credit crunch

Time to act

by Steven Van Gaever on 17 March, 2009

I rent an apartment which I really like but I ‘m starting to look around to buy a small house. Lots of people tell me, now is the time to act! Interest rates are low and the market is cooling down. However: when you speak to brokers, they have all these people interested in the [...]

Warning for AVE dependents

by Richard Verbeek on 21 November, 2008

Just a small warning for any agencies and PR departments out there who rely solely on Advertising Value Equivalents (AVE) to measure the success of their PR efforts: you will need to work harder to maintain the same level of results! No, I am not talking about the struggle for column inches, less journalists who [...]

Will CSR programs get crunched?

by Richard Verbeek on 23 October, 2008

With the credit crunch not likely to end anytime soon, companies are expected to look within their organisations for costs to be reduced. And obviously, the ´nice to haves´ will have to go first. It will be interesting to see what will happen to the Corporate Social Responsibility programs, that so many companies have started [...]