Below is an extract from the the 2019 MEIRA Practitioners Report produced in conjunction with Carter Murray is a leading report in the region. The report looks at the survey results to identify trends in career backgrounds and aspirations, skills required and the remuneration of IR professionals. To access the full report, please complete the form below. Quite surprising is ...

The 2019 MEIRA Practitioners Report produced in conjunction with Carter Murray is a leading report in the region. It identifies the key opportunities and challenges facing the IR function, particularly given some of the changes in the Middle Eastern capital markets. In addition the report looks at the survey results to identify trends in career backgrounds and aspirations, s...

The last quarter was a busy one and the expected summer slowdown we typically experience didn’t really have much effect. The first half of 2019 for us was largely dominated by replacement roles or roles created from organic team expansion. However, more recently we have witnesses a number of companies undertaking some form of corporate activity which is directly impacting re...

We have taken a look back over 2019 to pull out four key trends in hiring and professional development, we envisage that these are patterns that we will see last throughout 2020.​ The integration of communications has been talked about extensively over the last quarter, the way that employees talk about the organisation they work for is increasingly seen as a means of extern...

We have seen an increase in demand for contractors across communications and IR due to some market uncertainty. Within contract roles, whether you are hiring in a contractor or are the contractor it is important that you have an understanding of IR35. IR35 is a piece of legislation used to govern how the PSC is taxed since 2000. In April 2017 changes were made in how it woul...

Ensuring the completion of projects, strategy planning for 2020 and the freeze of hiring permanent staff (due to political uncertainty) are three of the main contributing factors to the increasing demand for contractors as we approach the end of 2019. As a specialist communications recruitment agency, we have recently noticed that not only are several our clients recruiting ...

We are delighted to present the third edition of the Middle East Investor Relations (IR) Practitioners Survey, produced by the Middle East Investor Relations Association (MEIRA) and Carter Murray. Carter Murray, part of The SR Group, is a global marketing, communications and IR recruitment consultancy. With consultants working out of 8 offices worldwide Carter Murray are abl...

The consumer world drives development and innovation and employee engagement is playing catch-up. Organisations are going through constant change, the development of technology means that we have to work quicker and smarter. Internal communications is at the heart of that for many businesses, the way to deliver what works is to listen, learn and be creative. I recently atten...

Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) is a metric that all businesses would love to be able to easily measure so that marketers can say to the business “x% of customers have been with us for x years and they have downloaded x whitepapers and purchased x amount of products/services with us…and they’ve referred x number of customers to us”. It’s a lot x’s but you get the premise. That...

At last month's IR Magazine Think Tank, Debbie Nathan hosted a roundtable discussion on Investor Relations careers and the opportunities for European IROs in todays market. She gave an overview of the Investor Relations job market, how to build out a successful IR team and what that should look like, the skills gap and how to make your profile as a candidate stand out, and f...