It’s mental health awareness week and the CIPR has launched a new campaign #InfluenceTakes10 encouraging PRs to take a break to focus on their mental wellbeing. The campaign is writ large throughout the latest issue ...

Amol Rajan, media editor at the BBC, gave a speech at the PR360 and Media360 gala dinner last week, in which he made the claim that 95% of comms from PRs is crap. He said ...

Today’s political headlines includes Cabinet ministers to urge May to abandon talks with Labour, Starmer doubts Parliament would approve a cross-party deal with no referendum, Treasury confirms world’s first plastic tax and councils to be ...

A PRCA analysis of the social impact of PR and communications agencies has revealed that 80% of practitioners have helped meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through their work. Of the 17 UN SDGs, ...

The PRCA’s PR and Communications Census 2019 has been published showing an industry in rude health. The topline stats show that the industry value has grown by 7.9% since 2018 and is now worth £14.9bn ...

Cats Protection is the UK’s leading feline welfare charity with a nationwide network of over 250 volunteer-run branches, 36 centres and over 100 charity shops that together helps around 200,000 cats and kittens each year. ...

Today’s political headlines includes Conservatives and Labour suffer local election losses, smaller parties make gains amid Brexit dissatisfaction, May warned that Williamson could take revenge and violent crime rates in London fall.  Conservatives and Labour ...

Today’s political headlines includes Williamson’s sacking, Mordaunt’s appointment and Johnson claiming to fight the Heathrow expansion.  Williamson sacked over Huawei leak The BBC reports on Gavin Williamson being sacked as Defence Secretary as he is suspected ...

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published data protection tips for charities. Charities rely on data – from their donors, beneficiaries, clients, partners, media contacts, influencers, staff and trustees – in order to achieve their ...

Looking to escape an office with drippy taps in the kitchen, no teabags or… something even worse? PRWeek has released the Best Places to Work Awards 2019, which represent all sectors of the industry, from ...

This week’s Political Updates covers moves and changes at all levels of government.    UK Government Baroness Sugg has been appointed as Minister of State for Department for International Development, replacing Lord Bates who stood down as ...

Picking the right news brand used to mean careful considerations, such as: ‘Does this brand align with my ethics?’, ‘Can I open this one on the tube without elbowing someone in the face?’, ‘Do I ...

PRWeek has published this year’s top 150 PR agencies – cue social media delight from the agencies that made it… Woop! @AllisonPR has been ranked 127! Go team https://t.co/htxckzDGQR via @prweekuknews — Sian Hobday (@RedHobday5) ...

We missed Monday PR Club, so for one week only we present Tuesday PR Club, with three very different examples of social media success and lessons for PRs from Twitter.   1. Innocent’s Blue Drink ...

Laura Scott is the blogger behind SheHearts, the luxury lifestyle publication. Covering a huge range of subjects, from travel to beauty, Laura draws on her own experiences and SheHearts benefits from Laura’s expertise as a ...

Lush hit the headlines last week when it announced the closure of its main UK social media accounts. The announcement claimed social media is ‘making it harder and harder for us to talk to each ...

This year, local elections will take place on 2 May and thousands of councillors will be elected across the country. No every council is having an election – in England its split as follows: 33 ...

CIPR‘s Energy Leadership Platform is preparing to highlight the importance of targeted public relations to a worldwide audience of energy industry experts and decision makers. September’s World Energy Congress in Abu Dhabi will offer the ...

The Government has published a white paper that proposes a new regulator to oversee and enforce a ‘statutory duty of care’ by online tech companies. Enforcement includes the ability to issue ‘substantial fines’ and to ...

This week’s Political Updates covers moves and changes at all levels of government.    UK Government The Prime Minister has appointed six new ministers to replace the recent departures from her Government. Those appointed are as follows: ...