Fears of illness in the workplace, returns to busy commutes on public transport and disrupted working cultures – just some of the concerns causing 40% of leaders in PR and comms to continue with remote ...

This is a guest post from Rose Allerston, senior account director at Smoking Gun. At the beginning of the year, the team at Smoking Gun sat down to carefully analyse the global consumer trends that ...

Whether working from home is working for you, or you’re desperate to the return to the pace of office life, the prospect of an eventual move back to your workplace desk post-lockdown is going to ...

The PRCA has launched its Global Ethics Council to uphold ethical standards across the public relations and communications industry. Omnicom international president (and former PRCA chairman and ICCO president) David Gallagher is the inaugural chairman ...

The Community PR Initiative (CPRI) has matched 60 charities and NHS teams with 100 volunteer comms professionals in an effort to help with communication during the current crisis. Launched in early April, the initiative has ...

While the COVID-19 crisis presents challenges for agencies, business and organisations across all levels, their communications teams are under increasing pressure to prepare and plan for strong recoveries when the wider economy starts to improve. ...

As we start to get used to the mechanics of long-term working from home it’s easy to neglect both our physical and mental health. We asked our wonderful Wellness Manager, Roxy Danae, for her key ...

These are unprecedented times and as we adapt both our professional and personal lives, we need to find a ‘new normal’ for both socialising and networking. Virtual drinks over video chat have replaced meeting up ...

SXSW and Coachella were first and now with Glastonbury cancelled and the Euros being postponed until 2021, it is clear that no event is impervious to the current situation. Large mass gatherings are no longer ...

Public relations membership bodies the CIPR and PRCA are launching initiatives to support the sector in reaction to the potential impact of COVID-19 on the PR industry. PRCA Following a survey of around 200 PR ...

2020 is the year for in-house content creation. In 2019, a third of marketing teams surveyed by Canto and Sapio Research were planning to reduce agency spend and start sourcing internally. If you’re one of ...

Media platform Unsplash has launched a digital marketing arm for companies looking to leverage branded images for online and distribution. Brands will now be able to curate and share their native content with 300 million ...

Vuelio’s sister company Pulsar has been tracking social media conversations across different platforms and highlighting the most popular policies, as well as the most engaging political parties and their leaders during the general election campaign. ...

Concerns about content creation is one of the big obstacles the comms industry will face in 2020, according to a new survey commissioned by Speak Media and conducted by The Pulse Business. Among comms directors ...

How do you manage crisis comms for terrorist related events? A new guide by the CIPR and CPNI explains how the right communications can mitigate the harmful effects of terrorist incidents and in some cases ...

The Government is continuing to make use of digital innovation to progress a sector that is often criticised as lagging behind the private sector. A panel session on digital innovation in Government at the Public ...

Vuelio continues to connect journalists and PRs with its increasingly popular ‘blind dates’ series. These face-to-face meetings prove the power of building professional media relationships in the right way. A recent Vuelio ‘blind date’ between ...

Vuelio, the stakeholder engagement software company, buys journalist request and media database provider ResponseSource. Access Intelligence Plc, the parent company of Vuelio, has acquired ResponseSource Ltd for a cash-and-shares consideration of £5.5 million to create ...

Nike has launched a new campaign, celebrating 30 years of ‘Just do it’. While some of the stars in the campaign, such as Serena Williams, are unsurprising, the inclusion of Colin Kaepernick has sparked huge ...

Party Conference Season is just around the corner, and with Brexit looming large over every major party, we’re in for an explosive autumn. If you’re gearing up for Conference, don’t miss our next webinar. Party ...