Matt Hancock has announced the creation of NHSX, a new digital transformation body within the health service. The unit will bring together multiple agencies across the health sector, including NHS Digital, the Department of Health ...

As part of its 50th-year celebrations, the PRCA has launched its first ever podcast: PRcast. PRcast has been created as a way to share insight into the PR and communications industry, with bite-sized news stories ...

Research from Google Trends, in partnership with Schema and Axios, has found that the average ‘big’ news story lasts for around seven days before the public moves on to the next crisis. The study, based ...

‘Influencers’ are receiving a huge amount of bad press at the moment. From the CMA’s new rules around disclosure to the Fyre Festival documentaries and Panorama’s ‘Million Pound Selfie Sell Off’, a picture is being ...

Today’s political headlines include the UK retreating on its demand over the backstop after the latest defeat, Cliver Lewis saying Labour will be finished if it supports the Government on Brexit, NHS England chairman describing ...

The Cairncross Review details the findings of the investigation into the sustainability of journalism. The Review makes nine recommendations from a code of conduct to ‘rebalance’ the relationship between online platforms and publishers, to an ...

TikTok is the latest social networking site to take the world by storm with reportedly over 500 million users – a number that’s rising fast. Launched in China, the app is similar to Vine (RIP ...

The PRCA has appointed Barry Leggetter as its first international president to continue to build on the presence of the industry body around the world. Starting his role at the PRCA on 25 February, Leggetter ...

BuzzFeed, HuffPost, The Pool, and Vice are just some of the outlets that have announced cuts and closures over the last couple of weeks, with thousands of media jobs already cut in 2019. Across the ...

Today’s political headlines include Brexiteers rejecting EU concessions, May to deliver speech in Northern Ireland, Clark criticised over Nissan offer and Labour MPs pass motion criticising party’s handling of antisemitism.  Brexiteers reject EU concession The ...

This week’s Political Updates covers moves and changes at all levels of government.    Government Anita Bharucha has been appointed as chair of the Police Remuneration Review Body and the National Crime Agency Remuneration Review Body ...

The CIPR has announced its Institute’s Board of Directors for 2019, with all three honorary officer positions held by women. A first in the 70-year history of the CIPR, the president and two vice president ...

The 2019 Edelmen Trust Barometer reveals that while the UK public trusts every institution more than it did a year ago, generally we’re still a distrusting nation. Across the six major institutions the report tracks – ...

With Parliament back after summer recess and the threat of a general election now a likely option to break the Brexit deadlock, there’s never been a more important time to understand the political landscape and ...

Richard Nichols, Deputy Chairman of Instinctif Partners, has been appointed to the Board of Management of the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA). Nichols recently took over the role of Deputy Chairman of Instinctif Partners, ...

An Apple and Android app called ‘Facebook Research’ paid users, including teens, to provide access to the content they access on their phones. Facebook is in the news once again for its use of data. ...

The Fyre Festival, the botched attempt to run the most luxurious and Instafriendly festival ever, was already famous thanks to several viral posts highlighting failings at the time in April 2017.  However, two documentaries, on ...

Following an investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), 16 celebrities including Ellie Goulding and Rita Ora have agreed to make it clear when they have received gifts or payment to endorse products online. ...

The CIPR’s Artificial Intelligence panel (#AIinPR) continues to build on research into the use of AI in the PR industry and has set out its plans for 2019.   The panel is chaired by Metia’s ...

Reuters Institute has released its annual Journalism, Media, and Technology Trends and Predictions report for 2019. It surveyed 200 editors, CEOs and digital leaders, one-third from the UK, the rest across 29 countries including Germany, ...