COP26 is long over, but sustainability and climate change are still very much on the agenda in comms, with Greenpeace protests at this year’s Cannes Lions festival gaining plenty of coverage alongside the big winners. ...

‘We know work is needed on sustainability. What is needed more than anything is ACTION; if not now, when?’ Aura and PRFest founder Laura Sutherland is passionate about is sustainability. Having centred last year’s PRFest ...

The PRCA Climate Misinformation Strategy Group and Opinium have launched their second annual report, revealing PR’s important role in leading action on climate issues and the industry’s increasing confidence in the difference it can make. ...

Are you engaging with Generation Z with your comms and campaigns? According to research from our latest white paper The PR guide to communicating with Gen Z, around a fifth of the UK PR industry ...

Last Sunday, Carlos Sainz scored his first Formula 1 win at the 2022 British Grand Prix, overcoming Oracle Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen, who lost his lead in the first few laps due to bodywork ...

‘People drive the future of businesses – it’s so important for them to feel supported and secure,’ says Emma Loizidis, head of people at Fox Agency. PR is a particularly high-stress sector; even more so ...

Feeling supported and empowered at work has historically been lacking a little in the creative industries, particularly in the fast-paced and high-stress environs of PR. Joining the push to make the public relations industry a ...

If you work in public relations, communications or public affairs and you’re only tracking your brand or client’s reputation and impact across the media, you might be missing a significant part of the conversation. For ...

We regularly catch up with UK journalists, editors, podcasters, broadcasters and more for our Media Bulletin newsletters. One thing we always like to ask: how they prefer to work with PRs and comms professionals. Sign ...

Earlier this month, the UK Government announced plans to bring forward ‘The Genetic Technology Bill’, a new legislation that takes certain precision breeding techniques out of otherwise restrictive GMO rules. With firm support from George ...

Flashback to April 2020 where team meetings were swapped for video calls and panic-stricken events professionals around the world raced to take conferences, awards and tradeshows online. We’re now back to ‘normal’ in the world ...

Last week, news across the UK broke out that online fast-fashion retailer Missguided has gone into administration. 204 national and international outlets reported on the story, with an additional 1,751 publications coming from top regional ...

This is a guest post from Elliot Ross, Email Evangelist at Taxi for Email – a SparkPost company. Did you know that for every five people who receive your email four won’t even open it? ...

In an effort to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, the travel industry is exploring contemporary payment trends that suit the varying new financial perspectives on tourism. Whereas some have more money than ever to spend, ...

There is much to be learned from the PR and comms professionals portrayed in the media – mainly ‘Wow, I do not want to be like that person’. And thankfully most practitioners bear no resemblance ...

Contact with the media is an intrinsic part of public relations – if you want attention for your brand, your client or yourself, you’re going to want to get in touch with journalists. And journalists, ...

The results of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) for 2021 have just been revealed – the first since 2014. REF is a UK-wide assessment carried out by four education funding bodies, assessing over 76,000 academics ...

We recently caught up with co-chairs of PRCA’s relaunching LGBTQ+ Network Katie Traxton and Emma Franklin-Wright to find out why inclusion initiatives are so important for workplace wellbeing and the evolution of the creative industries. ...

This is a guest post from Yasmin Russell, head of marketing at digital agency Engage. There are a number of things that can cause issues during a marketing campaign, from KPIs to time, however there ...

In this guest post, practising therapist and Head of Wellbeing at Splendid Collective Jane Latham shares her advice for agencies, in-house teams and professionals on how to keep a balanced mind in this fast-paced industry. ...