2023 is fixed to be yet another busy year in UK politics, not just for those in Parliament but for the PR and public affairs people communicating upcoming EU regulation changes to the public. Here ...

On 11 November 2022, international crypto-exchange platform FTX filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US. The company owes an estimated $3bn to more than one million creditors, a debt that international newspapers are ...

It is now around three years since the British public first heard about a new disease called ‘COVID-19’. While most industries were massively impacted by this in a negative way, health journalism and reporting of ...

This is a guest post from Patrick Jeffrey, managing partner at Contagious. The Bank of England has warned that the UK is hurtling towards recession. And not any old recession: the worst since records began. ...

As part of our overview of 2022 and look forward to what is coming up for the communications industry this year, we asked the PR community what lessons they will be taking forward into 2023. ...

As part of our focus on the successes and stresses of 2022 – as well as our look forward at what to be ready for in 2023 – here are the most popular posts from the ...

Since the start of the World Cup on 20 November, FIFA’s seven official partners have faced extensive backlash over decisions to support the event from politicians, public figures and the press. This critique follows a ...

Alongside a look forward to the trends coming up in 2023 for the PR and comms industry, we asked our experts what the biggest challenges were for the sector this year. Read on for insight ...

Which brands, high-profile personalities and politicians have done a good job on their comms and reputation management this year? To find out who and what have been naughty or nice this year, we asked the ...

Budgets reaching breaking point, the promised post-Covid recovery that is yet to fully pan out and plenty of PR nightmares to contend with – 2022 was certainly challenging. Yet in the midst of all this, ...

The full potential and power of good PR is often intangible, with no one industry-wide metric shared by every comms team. What kind of data is most effective to demonstrate the value of your work ...

In response to Covid-19 lockdown and inflation over the past three years, second homes have become a go-to option for millions of Brits as a tool to secure both leisure and financial stability. With such ...

The Taylor Bennett Foundation has appointed two new trustees to its board. Joining are FTI Consulting’s managing director Lena Ahad and Four Communications Group’s head of HR Marcia La-Rose. The new trustees will continue their ...

PR is much more than just communicating the decisions of management – in 2022, PR should be involved in the decision-making process, right from the start. Yet despite the proof of PR through times of ...

In effort to support Brits with the cost-of-living crisis, national coverage on how to budget for Christmas has increased by 486% since last year. Alongside this, discussion around ‘side hustles’ is up by 326%, with ...

The cost-of-living crisis, ongoing changes in the UK Government, the invasion of Ukraine, the World Cup (Joe Lycett), the Royals – it may feel like pitches unrelated to these subjects will struggle to find a ...

We asked four journalists working across consumer, national press and broadcast what they want from PRs and comms people during our recent Journalist Voices by Vuelio event. Below are the tips shared by The Daily ...

A fact that only becomes more obvious in times of crisis – but is already known well by those in the industry themselves – PR is an integral part of modern management across businesses big ...

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) and Taylor Bennett Foundation have launched the PR industry’s first BME Reverse Mentoring Scheme. The scheme has been designed to educate senior PR industry leaders on the challenges ...

Bad news first: there is no one set of rules for successful pitching into the UK media. The good news: most journalists are very open and upfront about the kind of pitches they are interested ...