Tortoise is the new publishing venture from James Harding, Katie Vanneck-Smith and Matthew Barzun, which aims to disrupt current journalism models with a focus on ‘slow news’. Backed by private investors and a very healthy ...

The PRCA is strengthening its support of virtual agencies by opening a new Business Centre. Based in the PRCA’s south London offices, and available exclusively to PRCA Members, the PRCA Business Centre is open weekdays, ...

Taylor Herring was the big winner at the PRWeek Awards 2018, scooping six awards and being highly commended for a further three. Hot on its heels were 90TEN and The Romans, who both picked up ...

Platinum is the new book celebrating the 70th anniversary of the CIPR. With 50 thought leaders contributing over 45 chapters, the book is the most compelling argument yet that public relations is a strategic management ...

Anna Cummins is the UK PR manager at the Austrian National Tourist Office. Responsible for a broad range of PR activities, Anna handles media enquiries, event organisation and PR campaigns. We spoke to Anna about ...

Stephen Waddington, chief engagement officer at Ketchum, has been appointed UK managing director at international digital marketing agency Metia. Stephen will join Metia from Ketchum in January 2019 where he’s worked for the past six years ...

This week’s Political Updates covers moves and changes at all levels of government.    Government departments Professor Carole Mundell has been announced as the new Chief Scientific Adviser at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (more info). ...

With news that the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is ‘actively considering’ launching an investigation into the digital advertising market, is it time to reassess your digital strategy? The Guardian reports that the comments were ...

This week’s Five Things You Shouldn’t Have Missed includes Vuelio’s acquisition of ResponseSource, Johnston Press putting itself up for sale, Trump and his celebs, Banksy’s shredding and judgement day. 1. Vuelio acquires ResponseSource Forgive us ...

The University of Westminster has an international reputation and strives to ensure the very highest standards are met and maintained. We spoke to Poppy Crispin, Head of Communications at the University, to find out more ...

Vuelio, the stakeholder engagement software company, buys journalist request and media database provider ResponseSource. Access Intelligence Plc, the parent company of Vuelio, has acquired ResponseSource Ltd for a cash-and-shares consideration of £5.5 million to create ...

It’s the end of an era, you might say. Google has announced it is to close the consumer Google+ network, following a massive data flaw it did not report, allegedly for fear of regulation.    ...

The judging panel for the Vuelio Blog Awards has been announced for 2018. The Vuelio Blog Awards pride themselves on their independence – we don’t ask for nominations, we don’t make people ask for votes ...

Last week, Vuelio and Lansons co-hosted an AI in PR event as part of the CIPR Ethics Festival. Sessions were led by a broad cross-section of industry leaders, who discussed chatbots, automating comms channels and ...

The Conservative Party Conference is over for another year but did you see all that there was to see? Vuelio were at the Lib Dem, Labour and Tory Conferences, and while the team are briefing ...

We are delighted to reveal the final finalists for the Vuelio Blog Awards 2018. Covering two parenting categories (back by popular demand), the brand new pet category (by popular demand) and the fiercely contested PR ...

Today’s political headlines include the Dancing Queen promising to end austerity, UK accuses Russia of cyber attacks, the Brexit deal push and Ireland backs British backstop proposals.  ‘Dancing Queen’ promises end to austerity The Times reports ...

Finalists for the next five Vuelio Blog Awards categories: Beauty, Food & Drink, Interior Design, Political and Wedding have been revealed. The Vuelio Blog Awards are the industry’s most respected awards – independently judged and ...

Is your influencer marketing a hit? Or are fake followers plaguing your results? Ethics in influencer marketing has never been so visible or discussed; just today the issue raised its head again, with Love Island’s ...

Today’s Conservative Party Conference headlines include May’s Conference speech, but being cross at Boris, DUP could topple the Government, and NHS must embrace technology.  May insists a bright future lies ahead The Times is reporting ahead of Theresa ...