Ian Griggs

Analysis and opinion editor, PRWeek UK

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Recent Articles by Ian Griggs

Who are the 30 Under 30 entrants from health comms?
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PRWeek’s annual 30 Under 30 list showcases the industry leaders of the future, but who are this year’s entrants from the healthcare sector?
Power grab or rationalisation? Government plans huge reduction in comms personnel
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A seismic shake-up of Government comms teams will see the current cohort of 4,500 people across more than 20 departments slimmed down to hundreds by next year.
Pharma firm hires charity policy specialist to lead government affairs
July 03, 2020
Pharma firm Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) has appointed charity public affairs specialist Jagtar Dhanda as its policy advocacy and government affairs manager.
WPI hires former PWC corporate affairs director to lead post-COVID project
July 02, 2020
Political and research consultancy WPI Strategy has hired Anna Wallace, a former corporate affairs director for professional services giant PWC, as an associate.
Courts & Tribunals service names new comms chief
July 01, 2020
Georgia Jerram will replace Ed Owen as director of comms at HM Courts & Tribunals Services (HMCTS) when he leaves in July, PRWeek has learned.
Mountain rescuers hang banner on beauty spot to launch summer fire-prevention campaign
July 01, 2020
A fire and rescue service has launched an integrated campaign to prevent deliberate and accidental fires this summer by using a mountain rescue team to drape a banner with its key messages on a popular climbing and beauty spot.
Public Affairs Board members go to the ‘polls’ to elect new chair
June 30, 2020
Members of the PRCA’s Public Affairs Board (PAB) have begun voting for a new chair of the organisation, with the winner to be announced on Monday.
Rankin celebrates ‘incredible’ NHS staff with portrait series for anniversary campaign
June 28, 2020
Fashion photographer and director Rankin has captured a range of powerful portraits of NHS staff who have been working throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in a campaign launched today to celebrate the service's 'birthday'.
Case study: C-19 cycle-to-work campaign secured Government endorsement and doubled take-up
June 25, 2020
A public affairs campaign by WA Communications for the Cycle to Work Alliance during the COVID-19 lockdown resulted in several mentions of the Cycle to Work Scheme by senior Government figures, as well as doubling take-up by employers.
Behavioural science informs agency's mental-health campaign for NHS
June 24, 2020
NHS South East London Clinical Commissioning Group has launched a summer campaign, driven by behavioural insights, to tell people about the mental-health resources on offer during the pandemic.
Health agency founder launches standalone ethics and compliance firm
June 23, 2020
Makara Health founder Louise Sharp and regulatory affairs specialist Dr Nick Broughton have launched a pharmaceutical ethics and compliance education agency called Ethos.
Fresenius Medical Care appoints agency for comms and social brief
June 22, 2020
Fresenius Medical Care UK, a private provider of kidney health services, has appointed Stand Agency to provide comms and social-media services.
Exclusive: MHP to offer health clients access to behavioural science partnership
June 22, 2020
Engine MHP and Mischief have announced a partnership with behavioural science consultancy Influence at Work to create a new offer for health clients.
Exclusive: end of an era as FTI’s UK deputy head of strategic comms departs
June 18, 2020
Deborah Scott, FTI Consulting’s UK deputy head of strategic communications, has left the business after two decades to join a global law firm, PRWeek has learned.
‘Uncertainty’ for Government comms teams as two departments merge
June 17, 2020
Comms professionals at two departments are facing uncertainty over their jobs after the Government announced that the Department for International Development (DfID) will merge with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).
Exclusive: Which government departments have been best at using social media during COVID-19?
June 17, 2020
The ability of government departments to communicate with the people they serve has always been of paramount importance, and it takes skill and creativity to be heard above the clamour via the medium of social media – even in normal circumstances.
Senior government comms officer moves to health sciences centre
June 17, 2020
King’s Health Partners has appointed former senior government press officer Syeda Hasnain as its head of communications.
Exclusive: Courts comms chief announces departure to education charity
June 16, 2020
Ed Owen, director of comms at HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS), will leave his job at the end of July to take up a new role as director of external affairs at Ark, an education charity.
Exclusive: PR salary growth rate maintained but agencies nudge ahead of in-house for bonuses
June 15, 2020
Corporate comms salary growth has been maintained for the second year running – with single-figure average increases – but bonuses for agency staff have edged ahead of those for in-house teams for the first time in a decade. Meanwhile, the demand and opportunity for flexible working arrangements has risen sharply, according to a report shown exclusively to PRWeek.
Exclusive: Portland’s health chief departs after six years in post
June 10, 2020
Dr Jane Brearley, Portland’s head of health in the UK, has left the agency and will take time out from her career to consider how the PR industry can “do so much better” before deciding her next move, PRWeek has learned.