As Stand Agency celebrates its first year of business, Gorkana catches up with founding director Rebecca McLeod on the resilience of smaller agencies and why PR is somewhere between being a ballerina or the PM.

17 days ago in General Features

Financial PR consultant David Banks reveals 10 reasons why laws arriving on 22 July raise the stakes for fund managers’ communication strategies.

3 days ago in General Features

Propeller PR’s CEO, Martin Loat, on why ten days is a long time in PR, his respect for Andrew Neil and why persistence and an enquiring mind are the key attributes he looks for when recruiting staff.

4 days ago in General Features

Jessica Kirby, one of the first wave from the PRCA's year-long PR Apprentice scheme, has been working at Cirkle since October. She talks to Gorkana about the realities of agency life, good mojo and dream clients.

4 days ago in General Features

The Independent's Money and Property Editor, Julian Knight, is running as the Conservative candidate for Solihull at the next general election. Gorkana caught up with him to ask about his motivations for running, his political heroes and why former journalists are becoming increasingly represented in British politics.

10 days ago in General Features

David Banks on why if you ask any CEO about social media, the concept of ‘risk’ is usually not far from their minds.

24 days ago in General Features

At a recent Gorkana Breakfast, Jonathan Eley, editor of FT Money, explained the changes his section has undergone in the last six months, the taxation issues so relevant to his readership and why Twitter plays a valuable role in generating case studies.

24 days ago in General Features

@JamesDRossiter, co-md of Morgan Rossiter, reports on the shift from "Gutenberg to Zuckerberg" and other key themes raised about the future of the national press at Shift 2013, the Newsworks conference this week.

about one month ago in General Features

Citigate Dewe Rogerson has been appointed as the retained public relations adviser to Altius Associates, a leading global private equity advisory and funds of funds firm.

about one month ago in General Features

No longer do City institutions shy away from the camera when speaking on matters of economic importance. David FitzGerald of Globelynx tells Gorkana why he feels more institutions want to get in-front of the lens.

5 months ago in General Features