This week’s Political Updates, covers moves and changes at all levels of government.    House of Commons   Father of the House Gerald Kaufman, MP for Manchester Gorton passed away. Former chancellor Ken Clarke is now ...

This year’s annual Academy Awards (The Oscars) were always going to make the headlines. The story was either going to be based on politics, with Hollywood’s elite putting Donald Trump in his place, or the ...

Donald Trump might loath the New York Times, often pouring scorn on the news brand by accusing them of peddling “fake news” or describing their apparently precarious business model as “failing” but are his assaults ...

The Electoral Commission has been urged to investigate Leave.EU, the Brexit campaign group set up by Nigel Farage and funded by Aaron Banks, after it failed to declare the role of a firm of ‘’psychographic’’ ...

Paul Sutton is an award-winning independent social and digital media consultant. With nearly twenty years of marketing experience, Paul now works with brands and agencies to improve their understanding of digital media. In this spotlight, Paul ...

The food columnist Jack Monroe has begun libel proceedings against Katie Hopkins, after she sent tweets suggesting Monroe had defaced a war memorial during an anti-austerity march last year. The columnist, who is arguing that ...

Trinity Mirror has seen more than its fair share of negative headlines in recent years following their acquisition of the Local World regional newspaper group. From sweeping job cuts to title closures, the publisher has ...

Earlier today we published our latest PR blog ranking – and immediately received criticism from some high-profile industry voices about the absence of women on our list: Thanks for the mention but where are the women such as ...

Ezri Carlebach is a consultant, writer, lecturer, and senior associate at the PR Network. In this spotlight, Ezri chats to us about the lessons he has learned leading major change communications in the financial services ...

As the chief engagement officer at Hotwire PR, John Brown oversees innovation and digital communications, helping his clients to creatively engage their audiences by providing creative counsel ranging from start-ups to publicly traded businesses. Reflecting on ...

Thanks to a new partnership between Vuelio and award-winning online press release distribution service, RealWire, our clients will now be able to publish and distribute their press releases to a carefully targeted online audience.  The new ...

When Sutton United’s 24-stone goalkeeper, Wayne Shaw, scoffed a meat pie live on TV during his team’s FA Cup clash with Arsenal, PR professionals fell over themselves to distance themselves from the “car crash” PR event. ...

Back in the glory days of print (less than a decade ago), The London Evening Standard published five separate editions of the newspaper, keeping the news fresh throughout the day and extending the shelf life ...

Described as a brand developer and marketer who loves ideas, Karan Chadda founded Evolving Influence in 2014 to develop marketing frameworks, analytics and content that help build stronger businesses. As the director of Evolving Influence, Karan has ...

Ann Pilkington is the director of the PR Academy, which offers a wide range of courses for people working in public relations and as well as CIPR accredited diplomas in public affairs and crisis communication. Ann first ...

Marketing Week, the leading UK trade magazine for the marketing industry is abandoning its weekly format and going monthly. The move is part of a long-term strategy by publishers Centaur Media to move away from ...

Facebook has helped transform Channel 4 News from a niche news operator into a global media brand. However, the transformation has come at a cost to the organisation and unfortunately many of the numbers don’t ...

Mark Zuckerberg has posted a lengthy manifesto responding to criticism of Facebook and outlining his vision as to how the platform can work to repair ever increasing polarisation. This has done nothing to dispel rumours ...

UK Social Media Editor for BuzzFeed News, Andy Dangerfield, has worked in journalism for the past 10 years, holding roles at prominent media outlets including BBC Breaking News, Panorama and Newsnight, before moving to BuzzFeed ...

When the poet Alexander Pope said: “To err is human, to forgive is divine” he clearly wasn’t talking about the PR Industry. It seems the humble PR professional is not allowed to make mistakes. The ...