Public Finances The recession is now expected to be more shallow, with all but one of the independent forecasters surveyed by HM Treasury in February, as well as the Bank of England, now expecting a ...

At the Autumn Statement on Thursday, the Chancellor will set out tax rises and spending cuts totalling £60bn, roughly divided into £35bn of spending cuts and £25bn of tax rises. Here is what you can ...

Over the last few months, we’ve been busy speaking to our customers to find out what they think about our products and how we better answer what people need. One of the biggest challenges was ...

This is a guest post from Vicky Ford, Conservative MP for Chelmsford and a member of the Science and Technology Committee. As an MP, I have taken particular interest in the damaging impact of plastic ...

#FuturePRoof has published a guide that addresses the need for influencer marketing governance in public relations, with clear guidance for practitioners and influencers.  According to Markets & Markets the global influencer market is currently estimated ...

This is a guest post from Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Jenny Jones) a Green Party member of the House of Lords, who has written about her parliamentary question in the House of Lords on ‘Plans ...

This week’s Political Updates covers moves and changes at all levels of government.  UK Government Melissa Tatton appointed as new Tax Assurance Commissioner (more info). Pat Richie (Newcastle City Council Chief Executive) appointed as new Chair ...

A guest post written by Jodie Brazier, Comms Consultant at Topline Comms Promised you’d get something over to a journalist before their deadline but can’t? Need to ask a contact to pull an article about ...

We are constantly improving Vuelio for our clients, this month we’ve used machine learning to enhance journalist profiles. Top topics displayed on journalist profiles Knowing what a journalist has recently written about can help you ...

A new Brexit deal has been agreed with the European Union only hours before the start of the EU Council meeting in Brussels. EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker tweeted: 🇪🇺🤝🇬🇧 Where there is a will, ...

Influencer marketing is an industry worth today some £4.5bn, expected to reach £18.4bn by 2024. It has grown fast, driven by an exponential take up of social media and explosion in online publishing across multiple ...

Dane Cobain is the author of SocialBookshelves.com, a top 10 UK Literature Blog. A record of all the books Dane reads, SocialBookshelves.com covers every genre and each review is the same number of words as ...

The PRCA has announced that elections are open for the 2020 PR and Communications Council. The PR and Communications Council provides a formal mechanism for the industry’s most senior practitioners to consult on the key ...

This week’s Political Updates covers moves and changes at all levels of government.  UK Government Mr Jon Lambe has been appointed the United Kingdom Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Jakarta. Colin ...

Both the PRCA and CIPR have been awarded grants from the Government’s Business Readiness Fund to help the PR industry prepare for the potential of a no deal Brexit. The PRCA plans to use its ...

Last week, to coincide with World Mental Health Day, the PRCA and Opinium published research into mental health in our industry. The study found that 89% of PR and comms practitioners have struggled with their ...

Relevance International has opened its third office in Los Angeles, California. The new location is the third for the leading real estate, hospitality and luxury goods PR agency, with offices also in New York and ...

The PRCA and Opinium has conducted the industry’s largest piece of research on mental health, which has found that 89% of PR and communications practitioners have struggled with their mental wellbeing. Launched today, on World ...

Marcus Jaye is The Chic Geek, cult fashion blogging sensation and author of Fashion W*nkers, a new book celebrating fashion passion. For Marcus, the title is a badge of honour and the book covers the ...

This week’s Political Updates covers moves and changes at all levels of government.  UK Government Andrew Jenkins has been appointed as the new Fintech Envoy for Northern Ireland. Ben Derbyshire, Helena Hamerow and Sue Wilkinson have ...