with the landing page of OpenAIs ChatGPT software
ChatGPT: a fad or the future of retail?
18/05/2023
African family with their chickens by a mud hut style house
Africa’s neglected everyday crises.
15/05/2023
PFor anyone working – or simply interested – in sustainability, Monday was a red-letter day with not one, but two, important announcements relating to the climate crisis
As the temperature rises, it might just be regulation that offers the coolest solution to the climate crisis
22/03/2023
3 pictures side by side of Riyadh, Toronto and Cape town where our Natural Resources Partner, Charlie Jack has visited for various conferences within the mining sector
Around the (mining) world in less than 80 days
21/03/2023
All to go for in Nigeria despite the challenges
23/02/2023
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When, not if – the growing threat of cyberattacks
24/01/2023
Mark Garraway in conversation with Mark Walter
Insight with Impact – Capital Markets
20/01/2023
At the heart of the silk road
12/01/2023
Africa’s brain drain ambassadors
20/12/2022
Horizon scanning some of the key communications themes for 2023 
12/12/2022
Lessons from a Skandal!
01/12/2022
Welcoming Mark Walter, Head of Investor Relations
23/11/2022
Hudson Sandler’s Consumer Snapshot
09/11/2022
Taking a long term view on the challenges facing the UK market
02/11/2022
REKOM UK Night Index Report: consumers value social experiences in light of cost of living pressures
31/10/2022
Communicating Africa’s road to development
05/10/2022
Welcoming new leaders to HS Africa
07/09/2022
Bouncing back from the brink
17/08/2022
Nairobi city centre skyline, Kenya
I watched Kenya’s Presidential debate; here’s how it stacks against the UK’s Prime Minister debate
29/07/2022
Kenya has it all to play for
08/07/2022
Rapid delivery
Rapid Delivery, Receding Demand
23/05/2022
Update from Andrew Hayes, Managing Partner
20/05/2022
A summer of love for hospitality and leisure?
05/05/2022
Put food first for Africa
04/04/2022
How social media accelerates groupthink
21/03/2022
As the cost-of-living soars, brands must go above and beyond to compete
16/02/2022
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Kenya’s standard of living risks setback due to climate emergency
29/11/2021
Hudson Sandler Update – November 2021
09/11/2021
Natural Resources Forum ESG Week: The challenges faced by NEDs
26/10/2021
Hudson Sandler supports Peace One Day
22/09/2021
Companies need to ditch outdated CSR and switch to ESG to attract investment
09/08/2021
London Nairobi comparison skyline
No easy road for UK and Africa trade relations in 2021
22/06/2021
How Africa’s tech generation is positively changing the continent
09/06/2021
The Great Lockdown IPO Tsunami
07/06/2021
Football-on-pitch
One reputational own goal too many?
23/04/2021
HS Webinar: Javier Blas and Jack Farchy – The World for Sale
19/03/2021
Africa unbiased
11/03/2021
HS Webinar: Alex Brummer – The Great British Reboot
17/02/2021
COVID-19 outstrips Brexit by a mile
26/01/2021
Can Joe Biden Build Back Better?
11/12/2020
The rise of Green Friday
27/11/2020
Gender_Equality
Gender diversity in the boardroom
02/10/2020
Retailers_at_christmas
Retail’s Nightmare Before Christmas
23/09/2020
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New pandemic era office could be model for the future
16/09/2020
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COVID-19 & IPO outlook
07/09/2020
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Wind of change for African agriculture
14/07/2020
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Strong Development & Growth across Africa – New Hires and Clients
08/07/2020
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The role of the London equity market in supporting businesses through the COVID-19 crisis and beyond
06/07/2020
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HS Webinar: The importance of equity markets as we emerge from the Covid-19 crisis
22/06/2020
Marshall_Motor
Driving the narrative as we emerge from lockdown
18/06/2020
A Brand New Approach to Marketing
04/05/2020
Starting a new job in lockdown
30/04/2020
The Fourth Estate We’re In
22/04/2020
African_Farmer
Africa’s agricultural revolution is needed now more than ever
09/04/2020
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Corporate reporting in the midst of a storm
07/04/2020
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We are all in this together
01/04/2020
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March 2020 View from the City: 888 and Gamesys navigate stock market freefall
27/03/2020
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Fronting up in a crisis
19/03/2020
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Our response to the COVID-19 global pandemic
17/03/2020
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‘Reframing a better life’ – A Tortoise Media morning with Sir Terry Leahy
06/03/2020
Woke_consumerism
‘Woke’ consumerism will be at the heart of retail’s next great revolution
06/02/2020
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EGR Intel – ‘View from the City’
04/02/2020
Mining Indaba puts ESG in the spotlight
03/02/2020
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Making Sense of Political Stakeholders with HS Insights
27/11/2019
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Deciphering the Non-Executive Director
06/11/2019
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From “Suits” to lawsuit – Caution when there’s no script
22/10/2019
Global discussion on Egyptian economy focussed on reform programme
09/03/2019
Those Who Are Tardy Do Not Get Fruit Cup
18/01/2019
Las_Vegas
What we learned at G2E
16/10/2018
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Hudson Sandler’s craving for sugar raises more than £350 for Macmillan.
04/10/2018
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Mountain mind games
01/10/2018
Gambling
Gambling’s gold rush
25/09/2018
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What PR must remember from Aristotle
18/09/2018
The plucky contender vs the old guard – new media packs a punch
28/08/2018
What’s in a name – will a fintech disruptor be invited through the door
15/08/2018
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Lessons from the booming craft beer market
09/08/2018
Investment in Egypt driving the economy
02/08/2018
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Double win at the PRCA City and Financial Awards 2018
02/03/2018
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Preparing for an IPO – presenting at the LSE’s ELITE conference
18/12/2017
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The battle against terrorism starts with a search engine
26/06/2017
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London Still Calling Post Brexit
10/04/2017
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World Autism Awareness Week at Hudson Sandler
05/04/2017
Online_gambling
Online gambling’s unique personalisation opportunity
08/02/2017
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Sanity and the City
10/10/2016
The rise and rise of employee led storytelling
05/09/2016
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Through the eyes of an intern
31/08/2016
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Hudson Sandler on the High Seas
09/06/2016
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Brexit or Bremain? Perspectives from the communications industry
09/05/2016
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Big Bang Data and Stalking
21/04/2016
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Stars in their eyes – The UK Stock Market awards
09/04/2016
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Hudson Sandler’s 30th Birthday
11/03/2016
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City & Financial PR awards 2016 winners: best M&A campaign
03/03/2016
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BREXIT – The battle lines are yet to be drawn
03/03/2016
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PR trends to watch in 2016
15/02/2016
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ICE, ICE baby
05/02/2016
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Advent of the connected car
27/01/2016
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Thoughts from Davos
21/01/2016
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What business can learn from Bowie
12/01/2016
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That was the year that was…
04/01/2016
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UK IPO Market: Outlook for 2016
14/12/2015
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Listening is the new talking
08/12/2015
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Silo thinking, silo politics
07/12/2015