16th December 2013 London, UK
2013: A year in review
A timeline taking a look back at some of the major events that took place in 2013.
21st November 2013 London, UK
Foreign Office Twitter Alerts: Supporting British nationals in a crisis
During a crisis Twitter has proved essential for the dissemination of critical information. Building on this reputation Twitter launched a new service called Twitter Alerts in the US, Korea and Japan in September 2013. Twitters have now released the service in the UK and the Foreign Office has signed up to take part. The service […]
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31st January 2013 London, UK
Facetime – the old fashioned way
Spending so much time working on social media and digital platforms, it’s easy to find yourself thinking that the only way to engage with the people is through cyberspace. So it was great to spend a couple of days last week being reminded of the benefits of face-to-face communication. The occasion was a two-day seminar […]
29th October 2012 Paris, France
Our cooperation on crisis management
I wanted to talk to you this week about Franco-British cooperation on crisis management. I had the good fortune to go at the end of last week to the joint naval exercises held off Toulon, in the Mediterranean. This is all part of a process launched at the Lancaster House talks in 2010, where we […]