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Neil Bayley, corporate practice leader of Porter Novelli, discuss the impact on the financial services industry of RBS chief executive Stephen Hester’s waived bonus, and Lloyds’ axing of its charity card scheme.

Mark Adams, director of standup4lobbying, and Keith Johnston, CIPR board member and its representative on the UKPAC board, discuss the Government’s consultation on a lobbyists’ register.

Jonathan Sloan, managing director of Hills Balfour and Steve Dunne, executive chairman of Brighter Group, discuss the PR handling around the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster.

Alison Clarke, UK CEO of Grayling, and Jane Wilson, CEO of the CIPR, discuss what 2012 has in store for the PR industry and offer advice for PR professionals on how to make this year successful.

Francis Ingham, PRCA chief executive, and Keith Johnston, STEP director of policy and comms, discuss The Independent sting on Bell Pottinger lobbyists and the PRCA’s withdrawal from the UK Public Affairs Council’s voluntary register of lobbyists.

Nick Williams, head of public affairs at Fleishman-Hillard London, and Chris Rumfitt, public affairs MD at Edelman, discuss how the unions and the Government communicated during the recent public sector strikes.

Mark Stringer, founder of Pretty Green and Greg Tulett, finance director at 3 Monkeys, discuss how the UK's economic concerns are affecting the PR industry and how agencies are preparing for 2012.

Eddie May, Threepipe co-founder, and Will Hill, head of crisis & issues management at Bite Communications, discuss the FA’s and FIFA’s handling of the recent racism allegations that have hit football.

CIPR chief executive Jane Wilson and Speed Communications MD Stephen Waddington discuss new changes to the CIPR’s management structure, aimed at reflecting changes taking place within the PR industry.

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George Pitcher, priest and comms adviser and Ronan McNern, Occupy London supporter and press team member, discuss how PR around the Occupy London protests at St Paul’s Cathedral has been handled.

Sarah Wrixon, MD of Salix Consulting, and Simon Francis, freelance consultant, discuss the Department of Health’s £85,000 per month single brief covering four major comms programmes.

Helen Beavis, director of Speed Communciations, and Peter Chipchase, director of John Doe, discuss the London Evening Standard's report the mid-sized PR firms are in a vulnerable position.

Richard Ellis, comms director of the PRCA, talks about the newly launched PRWeek/PRCA campaign calling for an end to unpaid internships in the PR industry, which was revealed in last week’s magazine

Claire Walker, CEO of Firefly Communications, and Steve Dinneen, technology reporter at CityAM, discuss the negative response to the latest iPhone launch and Apple’s comms challenges following the death of Steve Jobs.

Simon Wright, director of Gatehouse, and Steve Doswell, chief executive of the Institute of Internal Communication, discuss their State of the Sector 2011 report, which reveals the state of the public sector’s investment in internal comms

Jo-ann Robertson, MD of public affairs and corporate comms at Ketchum Pleon, and Peter Bingle, chairman at Bell Pottinger Public Affairs, discuss how important this conference season will be for the political parties and their leaders.

Jonathan Shillington, MD of corporate and financial at Grayling, and Alex Evans, MD at Uplands PR, debate the current reputational issues affecting the banking business, such as banking reform and the UBS rogue trader.

Simon Lewis, head of comms at Premiership Rugby, and Jonathan Castleman, international managing director of Fast Track, discuss the comms opportunities presented by the Rugby World Cup and what an association with the sport means for brands.

Laura Weston, managing partner at Iris PR and Steve Earl, MD of Speed Communications, discuss salaries in PR and the gender pay gap with PRWeek deputy editor Cathy Bussey

Drew Barrard, associate director at Pitch, analyses the news that O2 is preparing to ditch its multi-million pound football sponsorship deal to focus on rugby , blaming 'unsavoury' stories in the media relating to footballers.

Beth Carroll, head of social media at Threepipe and Danny Whatmough, head of digital PR at EML Wildfire, discuss how the PR bosses of Twitter, Facebook and BlackBerry makers Research in Motion, can distance their brands away from the riots.

Simon Jones, head of comms at Wandsworth Council, talks about the comms handling around the riots that hit the London borough last week, and the tough 'convict and evict' policy that the council is leading against offenders.

