Anthony Hilton: Sustainability is good business
16 Nov 2011 | by Anthony Hilton
There was a theory in the 1970s that you could chart Britain's economic decline by the growth in numbers and influence of accountants.
This week, the Chartered Institute of Public Relations announces new membership criteria, giving voting rights to practitioners who have recently transferred to PR from an 'allied' profession (analysis, page 3).
There was a theory in the 1970s that you could chart Britain's economic decline by the growth in numbers and influence of accountants.
This week, David Cameron used his speech to the Lord Mayor's Banquet to set out his stall on the future of the EU.
Is anyone taking bets on the outcome of the current PR spat between the National Lottery and Richard Desmond's Health Lottery?
Dozens of nations have spent millions of pounds at World Travel Market this week - the huge destination marketing fair that takes place in London each November.
A fine bit of rhetoric can get you a long way, but governments risk coming unstuck if people catch on that the reality does not match up.
One of the UK's most successful businessmen told me he has banned BlackBerrys - in fact smartphones of all descriptions - from his meetings, because he is fed up with people reading emails when they should be taking part in the meeting. His next step is to ban the use of email.
Last week's PRWeek Awards event felt very buoyant, much more so than last year.
The friction in the run-up to last week's vote on Europe led some to bemoan the methods of the whips office, with one Sunday newspaper devoting a double-page spread to a rumour that the chief whip might have used some colourful language while trying to persuade an MP to support the Government. 'Who...
Print and broadcast journalists have the laws of libel drummed into them and are aware of the expensive consequences when their copy is a bit too close to the line.