The PR and Communications Tracker from Carta Communications and The Pulse Business has found that mental health challenges and issues with staying motivated are bigger threats to UK PR teams than COVID-19. Starting in late ...

For those who haven’t yet given up on their 2021 resolution to read more, or who just want an inspirational read or two, here are six more PR-related books to get stuck into in your ...

Results from the Global Women in PR Annual Index for 2020 reflect a lack of advancement when it comes to gender equality in the public relations industry, but highlight areas of opportunity for women with ...

Taylor Bennett Foundation has expanded its board with the appointment of new trustees Marc Cohen, MD of The PR Office, Syma Cullasy-Aldridge, director of External Affairs at PUBLIC and Jo Ogunleye, tech PR lead at ...

The theme of ‘optimism and opportunity’ in PR ran through all of the presentations at the PRCA’s ‘PR Trends 2021’ event on 20 January. I joined five industry leaders – Stephen Waddington, Vikki Chowney, Adrian ...

Results from the PRCA survey on LGBTQ+ inclusivity in PR and communications show that there is far to go for true equality despite ongoing progress within the industry. Commissioned by the PRCA last summer, and ...

The need to swiftly switch-up and rethink campaigns has been an ongoing challenge for PR and comms agencies since the UK’s first lockdown, but helping local councils to safely re-open the high street during the ...

‘Only by becoming solutions-led do I believe we earn the right to be heard.’ This is a guest post from CIPR’s Artificial Intelligence in PR Chair Kerry Sheehan on the changes PR professionals and communicators ...

Green peer Baroness Natalie Bennett of Manor Castle writes about the challenges of getting the Government to agree to environmental standards and the kind of people therefore needed in opposition. There are, it appears, two ...

The PRCA has welcomed Rob Colmer as Vice-Chairman on its PR and Communications Council for 2021. Rob brings experience from in-house and consultancy work across the private and public sectors at an SME and a ...

Dr Stuart Thomson, head of public affairs at law firm BDB Pitmans and winner of the Current Affairs category at the Online Influence Awards 2020, explains why public affairs is essential in 2021, and offers ...

Vuelio has launched Political Reports, a new tool for public affairs and communications practitioners to analyse the increasingly complex political landscape by delivering stakeholder insight across a range of channels, from Twitter to Parliament itself. ...

CIPR’s guide From Comms Professional to CEO posits that PR professionals have the right skills and experience to become CEOs. Written and researched by 2020 CIPR Board member and How-Now Communications founder Mike Browne, the ...

Stanley Johnson writes that the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement is positive when it comes to protecting the environment, and the UK should take elements from it, such as carbon tax and carbon pricing, to ...

If the words ‘man vs baby’ conjure up an unfairly-matched cage-fight-type scenario in your head, you need to quickly discover Matt Coyne’s award-winning parenting blog manversusbaby. 20 million people (and counting) have read what was ...

If reading more is one of your resolutions for 2021, why not mix business and pleasure by picking up a top tome or two to fire-up your passion for public relations? Here is a rundown ...

Read on for more New Year’s Resolutions from PR and communications practitioners that might make your 2021 a little easier, too (featuring less phone time, more book time and new habits)…  For Part One, click ...

Losing weight, going to bed earlier, keeping active – traditional New Year’s Resolutions aren’t going to cut it for PR and communications in January 2021 as we get stuck into more working from home, uncertainty ...

PRCA’s Race and Ethnicity Equity Board (REEB) has appointed Emmanuel Ofosu-Appiah. Bringing experience from his time in corporate communications, including work with FTI Consulting, Kekst CNC and Mercer, Emmanuel campaigns for equal progress and pay ...

‘When we started at the beginning of March 2020, never would we have dreamt of its success and the community we have built,’ says presenter and YouTuber Maddie Moate of the success of her show ...