Adrian Brady, chief executive of Eulogy, discusses how The Guardian's new editorial code and blanket band on product placement in articles will affect the PR industry.

Alex Aiken, director of comms and strategy at Westminster City Council, and Robin Campbell, head of comms at Southwark Council, discuss developments in merging comms units with other public services.

Andy Sutherden, MD of sports marketing and sponsorship at Hill & Knowlton, and Dominic Curran, deputy managing director of Synergy, debate how PROs can make their clients stand out from the crowd in the year leading up to the London 2012 Olympics.

Charlie Thomas, executive editor, Pensions Management, and Mark Knight, director, Broadgate Mainland, discuss the agency’s Digital Trends Survey, which surveyed UK financial journalists on attitudes to social media and their connections to PR people.

Cathy Bussey, deputy editor of PRWeek, and Francis Ingham, director general of the PRCA, discuss the findings of the 2011 PR Census, the largest-scale research project into the UK PR industry in many years.

Steve Earl, MD of Speed Communications, and Gareth Thomas, director of Brands2Life, discuss how Google’s new tool ‘Me on the Web’, which aims to help people manage their online reputation, will affect the PR industry.

Giles Fraser, co-founder of Brands2Life, and Claire Murphy, consultant editor at PRWeek, discuss why comms directors see ad agencies as more reliable suppliers of great creative ideas than PR agencies.

Steve Chisholm, partner at Fast Track, and James Thellusson, head of corporate at Lexis PR, discuss the Wimbledon tennis championships and how some of the recent PR campaigns may threaten the event’s heritage.

Jack Irvine, executive chairman of Media House and Cairbre Sugrue, head of technology at Edelman, discuss the reputational issues around the recent cyber attacks against firms such as Sony PlayStation and The International Monetary Fund.

Jack Irvine, executive chairman of Media House and Cairbre Sugrue, head of technology at Edelman, discuss the reputational issues around the recent cyber attacks against firms such as Sony PlayStation and The International Monetary Fund.

Michael Frolich, MD of Resonate, and Louise Watson, consumer MD at Hill & Knowlton, discuss the Cannes Festival of Creativity with PRWeek’s deputy editor Cathy Bussey.

David Engel, partner at Addleshaw Goddard and Drew Benvie, MD at 33 Digital discuss the debate over Twitter and super-injunctions, as well as the latest legal developments to affect the PR industry

Ben Levine, senior project manager with Ketchum’s Global Research Network, and Andy Gallacher, of Markettiers4dc, discuss measurement and AVEs

Mary Walsh, director of comms at Eurostar, and Jason Nisse, director at Fishburn Hedges, discuss the extent to which social media have changed the game on crisis comms

Iain Anderson, director of Cicero Group, John Lehal, MD of Insight Public Affairs and Simon Goldie, head of external relations at LexisNexis discuss elections and the AV referendum with PRWeek’s associate editor, news, David Singleton

James Max, LBC presenter and broadcaster, and Trevor Morris, author and visiting professor of PR at Westminster University, discuss super-injunctions, including whether they are replacing PR as a form or reputation management.

Andrew Bloch, MD of Frank PR, and Helen Prowse, PR manager at News International, discuss PR stunts around the royal wedding with PRWeek deputy editor Cathy Bussey, and decide whether various stunts are hits or misses.

Tracey Sands, head of comms at Anthony Nolan and Martin Loat, CEO of Propeller, discuss the comms surrounding the London Marathon on Sunday April 17, including the challenges for individual charities and the increased focus on the event in the run-up

Francis Ingham, director-general of the PRCA, Cathy Bussey, deputy editor of PRWeek, and Martin Bradley, senior research executive at Harris Interactive discuss the PR Census 2011, the largest suvey of the PR industry carried out since 2005.

Julian Fisher, director of media output, markettiers4dc and Martin Lejeune, Director of Open Road, talk about the Governmental handling of the Budget announcement last week which had to fight with space against coverage of the conflict in Libya.

Fiona Chow, PR manager corporate wellbeing at Nuffield Health and John Lehal, MD of Insight Public Affairs, discuss diversity within the PR industry, including whether there is a place for positive discrimination and the role of internships.

