The Advertising Standards Authority, the UK’s independent regulator for advertising across all media, received 374 complaints about “misleading, inaccurate and discriminatory” campaigns in the run up to the recent EU Referendum. Campaigns including the Leave campaign’s ...

This morning, the Women in Public Affairs Network met for a breakfast event with Stephanie Lvovich, Global Public Affairs Chair at Edelman and Anji Hunter, Senior Adviser at Edelman. They discussed the ups and downs ...

As PR professionals, we are duty bound to make announcements that don’t cast the best light on the organisations we work for. Let’s face it, whether its profit warnings, factory closures or redundancies – bad ...

The referendum is over, and whatever your opinion of the outcome, there are few people who would say that the campaign has been a victory for informed debate. Both the Leave and Remain campaigns came ...

Press Gazette’s ‘Brexitometer tracker chart’, which adds up the total number of front pages which favoured Remain versus Leave throughout the referendum, showed an overwhelming tendency towards Leave in the UK press. After much talk ...

Rebecca Newsom is the Policy and Political Adviser for Greenpeace UK. She talks to us about public affairs at Greenpeace, engaging with MPs and the role of celebrity in a successful campaign. She also discusses the ...

I bought a newspaper today for the first time in many months (perhaps even years). As I sat on the bus travelling into work, the paper sat folded on my lap. Despite its compact size, ...

With just two days to go until the referendum, we look back on the stand out events of the campaign period.  1. The Tories split Divisions in the Conservative party have dominated headlines more than the ...

The UK PR industry is enjoying strong growth according to the latest PR Census developed by the PRCA in conjunction with PRWeek and global research house YouGov. The sector is worth now worth £12.9bn, up £3bn ...

If the latest PRCA’s latest census is anything to go by, good times lie ahead. Results show that the public relations industry in the UK is growing 10 per cent, and is valued at around ...

For most young people internships are the quickest way to get their foot on the career ladder. But with reports of PR employees offering interns less than the minimum wage, many have questioned the ethics of internships. Even ...

As its name suggests, Political Betting is a political blog with a focus on betting opportunities: whether you’re interested in the outcome of the EU referendum or party leadership contests, this is the blog to go to ...

Created by Rev Stuart Campbell, Wings Over Scotland is a blog providing commentary and analysis on politics in Scotland. Whether dissecting media bias or giving his take on political news, Stuart brings his own brand of ...

Earlier this month John Whittingdale, Secretary of State for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), released his white paper ‘A BBC for the future’. This outlines his vision for the BBC over the ...

In a race as close as the current EU referendum campaign, an interesting development has occurred: the most competitive parties are not Remain and Leave, but actually the two main groups campaigning for Brexit. Vote ...

After months of talks, two days of industrial action and a war of words between the two parties involved, contract negotiations between the Department of Health and the British Medical Association (BMA) came to an end ...

With nearly fifteen years of experience in PR recruitment, Sarah Stimson is an expert when it comes to knowing what employers are looking for and how to develop young talent. On both her blog and ...

The campaign that vote Remain has run in the build up to the referendum has been roundly criticised for its negative emphasis. Look at the most recent Treasury analysis and you see a particularly gloomy ...

A survey conducted by the Marketing Society, published in today’s issue of Campaign, has revealed the marketing community’s overwhelming support for remaining part of the EU. The research showed that 77% of respondents – senior ...

The referendum campaign has so far been fraught with drama, but voters could be excused for feeling that, while entertaining, there’s been little offered from either side that feels genuinely informative.  What part of the campaign ...