Today’s Political Headlines include May to meet Macron, further anti-Semitism claims against Labour, gender pay gap report and criticism of the Home Office’s approach to child refugees from Calais.  May to meet Macron after cutting ...

The backlash from Cannes this year – and the relatively poor showing of PR agencies at the International Festival of Creativity – has again raised the question of how creative the comms and PR industry ...

Today’s Political Headlines include Barnier softening his opposition to Brexit finance plans, Labour NEC Member Peter Willsman attacking Corbyn critics, the culture of denial in Aid sector and John McDonnell’s criticism of Corbyn.  Barnier softening ...

The Taylor Bennett Foundation has announced that Sarah Stimson will step down from her role of chief executive in October. Stimson has been with the charity, which works to improve ethnic diversity in and access ...

Taylor Herring and The Romans are leading the shortlist for the PRWeek Awards 2018 with 13 and 11 nominations across all categories, respectively. Both agencies are shortlisted in the Small Consultancy of the Year category, ...

  Government Whips Mark Spencer has been promoted to Comptroller of HM Household. Andrew Stephenson has been promoted to Vice Chamberlain of HM Household.      Mike Freer has been promoted to Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury). Iain ...

Today’s Political Headlines include Tory Brexiteers’ criticism of May’s no-deal planning, Corbyn accused of taking Labour to a dark place, the IEA’s offer to ‘US donors’ and the reintroduction of ID Cards.  May facing criticism ...

Combine insights and creative magic to create comms campaigns with impact says Cirkle’s Jodie Hull. From pest control – to stop the BFG being eaten! – to securing the right food artist, there was a ...

Do you know how to communicate and engage with the iGen? The latest report from Good Relations – Meet the iGen – provides invaluable advice on the importance of speed and relevance in brand comms. ...

Truly integrated PR, comms and marketing campaigns are not common enough, says Angie Moxham, founder and Arch Angel of the North of Integrated comms agency The Fourth Angel. However, she says there are huge benefits ...

  Government Guto Bebb resigned as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Defence Procurement), at the Ministry of Defence. Stuart Andrew appointed as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Defence Procurement), at the Ministry of Defence. Kelly Tolhurst appointed ...

This week’s Five Things You Should Have Missed – sorry I meant to write ‘Shouldn’t’, rather than ‘Should’ – includes Google’s record fine, the new BuzzFeed News, Trump’s bizarre approach to communication, the Top 50 ...

The Centre for European Reform took the main prize at Prospect‘s Think Tank awards this week as it won the Think Tank of the Year category [pictured]. The Igarapé Institute, a Brazilian Think Tank which examines security, ...

How does Vuelio decide its Top 10 blog rankings – and Top 20s – is a question we’re often asked; it comes from bloggers hoping to make the list (or disappointed because they didn’t), PRs looking ...

The PR and communications industry must change its approach if it wants to recruit people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, says Kuldeep Mehmi, a graduate of the Taylor Bennett Foundation and director ...

A recent article from journalist Nick Cohen: ‘How the BBC Lost the Plot on Brexit’ for The New York Review of Books (NYR), accuses the BBC of ‘journalistic cowardice’ in regards to its coverage of ...

  Government David Davis resigned as Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union. Boris Johnson resigned as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. Steve Baker resigned as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at ...

Bread Skalka is behind Queer Little Family, the blog that was recently ranked in the Top 10 UK LGBT+ Blogs in the UK. Writing about life as a parent as well as other topics spanning ...

How’s your pitching? Are you reaching the most relevant media contacts in the right way? Or perhaps your relationships with journalists never seem to fully develop? One man who knows what a successful pitch looks ...

Today’s Political Headlines includes Greening’s calls for a second referendum, Eurosceptic Tories planning a whipping, Labour’s antisemitism definition may breach the Equality Act and Boris Johnson’s attack.  Greening calls for second referendum The Times reveals that Justine ...