Diana Soltmann, ceo of Flagship Consulting, and Tim Prizeman, principal PR consultant, at Kelso Consulting discuss ethics in PR.

Lorna Gozzard, director of Kindred and Simon Francis, managing partner of Band & Brown, disucss the Cabinet Office's extension of the current Government freeze on marketing spend for another four years.

Sean Trainor, MD of uber engagement and chair of CIPR inside, discusses using video for internal commsto demonstrate leadership visibility and to help businesses connect with their employees.

MHP Communication's social media account manager Ian McKee discusses the risks and benefits of a rebrand, and explains how social media can play a crucial role in its success.

Adam Rutherford, head of fashion at Publicasity, talks about the challenges facing fashion PROs during the busiest week of the fashion calender.

PRWeek's features editor Cathy Bussey talks to Mike Morgan, CEO of the Red Consultancy and Benjamin Webb, MD of Deliberate PR abour what PR agencies can offer interns.

Juliet Slot, MD of Pitch and Victoria Heiden, account manager at Generate Sponsorship talk to James Woodroof about the Sky Sports sexism row, the media coverage of the row and sexism in sport.

PRWeek's deputy features editor Kate Magee talks to Rob Metcalfe, MD of Richmond Towers and Nicky Forrest, MD of Phipps PR about the latest public attitudes to celebrity chefs.

PRWeek's features editor Cathy Bussey is joined by Hill & Knowlton's EMEA chief executive and president of the PRCA Sally Costerton and Pam Lyddon, CEO of Bright Star Digital to talk about networking.

PRWeek's features editor Cathy Bussey speaks to Drew Benvie MD, 33 Digital, Jonathan Hargreaves, European MD, Edelman, Tony Langham, Co-founder and CEO, Lansons and Kevin Read MD, Bell Pottinger Business & Brand. about what 2011 will bring for PR.

Sound Creative head of media, James Erskine, discusses the evolution of the radio landscape, with the reduction of regional radio hubs, and how PR professionals can capitalise on the opportunities that have been opened up and avoid pitfalls

Bite Communications head of digital, Dan Sands, and Edelman director of digital, Robin Hamman, discuss the importance of social media policies and the pitfalls that could occur should a company not have social media guidelines in place

Ashley Wilcox, corporate comms manager at Camden Council and CIPR Local Public Services Group chair, talks about the effect of the Comprehensive Spending Review on council comms teams.

Peter Gilheany, board director at Forster, and Alice Fenyoe, senior account director at TW Research, discuss reaching out to young volunteers who are put off by media representation of disaster zones, according to International Broadcast Trust report

PR Week's Philip Smith talks to Scott Bowers of The Jockey Club about India's challenge as it trys to boost the image of the 2010 Commenwealth games in the wake of bad publicity.

Danny Whatmough of Wildfire PR and Melanie Seasons at onlinefire.co.uk talk about social media, Twitter, hacking and the implications for brands

Guinness World Records PR manager Amarilis Espinoza talks about how comms professionals can use world record attempts as part of campaigns to raise awareness of brands.

Richard Sambrook, global vice-chairman and chief content officer at Edelman, and Tom Berry, director at Bite Communications, discuss the career trend of journalists moving into the PR industry

Steve Strickland, head of creativity, Weber Shandwick, discusses the relevance of the creative process in the PR industry and the importance of brainstorming in encouraging creative thinking

Zarka Khan-Ilaf, deputy HR director, CMG and Rowan McKinley, HR executive, Bite Communications, discuss the issues facing HR teams when recruiting PR interns

Clarence Mitchell, director of media strategy and public affairs, Lewis PR, and Mike Seymour, international director of crisis & issue management, Edelman, discuss the issues around crisis comms management

The Outside Organisation music director Chris Goodman talks about how popular radio station BBC 6 Music was saved from possible closure by high profile online campaigning

Giles Fraser, founder of Brands2Life and Heather Dickinson, head of European PR at Cisco, discuss the findings of the annual Communications Directors Survey and what they mean for the industry

Alex Pearmain, head of digital at Fishburn Hedges, talks about the importance of online communities for communications professionals and journalists. How useful are these platforms as resources?

