Are you struggling to keep up with work while keeping children fed, watered and entertained during lockdown? You’re not alone. A recent Marketing Week and Econsultancy survey of 1,990 of our cousins in marketing across ...

Meet Rachel Spencer – the human (and self-confessed ‘Crazy Dog Lady’) behind The Paw Post Pet Blog. As well as trying out new gadgets with her canine co-blogger Patch, Rachel is busy blogging about the ...

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. ...

You may know the NLA as the company you have to pay a licensing fee to for access to print and online monitoring clips and coverage. It was founded in 1996 by publishers including Associated ...

‘The beauty industry is so intrinsically linked with how we feel about ourselves and has such a great power to boost our mood – which has never been more important.’ There’s much more to beauty ...

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations has launched Progress, a free mentoring scheme for its members providing a space for discussion, opportunities and planning out future career paths. Progress launches with 48 mentors who will ...

The PRCA is reconfiguring its model to deliver services by reducing central costs. Changes announced include director general Francis Ingham reducing his pay to zero, pay reductions for all staff, and a furloughing of a ...

This is a guest post from Carie Barkhuizen, founder of Seymour PR, on building a positive brand identity during unusual times. Your brand identity is how customers perceive you. During these unprecedented times, it can ...

A free consultation service for communications leaders in need of support or advice through the COVID-19 crisis has been launched by the PRCA’s Global COVID-19 Taskforce. Led by Lansons chief executive and co-founder Tony Langham ...

We regularly speak to our community to find out how they work and what best practice looks like. We’ve recently been talking to journalists who use the ResponseSource Journalist Enquiry Service to source information and ...

The PR industry has had to shift its focus over the last few months, as what counts as important changes day by day. Having announced upcoming work with charity I Can Be in time for ...

‘I think people want to escape for a few moments and that’s something I can do as a momentary distraction’ – British Beauty Blogger Jane Cunningham has had to change her approach to blogging as ...

John Adams has been writing about parenting, fatherhood and family life at Dadbloguk.com since 2012. He’s married to Gill and they have two daughters, Helen aged 11 and Izzy aged 7. John usually works at ...

The battle to get through to a newsroom is intense, particularly now when the news and policy environment is so busy and journalists are under incredible pressure to meet deadlines while maintaining editorial standards. News ...

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 ...

The PRCA is offering six months of free individual membership to PR professionals who have lost their job or who are self-employed and have experienced a decline in their income as a result of the ...

We’re committed to supporting the industry as we navigate together the disruption caused by COVID-19.   The challenges faced by the PR industry go hand in hand with the need for businesses to increase communications as they manage ...

This week’s results from the PRCA Confidence Tracker has found that senior PRs are still confident about the future of their agencies despite current challenges facing the industry. Replies from both senior agency and in-house ...

This is a guest post from Annabel Dunstan, founder and CEO of Question & Retain. Question & Retain was set up as a virtual company eight years ago, and as all the team work remotely, ...

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 ...