Articles by: Tim Focas

The Month in Marketing: the Worst an Ad can get?

The Month in Marketing: the Worst an Ad can get?

Tim Focas argues that Gillette made a seismic mistake when they decided to be “woke” and create a distance between the brand and consumer. This is especially ignorant of the company, given a shaving razor is one of the most intimate products a person can own. There are certain moments in life that live with you forever. Personally speaking, my […]

by · 29th January 2019 · Reviews & Arts
NEW RESEARCH – Drones 4 U: Public Perceptions of Security Threats

NEW RESEARCH – Drones 4 U: Public Perceptions of Security Threats

In a ground breaking new report into public opinion on the future use of Drones; our research team can reveal that, as many as, one third of the Britons, back a total ban on drones. Read the full paper here: Drones Report

by · 24th January 2019 · Research
Tim Focas provides EXCLUSIVE Brexit analysis to Express.co.uk

Tim Focas provides EXCLUSIVE Brexit analysis to Express.co.uk

Wednesday 16th January 2019 Following the overwhelming Commons defeat of the Prime Minister’s EU Withdrawal Deal, yesterday; businesses, big and small, from across the country, were asking what would happen next. Express.co.uk decided to speak to the man in the know, Parliament Street’s Director of Financial Services, Tim Focas, who gave the paper an exclusive interview. Discussing the new lay of […]

by · 16th January 2019 · Press Room
Parliament Street featured in leading wealth management publication, SPEARS Magazine

Parliament Street featured in leading wealth management publication, SPEARS Magazine

Tuesday 15th January 2019 Parliament Street’s Director of Financial Services, Tim Focas is featured in the latest issue of SPEARS Magazine. The publication is required reading for the financial services community, and has even been referred to as “the Bible of the banking community” by GQ Magazine. He was featured in an article drawing parallels between the European Union’s relationship […]

by · 15th January 2019 · Press Room
Danny Bowman – The Reality of Growing Up and Living with OCD

Danny Bowman – The Reality of Growing Up and Living with OCD

Anyone who has experienced Obsessional Compulsive Disorder, whether they are a directly suffering from the illness, or a family member or friend witnessing the condition will know of how debilitating and cruel it is. After interviewing the brilliant Johnny Mercer MP last year, I felt inspired to dispel some of the myths associated with OCD and tell the trauma’s it […]

by · 13th January 2019 · Mental Health, frontpage
Robin Shepherd – Why Brussels Should Be Wary of a Cancelled Brexit

Robin Shepherd – Why Brussels Should Be Wary of a Cancelled Brexit

Brussels has made clear its belief that Brexit was a mistake. But at this point,a clean break is probably for the best. With barely a mistake having gone unmade in British Prime Minister Theresa May’s handling of Brexit, it is perhaps understandable that many observers have allowed their lurid fascination with the chaos in London to obscure the interests of […]

by · 10th January 2019 · Opinion Editorials
Community is not just for Christmas; the Parliament Street Christmas Message

Community is not just for Christmas; the Parliament Street Christmas Message

Top entrepreneur, occasional Parliamentary candidate, and founder of Win That Pitch, Dean Russell, delivers our Christmas message, this year. Dean talks about how his recent experiences volunteering in the Philippines reinforced his belief in the power of communities.  “As a Conservative Party candidate in the 2017 election, I was acutely aware that the sense of a cohesive national community was […]

by · 25th December 2018 · Opinion Editorials
BRIEFING PAPER – What Carrying a House in the Jungle Taught Me about Community

BRIEFING PAPER – What Carrying a House in the Jungle Taught Me about Community

In a brand new briefing paper for Parliament Street, leading business strategist, Dean Russell discusses what he learnt, during his recent time doing volunteer work in the Philippines, and how those lesson apply to the UK . Read the briefing paper: What Carrying a House in the Jungle Taught Me about Community

by · 25th December 2018 · Research
Dominique Sayer – General Secretary

Dominique Sayer – General Secretary

Dom joined Parliament Street in 2016. As a management and consultancy professional, he has worked within the retail sector with large teams of people and directors of businesses alike to align strategy. Dom can be contacted at dominique.sayer@parliamentstreet.org Follow him on Twitter: @SayerDom

by · 21st December 2018 · Management Board
NEW RESEARCH – Making Paying Taxes, Less Taxing

NEW RESEARCH – Making Paying Taxes, Less Taxing

Today, Parliament Street publishes a radical new policy paper arguing that the UK tax system is so complicated that its broken. Our Director of Policy, Cllr. Dr. Peter Hill, the report’s author, argues that the current UK tax system is rigged in favour of large multinational companies such as Google, Amazon and Starbucks. These companies have been able to play […]

by · 15th December 2018 · Research