Archant’s Emma Youle talks to Cision’s Simon Stiel about her work, why investigative journalism is a vital public service and how PRs can partner with investigative reporters. For your award-winning “hidden homeless” investigation, you looked at homelessness and temporary accommodation in Hackney. Why? The “hidden homeless” investigation was prompted by an earlier story I covered […]
Clarion Communications concocted this elaborate social experiment to increase preference for natural cork stoppers among wine drinking consumers. Campaign: The Grand Cork Experiment Client: APCOR (The Portuguese Cork Association) PR Team: Clarion Communications Timing: July-November 2017 Budget: £150,000 Summary The ‘cork vs screw cap’ debate runs deep in the wine world. Clarion entered the debate on behalf […]
Hi, I’m Roxy! I’m the lucky little devil that got to be part of the internship programme at Cision and I am a third year Advertising and Public Relations undergraduate. The corporate world of Canary Wharf was a bit of a change for me from my little flat in leafy Chiswick – but one that […]
The first week of my internship is already complete, and what a week it’s been. I honestly did not expect it to be this educational and such a great eye opener to the media industry. Before I started, many people told me that an internship usually involves shadowing a member of a team and trying to […]
Huw Morgan, director of Good Relations’ internal communications practice, argues that Carillion’s collapse shows why brands must invest in employee engagement. Business journalists have been falling over themselves to predict the first big business to fall in 2018 and, with Carillion’s collapse yesterday, they have their first casualty. History is littered with businesses that died […]
Unity has appointed Kathryn Pringle as its new managing director, bringing her campaign experience and commercial acumen to the role, reports Mahesh Pillai. Pringle made her name during her six years at Splendid Communications, building the agency from a startup to a recognised name. While at Splendid she secured roster positions with Diageo, GSK and […]
Headland has appointed Stephen Malthouse, a former crisis management specialist at Tulchan, as a partner, Roxanne Pratley reports. Malthouse spent 14 years at Tulchan, handling accounts for clients including TalkTalk, Alliance Trust, Merlin Entertainments and investment firm 3i Infrastructure. In addition, Ian Shackleton has joined Headland to advise its clients on capital markets strategy, transaction work and the implications […]
Mario Di Stasi, managing director of Controcampus, talks to Cision’s Mario Cipriano about the magazine’s evolution from university title to an Italian national publication. Controcampus was launched in 2001 as a magazine dedicated to the University of Salerno. But, since then it has expanded and developed a national distribution and reach. How did it develop a readership of students […]
Michaela Gray, senior manager at Golin, says businesses should act now to prepare their comms strategies for “toxic fallout” from the new gender pay reporting rules. The start of compulsory gender pay gap reporting will expose the employment practices of every business with more than 250 staff. From 4 April 2018, businesses will be scrutinised […]
Jessica Huie, director of Kaleidoscope Comms, talks about how meeting her first PR mentor changed her life – and why she’s proud to be part of Connect Mentors. We do not all begin at the starting line in life. That’s a fact. The conversation about the disparities between us, the invisible privileges and head-starts, are […]