Here’s our round-up of industry bodies, associations, institutes, platforms and networks supporting PR, marketing and communications professionals in their career development and lives outside of work. This list includes many initialisms but more importantly, supportive ...

The part of freelancing that is working through uncertainty and unpredictability in sometimes solitary circumstances has been ramped up to 11 during the pandemic, which has impacted clients’ budgets, confidence and creativity. Here are six ...

CIPR has launched its Employability Hub in an effort to support members who have lost their job or are at risk of redundancy during the coronavirus outbreak. The Hub will host webinars, skill guides and ...

The PRCA Ethics Council has launched #PRCAethics Month with the theme of ‘The PoweR of Ethical PR’ to move PR dialogues towards ethics-driven action and behaviors. Throughout September #PRCAethics will release educational content focusing on ...

‘Work-wise, nothing fazes me and I am known to bring calm to chaos and conflict’ – while 2020 is turning out to be a particularly tumultuous time for the PR industry, Sheena Thomson has the ...

This is a guest post from Abbie Moujaes, marketing manager at online clinic for men Numan. ‘Do something about erectile dysfunction’. That’s the tagline that runs across Numan’s TV ads on Sky Sports, on our ...

The Chartered Institute of Publication Relations (CIPR) and the Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS) have published an AI in PR Ethics Guide to provide practical advice on working with AI build and deployment teams to ...

Dominating much of the news cycle and the Twittersphere these last couple of days is the story that the BBC’s Last Night Of The Proms will feature the song Rule Britannia (after initial reports suggesting ...

After work experience with a police station, Caroline Coskry dropped early dreams of becoming a paramedic or policewoman and went in a very different direction – work experience for the comms team at St George’s ...

This is a guest post from the team at AM&A, a PR and marketing agency specialising in sustainability, travel, lifestyle and culture. We are currently standing at the crossroads of our planet’s future. The climate ...

The PRCA is inviting charities, social enterprises and community businesses to apply to join a supplier directory launched to highlight positive social impacts. Relevant organisations offering services and products for PR and communications agencies can ...

This is a guest post from Alec Samways, CEO and head of creative strategy at Splendid Communications. The seemingly never-ending newsworthiness of a pandemic that has delivered daily stats, statements, scares and scandals for weeks ...

This is a guest post from Charlie Terry, founder & managing director at CEEK Marketing. Every modern-day PR knows that adding an element of digital marketing to a campaign can work wonders, and with the ...

This is a guest post from Darryl Sparey, Managing Director at Hard Numbers. “I sell ice in the winter, I sell fire in hell / I am a hustler baby, I’ll sell water to a ...

This is a guest post by Mike Douglas, host of the Mental Health Blog Awards and blogger at Mike’s Open Journal. On Saturday 25th July 2020, I hosted the third Mental Health Blog Awards. Once ...

This is a guest post from Charlotte King, fellowships and communications coordinator at the Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of Leicester. Her work here is her own views and does not reflect ...

82% of PR and communications professionals surveyed by CIPR’s Health Group answered ‘yes’ to having felt an impact on their mental health during the coronavirus pandemic. The survey, exploring the impact of the COVID-19 crisis ...

This is a guest post from Natalie Trice, award winning PR coach and lecturer. While PE with Joe Wicks, growing veg in the garden, and clapping for carers on Thursday nights may have been part ...

PRFest has launched the DRIVEN Pledge to help tackle inclusion, diversity and equality issues within the PR and communications industry. The DRIVEN Pledge tool is available free to industry leaders and professionals working to make ...

This is a guest post from Rick Guttridge, managing director of Smoking Gun. After a challenging few months for PR and media professionals in the health and wellbeing sector, opportunity might be on the horizon. ...