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 ...

While panic buying is causing empty shelves across the UK’s stores and preventing vulnerable people’s access to essential items, Labour has called on the PR and advertising industries to join efforts to better educate the ...

PR and comms are playing a critical role in delivering information during the COVID-19 outbreak. From creating and maintaining consistent messaging, which aligns with brand values, to getting used to new working arrangements, teams are ...

The CIPR and PRCA have issued a joint statement praising the work of communications professionals during the COVID-19 outbreak while urging the Government to do more to protect the industry’s freelancers. Highlighting the impact of ...

These are extraordinary times that are intensely challenging for our customers’ as they work to maintain coordinated, effective communications to multiple stakeholders in a fast changing environment. This has never been more important and we ...

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 ...

This is a guest post from Rick Guttridge, managing director of Smoking Gun. For most PR and marketing professionals, influencer marketing is a hot topic of conversation and debate. But now, thanks to new governing ...

This year’s International Women’s Day is just behind us and PR can count itself as a profession particularly welcoming to women. CIPR’s 2019 State of the Profession survey showed that two thirds (67%) of the ...

‘I try really hard to practice what I preach’ – FuturePRoof founder, podcaster and former CIPR president Sarah Waddington shares her knowledge of the PR industry with future clients as well as her peers at ...

This is a guest post from Rob Skinner, managing director at Skout. Marketing and sales have a complicated relationship. In theory, the two should go hand in hand but it’s not quite as simple as ...

With International Women’s Day approaching on 8 March, the PR industry is gearing up to celebrate the success of women in the sector and to reflect on what still needs to be done to improve ...

Our recent webinar How to build a charity brand included discussion on communicating with stakeholders while building relationships with supporters. Expertise came from Scouts’ director of communications and marketing David Hamilton and brand and ambassador ...