Experiences of racism, microaggressions and unconscious biases have been shared by BAME PR practitioners for the CIPR research report released today Race in the PR Workplace: BAME lived experiences in the UK PR industry. Following ...

Having worked in the charity sector for over 20 years with a focus on mobility and diversity, Melissa Lawrence was drawn to join the Taylor Bennett Foundation and its mission to improve ethnic diversity in ...

Getting ready for recovery as businesses reopen across the country? Here are six steps to help you plan your strategy, inspired by our recent study into the behaviours and trends of comms leaders in lockdown. ...

PR and comms leaders are increasingly focused on recovery in Q2 according to the Vuelio Barometer which analyses themes dominating the public posts of 897 heads of and directors. The Vuelio Barometer of PR and ...

We’ve been gathering advice from journalists across different beats on how PRs can put together successful pitches in our How to pitch to series. Today we have more tips from writers recently interviewed for our ...

Fears of illness in the workplace, returns to busy commutes on public transport and disrupted working cultures – just some of the concerns causing 40% of leaders in PR and comms to continue with remote ...

This is a guest post from Rose Allerston, senior account director at Smoking Gun. At the beginning of the year, the team at Smoking Gun sat down to carefully analyse the global consumer trends that ...

We’re creatures of habit, so changing the tools we use to be effective at our jobs seems like a big hassle when we’re under increasing pressure to deliver on a daily basis. Much like bank ...

This is a guest post from Nigel Sarbutts, founder of freelance PR matchmaking service The PR Cavalry. Clients slamming the brakes on communication doesn’t have to mean that work stops completely. Volatility is opportunity and ...

If you work in finance PR or have clients in the sector, ensuring you’re a useful asset to journalists is a worthwhile investment. Whether personal finance, private equity, corporate tax, insurance or the continuing impact ...

Whether working from home is working for you, or you’re desperate to the return to the pace of office life, the prospect of an eventual move back to your workplace desk post-lockdown is going to ...

The PRCA has launched its Global Ethics Council to uphold ethical standards across the public relations and communications industry. Omnicom international president (and former PRCA chairman and ICCO president) David Gallagher is the inaugural chairman ...

To better understand how the changes that have come in the wake of the coronavirus crisis will impact business leaders across the UK in the long term, Harvard comms partnered with research house Coleman Parkes ...

This is a guest post from Leo Von Bülow-Quirk, founder and director of UK-based conference and keynote speaker bureau VBQ Speakers. The conference and events industry has been turned upside down in recent weeks, with ...

Are you working with influencers? The UK Influencer Survey 2020 reveals that one in five influencers say it’s now their main source of income and one in twenty charge more than £1,000 per collaboration. Here ...

The Community PR Initiative (CPRI) has matched 60 charities and NHS teams with 100 volunteer comms professionals in an effort to help with communication during the current crisis. Launched in early April, the initiative has ...

Results from the PRCA’s second international Business Confidence Tracker shows a growth in positivity among senior agency and in-house leaders around the world when it comes to the future of their businesses. Respondents to the ...

Helen Croydon, founder of Thought Leadership PR, three-time author and former journalist and broadcaster of 15 years can now add podcast host to her list of accolades. The Media Insider Podcast was launched by Helen ...

The Women in PR and PRWeek Mentoring Programme, now in its seventh year, opened for applications on Monday 11 May as a completely digital scheme. With 25 mentee spaces (five earmarked for Women in PR ...

This is a guest post from Clare Wall, co-founder and director of Firework PR. When we set up Firework PR, we wanted to break the traditional agency model and focus on building a consultancy that ...