-
Luxury is the new black: Boomtown for specialist agencies in London as M&A activity heats up
MMGY's acquisition of Grifco and Ophir this week could herald a stampede by foreign investors looking to buy up skills or a London presence in the luxury travel and lifestyle sectors. The pound is at a low against the dollar, London is a vital hub for the luxury sector and Brexit is of only passing concern - all of which create ripe conditions for a boom in M&A activity.
-
BBC unveils tender process for regional PR agencies to promote licence fee
The BBC has issued a tender process worth up to £2.5m to promote and explain the licence fee to the public.
-
Do they do digital? APComm audits members to identify skills gaps in police comms
The Association of Police Communicators (APComm) launched its first nationwide audit this week to identify skills gaps among its members.
-
Fire service summer campaign tackles dramatic spike in deliberate outdoor fires
A fire service has launched a campaign called 'Flames aren't games', timed to coincide with the start of the school summer holidays, which aims to discourage teenagers from setting outdoor fires.
-
Spoof rabies poster in government publication goes viral
An illustration from an in-house government publication went 'viral' this weekend after it included a spoof poster advocating shooting children infected with rabies.
-
PRWeek UK news editor to join health advisory body's comms team
PRWeek news editor Sam Burne James is to join the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) as its digital media manager.
-
Greenpeace stages 'dirty' protest at Barclays HQ to highlight tar sands pipeline
Greenpeace UK activists dressed as bankers staged a brand-jamming protest at Barclays' Canary Wharf headquarters on Thursday morning, daubing its logo with a mock oil-leak.
-
TfL director of news to take on external relations in expanded role
As part of a reorganisation of its comms team, Transport for London has expanded the role of director of news Matt Brown to include the management of external relations.
-
Vote Leave dismisses EC report that it broke electoral law as politically motivated
The Electoral Commission was engaged in a war of words with Vote Leave representatives today as the latter sought to dismiss an official investigation's findings that it broke electoral law as being politically motivated.
-
Profile: 'Don't call us the taxman' says HMRC comms director Poli Stuart-Lacey
Poli Stuart-Lacey, the director of communications at HMRC, is on a mission to consign the stuffy 'taxman' image of the institution to the history books and reposition it as a vibrant, diverse and fair organisation in the eyes of the public.
-
Government-owned LNER appoints Teneo Blue Rubicon to support comms
London North Eastern Railway (LNER) has appointed Teneo Blue Rubicon to deliver a consumer and corporate comms brief.
-
Flop of the Month: Runway runaway BoJo fails to show up
Boris Johnson has form when it comes making statements which are politically expedient at the time, only to welch on them when push comes to shove.
-
'Lorries can't limbo' campaign aims to reduce £23m annual repair and compensation bill
A Network Rail campaign to educate lorry drivers about the dangers of low bridges aims to reduce the annual bill for repairs and lost productivity, estimated at £23m.
-
Government comms chief departs for senior policy role
Sam Lister, the director of comms at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has left his job to take on a senior cross-government policy role, PRWeek has learned.
-
Which local authorities in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are best at using Twitter?
Budgets across public sector comms continue to be squeezed, with the mantra of 'do more for less' becoming a familiar cry. Local authority comms teams are no exception and the attraction of free social media platforms to convey messages to large audiences is clear. But which local authorities are the most active - and the most effective - on Twitter?
-
Initial progress stalls putting women experts on air, City study finds
Progress in putting women experts on air in news programmes has stalled, according to fresh research.
-
Worldwide news consumption via Facebook falls for the first time
Use of social media to consume news has fallen for the first time in key markets after years of continuous growth, according to a new report by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.
-
Public sector comms plans don't work without effective social, NHSBT tells conference delegates
Social media engagement is vital to ensuring organisational success and helping public sector campaigns with limited budgets punch above their weight, delegates heard at the annual NHS Confederation's Comms Conference on Tuesday.
-
'We're grateful to Lush for amplifying our message': campaigners defend #SpyCops campaign
The campaign group Police Spies Out Of Lives (PSOOL), which partnered with Lush in a controversial campaign, has defended the work and told PRWeek the conversation with the public about the issues it raised will continue.
-
Which local authorities in England are best at using Twitter?
Budgets across public sector comms continue to be squeezed, with the mantra of 'do more for less' becoming a familiar cry. Local authority comms teams are no exception and the attraction of free social media platforms to convey messages to large audiences is clear. But which local authorities are the most active - and the most effective - on Twitter?
Information Links
Recent Articles by Ian Griggs