Technology PR agency Context has hired Emma Burgess as account manager. She joins the agency from a global intranet company Interact, based in Cheshire where she was marketing and communications manager for three years. Prior to ...

MAY Concepts is a boutique creative and marketing consultancy with offices in London and Geneva. The agency helps its clients maintain and gain a positive brand reputation through creative communications via services such as strategic ...

The inaugural Public Relations Show hosted by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) took place yesterday at the Business Design Centre in central London. The free-to-attend event allowed the 1,000 PR professionals in attendance ...

The Powdered Nose will be featured in this week’s Media Updates. Author Amy spoke to Cision about her blog being a personal space, writing with personality and Twitter.   Why should people read your blog? ...

Optimism has returned to the advertising and PR sectors, signaling a revival of UK’s recession-ridden economy. According to the results from two separate survey reports, advertising and PR budgets are surging to pre-recession levels, lifting ...

‘The week in PR’ is a look at all the big stories in public relations as reported by the UK media in the week gone by. The highlights include the government’s £410,000 spend on Green Deal ...

The international media attention around the twerking Miley Cyrus was far from wearing thin when she ‘sparked’ fresh controversy by smoking a joint on stage at Amsterdam’s Ziggo Dome during the Europe MTV video music ...

Wikipedia’s parent company, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), has threatened Wiki-PR with legal action for ‘engaging in paid-advocacy editing’ of articles on the online-encyclopedia, and demanded that this practice immediately ‘cease and desist.’  Wiki-PR positions itself ...

How do you market pies? Welcome to the world of Romany Simon, the publicist for Pieminister, a Bristol-based pie-making company founded by her husband Jon Simon and brother Tristan Hogg. The idea behind the venture ...

‘The week in PR’ is a look at all the big stories in public relations as reported by the UK media in the week gone by. The highlights include a round-up of expert PR views ...

Big Fashionista will be featured in this week’s Media Updates. Author Kellie Hill spoke to Cision about not fitting into a neat box, clowns and Twitter. Why should people read your blog? I try to ...

Winston’s Wish is a national charity that helps bereaved children and young people rebuild their lives after the death of an important person in their life. As a registered charity, they rely almost entirely on voluntary ...

Discussing the best ways for PRs and brands to work with bloggers, this is a guest post by Susanna Scott and Jennifer Howze from BritMums. ‘You blog, right? I’m thinking I should be blogging too.’ ...

The Mummy Blogger will be featured in this week’s Media Updates. Author Charlotte Everiss spoke to Cision about her blog’s ethos, advice for newbies and top tips for PRs. Why should people read your blog? ...

Context Public Relations has been appointed by Media 1 Productions, a conference and event service provider, to lead its B2B social media strategy. The tech PR agency has been briefed to drive awareness of the ...

Digital marketing agency Stickyeyes is a growing business. Set up in 1998 the team has quickly developed into one of the UK’s most successful digital agencies. In order to adapt to market changes and better ...

PRs listen up: UK Journalists prefer to be contacted via social media, according to the 2013 Social Journalism Survey from Cision and Canterbury Christ Church University. According to the results, a third (30%) of respondents ...

Bacall Associates is a PR, marketing and sales support agency that specialises in travel at the top end of the market. The firm gets its name from Jeff Bacall, a PR and marketing expert who ...

Two in three business professionals claim they want a social relationship with companies yet as many as 70% agreed that B2B brands don’t know how to communicate effectively with them on social media, according to ...

‘This week in PR’ is a look at all the big stories in public relations as reported by the UK media over the past seven days. The week’s top stories include questions over RBS’ privatisation ...