This week (5-11 October) is Dyslexia Awareness Week and with it estimated that 1 in 10 people have dyslexia it’s important to understand that it is displayed differently person to person. Often perceived as having ...

‘Go woke, go broke,’ is how a spokesperson from the Laurence Fox-launched Reclaim Party chose to summarise the social media dust-up that followed Sainsbury’s tweet on inclusivity last week. With the reminder to shoppers of ...

This year’s PRCA UK National Conference took place last Thursday as a virtual event and explored topics including Ethnic Equality and Inclusion, Brands Doing Good, and Thrive and Survive – all part of its PR ...

The PRCA has appointed Hill+Knowlton Strategies managing director Tanya Joseph and digital strategist Rax Lakhani to its Board of Directors. Tanya brings experience from sectors including policy, public affairs and NGO and has previously served ...

This is a guest post by Adam Smith, managing Director of Teamspirit. Our lives have changed dramatically in the last few months as COVID-19 shook up our personal and working lives. For so many office ...

What makes for a good CIPR President? ‘You definitely need resilience and patience and a bit of humour, too,’ says current President Jenni Field who, alongside the community she represents, has been working through a ...

While the start of Christmas 2020 feels both too far away and yet too soon, we’re already firmly into Christmas gift guide compilation season in the world of magazines, newspapers, blogs, websites and TV shows. ...

The last five months have seen nearly every aspect of the way we work changed. PR and Comms teams have managed fast changing news and policy against a backdrop of job losses, media fragmentation and ...

After work experience with a police station, Caroline Coskry dropped early dreams of becoming a paramedic or policewoman and went in a very different direction – work experience for the comms team at St George’s ...

The PRCA is inviting charities, social enterprises and community businesses to apply to join a supplier directory launched to highlight positive social impacts. Relevant organisations offering services and products for PR and communications agencies can ...

This is a guest post from Alec Samways, CEO and head of creative strategy at Splendid Communications. The seemingly never-ending newsworthiness of a pandemic that has delivered daily stats, statements, scares and scandals for weeks ...

This is a guest post from Charlie Terry, founder & managing director at CEEK Marketing. Every modern-day PR knows that adding an element of digital marketing to a campaign can work wonders, and with the ...

82% of PR and communications professionals surveyed by CIPR’s Health Group answered ‘yes’ to having felt an impact on their mental health during the coronavirus pandemic. The survey, exploring the impact of the COVID-19 crisis ...

This is a guest post from Natalie Trice, award winning PR coach and lecturer. While PE with Joe Wicks, growing veg in the garden, and clapping for carers on Thursday nights may have been part ...

PRFest has launched the DRIVEN Pledge to help tackle inclusion, diversity and equality issues within the PR and communications industry. The DRIVEN Pledge tool is available free to industry leaders and professionals working to make ...

This is a guest post from Rick Guttridge, managing director of Smoking Gun. After a challenging few months for PR and media professionals in the health and wellbeing sector, opportunity might be on the horizon. ...

For no-nonsense tips on how to hype up your business, Lucy Werner is here to help. Founder of The Wern and author of Hype Yourself: A no-nonsense DIY PR toolkit for small businesses, Lucy wants ...

This is a guest post from John Ashton, director of Write Arm. If you’ve spent the last four months at home wondering what the future holds, it’s possible that you’ve thought about starting your own ...

The PRCA has revealed changes to its Board of Directors following last week’s announcement of amendments to its governance structure. Joining the board are Kamiqua Pearce, Rimmi Shah, Ondine Whittington and Hugh Taggart MPRCA. Barbara ...

‘Black and Brown people currently working in the PR and communications industry have a rod running up our spines made of some otherworldly material,’ says Barbara Phillips, Chair of the PRCA’s newly launched Race and ...