Stephanie Branston, director of communications at Synergy and Jonathon Bates, associate director at Capitalize discuss how the FA has handled the media around the England team during the World Cup and what it needs to do now

Mat Sears, head of PR, Orange UK, talks about using Glastonbury Festival as a platform to promote brands and the key issues that need to be considered before brands decide to embark on this route

Cohn & Wolfe head of global corporate affairs Geoff Beattie and Lansons director Ralph Jackson discuss the ongoing BP crisis and what the beleaguered firm should consider doing to control the damage to its reputation

Threepipe co-founder Eddie May and Braben director of sport Rachel Froggatt discuss the use of social media and traditional comms by brands involved in the World Cup

Carwyn Jones, head of pharmaceutical sales and marketing, Doctors.net.uk and John Gisborne, head of healthcare and wellbeing, Hill & Knowlton, discuss the use of social media in the healthcare sector.

Rocket Communications MD Pete Hendrick and Euro RSCG Biss Lancaster James Poulter discuss the privacy policy changes of social networking site Facebook and the impact of the media backlash on the brand

Dan Sands, head of broadcast and digital services at Bite Communications and Fernando Rizo, head of digital media at Ketchum Pleon discuss the additional features launched as part of the Twitter Business Center

TLG consultant Henry Goodwin discusses the results of the TLG survey GE 2010: Messages That Landed, Flopped and Missed following last week's general election

Eulogy chief executive Adrian Brady discusses the future of acquisitions in the PR industry as the market shows signs of recovery

Allidura team leader Ben Hickey discusses the impact a possible hung parliament could have on self-care, improvements in public health and the consumer healthcare environment.

PRCA director general Francis Ingham and Kingston Smith W1 partner Esther Carder discuss the results of the PRWeek Top 150 supplement

Wolfstar co-founder and MD Stuart Bruce and Rocket Communications senior account manager Jon White discuss the implications of the Digital Economy Act for the PR industry

Mumsnet's Catherine Hanly and Mumsine's Michele Scott-Lynch discuss the role of 'mummy bloggers' in political campaigning.

Mark Adams, managing director, Foresight Consulting and Chris West, account director, Insight Public Affairs discuss the new Public Affairs Council and what it means for lobbyists

Daljit Bhurji, managing director and Ivan Ristic, director, Diffusion discuss the results of the PRWeek/Diffusion Digital Integration Survey

Tom Chapman, social media strategist, Headstream PR and Tim Hoang, senior consultant, digital, Cohn & Wolfe discuss the privacy issues raised in the media following the Daily Mail's article on Facebook last week.

Vivien Hepworth, chairman, UK and Brussels, Grayling discusses the importance of the £8 million Primary Care Trust funding for the diagnosis of cancer

Cate Sevilla, founding editor, BitchBuzz.com and Lisa Jordan, account manager, Blow PR discuss blogger relations

Drew Benvie, managing director, 33 Digital and Stephen Waddington, managing director, Speed Communications discuss social media platform Foursquare

Mark Pack, associate director, digital, Mandate Communications discusses the implications of Google's u-turn over default privacy settings in the wake of the Google Buzz launch

Jo-Ann Robertson, joint head of corporate communications, Weber Shandwick and Gerry Hopkinson, co-founder, Unity discuss ethics in the PR industry

Niall O'Malley, group account director, Immediate Future and Paul Stallard, account director, Berkeley PR discuss the iPad launch and the implications on Apple's comms strategy

Laurence Evans, president of Edelman's StrategyOne division, talks about the results of the 2010 Edelman Trust Barometer

Gordon Kelly, news editor of TrustedReviews and Paul Borge, head of digital, Consolidated PR disuss the relationship between journalists and PR professionals

Diffusion Mobile campaign manager David Ross-Tomlin and Speed Communications account director Chris McCrudden discuss the launch of Google's smartphone handset Nexus One

PRCA director general Francis Ingham and CIPR board member amd president elect 2011 take a look back at the highs and lows from 2009 in the PR industry

PRWeek's associate editor Arun Sudhaman talks about the new PRWeek Global bulletin