From fake news to alternative facts – the truth has always been somewhat of a moveable goalpost. Regardless of whether it has been sensationalised and twisted by a journalist or deflected and spun-out by a PR professional, ...

Facebook is making significant changes to the way it handles “trending news” as part of a concerted effort to remove “fake news” from the social network. Instead of focusing on individual items that have drawn a ...

The Supreme Court today voted by 8-3 that the Government cannot trigger Article 50 without an act of Parliament, meaning that MPs will be allowed a vote on the process of leaving the European Union: ...

Arron Banks, the multi-millionaire businessman, who donated more than £7 million to Nigel Farage’s Leave.EU campaign ahead of the Brexit referendum and who recently faced criticism after his name appeared in the Panama Papers linking him ...

Last Friday Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States. Although he promised to bring people together, his presidency has already created divisions and sparked protests across the world. We ...

While Barack Obama was the first American politician to turn to social media in his race for the Whitehouse, you could argue that Donald Trump was the first to use the medium (especially Twitter) to ...

OK, I have a bit of a problem with the headline of this blog. Although countless journalists and politicians are very fond of the phrase “ordinary working people”, I’ve yet to hear a clear definition ...

Seumas Milne, who was previously an associate editor and columnist at the Guardian, has announced he will permanently leave his position there to continue in his role as director of communications for Jeremy Corbyn. There ...

Bloggers might relish the opportunity to “let rip” in their own small part of cyberspace but they should remember they are bound by the same laws professional journalists must adhere to. For example, defamation is ...

There are very few presidents who had the charisma, charm, eloquence, coolness and global appeal as Barack Obama. Described as one of the greatest orators of his generation, Obama was one of a kind. But ...

It’s not often that the work of a humble TV reviewer from a Sunday broadsheet hits the headlines and goes viral – but we are living in strange times. Damien Love, a TV reviewer for ...

According to a recent Daily Mail article, some brands are willing to pay Instagrammers and bloggers as much as £2,000 per image, in the hope it will act as an ad for their products.  In ...

The BBC has always been a more cautious news provider than many of its commercial rivals. This was highlighted during the recent Brussels Airport terrorist attack when television and online news channels rushed to social ...

User generated content such as comments added to online articles have always divided opinion. At worst, online comments are nothing more than abusive rants and incoherent spam. Occasionally, comments are (often unintentionally) very funny. TV Comedian ...

Pioneers of real ale fuelled punk PR, BrewDog, are no strangers to competitive PR. In lieu of marketing spend, the Scottish brewers have created more than a significant buzz around their brand by packaging their ...

Speaking earlier today Theresa May announced that the UK “cannot possibly” remain within the European single market, as staying in it would mean “not leaving the EU at all”. During Theresa May’s much-anticipated speech, the ...

The Fight Inequality Alliance is a coalition of leading national and international non-profit organisations, fighting to combat the ever disparate income levels between richest and poorest. Today, it has taken over the official hashtag for ...

2016 was a big year for us at Vuelio! We launched a new website with a clean design and intuitive navigation, allowing visitors to find the information they’re looking for much faster, and it was ...

Want to kick-start 2017 with a product that will make all the difference to your PR? Join us on January 31st at 11am to learn about the software most successful PRs use to get their story heard by key influencers and ...

It’s fair to say, the EU isn’t very popular with the majority of the British press but that might change very soon thanks to a new proposal in the EU’s forthcoming ePrivacy Directive. The Directive ...