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Brunnen Reaches ICCO Global Awards Finals

We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve received major recognition, reaching the finals in the prestigious ICCO Global Awards, a worldwide communication competition. This annual event showcases the best communication work from across the globe. Our long-standing partnership with Habita impressed the judges, securing us a spot in this sought-after final!

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31.10.

PRBI Barometer 2024: Crisis communication enters top three most requested services – media relations and communication strategies maintain leading positions

In 2024, as in the previous year, organizations will predominantly seek guidance from strategic communication agencies on media relations and communication strategies. Notably, crisis communication has unexpectedly risen to third place this year, surpassing content production and social media services.

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11.6.

Strengthening Borealis’ business through strategic communication

Borealis is one of the world’s leading providers of advanced and sustainable polyolefin solutions. In Europe, Borealis is also an innovative leader in polyolefins recycling and a major producer of base chemicals.

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Brunnen shortlisted for the international SABRE Awards finals with two clients!

Great news to start March! Together with our clients Habita and OX2 Finland, we have been shortlisted for SABRE Awards 2024 EMEA finalists! We participated in the well-known international competition with two entries, and both made it to the finals.

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4.3.

Construction management consultancy HTJ steps its communication up a gear

HTJ – one of Finland's leading construction management companies – was looking for a communications partner to strengthen its corporate and employer image. Brunnen was chosen to partner with HTJ because of its strong understanding of the built environment.

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PRBI Announces New Leadership – Founder of Brunnen to Guide International Growth

The leadership of PR Boutiques International (PRBI) for 2024–2025 has been elected. Taru Nikulainen, Founder and Partner of Brunnen Communications, has been appointed to guide PRBI's international growth.

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12.1.

Brunnen ranked as the best comms agency in Finland for understanding the clients’ business, reliability and ethics – National Survey 2023

In 2023, market research company Taloustutkimus conducted a survey on the image and competence of pr and communication service providers in Finland. The survey was answered by corporate decision-makers and executives who buy communications services. Brunnen Communications was rated as the best in terms of understanding the client's business, reliability and ethics.

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30.11.

Brunnenille kolme voittoa Finnish Comms Awardsissa

Three wins for Brunnen at the national Finnish Comms Awards

Brunnen's communication work won three awards in the main category of the Finnish Comms Awards, the biggest and the most influential competition of the comms consultancy industry in Finland. Communication partnership with Habita was chosen as the Strategic Communication Consultancy of the Year. Together with HSY and TerraWise, the first place was won in the Organizational Communication category, and with OX2 in the Communication Training and Simulations category.

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17.11.

Strategy urges for strategy communication

After a bundle of workshops, a new business strategy is finally ready. Congratulations! But to be honest, the real work is still ahead. Even a brilliant business strategy is very easy to kill before it gets to take off, and the easiest recipe for this is to forget your own people when communicating the strategy. This serious mistake is still unfortunately common failure in many organizations.

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Lessons learned from my year in a client organization

The end of 2022 also brought to a close my one-year post as one of our international clients’ Interim Communications Manager. I spent approximately one third of my time covering for an Internal Communication Manager who was on family leave. The experience was eye-opening and inspiring. So what did I learn and what tips could I give to someone thinking about leasing an external expert on a fixed-term contract?

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Stakeholder-oriented project communication brought manageability to wind power projects

OX2, one of the Europe’s leading developers of renewable energy sources chose Brunnen as its partner in Finland almost five years ago. Our common goal was to create optimal conditions for the success of wind power projects. Strategic communication and stakeholder expectation management were harnessed at the heart of the infrastructure projects.

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Health technology developer decided to attract new talent by building better visibility and stronger brand

Varian is a major player in Finland’s software development market. When the company partnered up with Brunnen at the start of 2019, its priority was to recruit new talent. The team of 250 professionals was looking to grow by 40 new experts.

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