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Five ways charities and campaigners can get the good news out there

April 16, 2018

Hints and tips on how charities and campaigners can spread their good news more effectively

Charities must have the freedom to campaign

January 17, 2018

Charities have a vital role to play in campaigning for positive social change as they are well placed to spot the unintended consequences of legislation and can highlight gaps that risk leaving sections of our society behind. Even the Charity Commission for England and Wales acknowledges that while charities must be independent from party politics […]

A year of collaboration?

January 2, 2018

If 2017 was the year of division with Trump, Brexit and Ed Sheeran driving divisions between society, will 2018 be the year of collaboration?

No room for complacency in Bell Pottinger case

September 5, 2017

In the aftermath of the Bell Pottinger case all organisations should ask who else is on their PR agency's client roster, the transparency applied to public affairs lobbying should be rolled out to all public relations activity and there should be a deeper inquiry into the ethics of the industry.

The perils of PRs jumping “all in” on the Election

April 24, 2017

Agency bosses calling on their clients to jump “all in” on the General Election in PR Week seemed, on the surface, like sound advice. But it misses a vital point: legally they may find themselves on dodgy ground if they do. Much of the debate on the regulations of ‘third party campaigners’ during General Elections has […]

The best job in the world?

March 14, 2016

The PRCA Careers in PR event claimed PR is the best job in the world. But how does the industry stack up for flexibility, variety, community and pay?

£117,800 to be the PM’s mouthpiece

January 18, 2016

The PM needs a new (deputy) spokesperson. And the salary is almost five times the UK's average salary

When PR recruitment goes wrong…

November 3, 2015

The PR’s industry body has hit the nail on the head again – calling out another poor practice among the nation’s public relations agencies. In a blog post, PRCA chief Francis Ingham reveals he was approached by an agency (ironically one which specialises in reputation management) to promote a job ad which requires candidates to submit […]