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Exclusive: ABPI appoints pharma and healthcare comms veteran to lead government affairs
The Association of British Pharmaceutical Industries (ABPI) has appointed Alan Maine to lead its government affairs output.
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Government's charity regulator appoints comms director
Government regulator the Charity Commission has named Paul Latham as its new director of comms.
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Former ABPI public affairs chief and London mayoral adviser joins healthcare agency
The former head of government affairs for pharma trade body the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) has been hired as a director at specialist healthcare agency OVID.
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Exclusive: Positive perception of pharma increases while health and wellness sector lags
Positive perception of prescription health companies has increased in the UK last during the past 12 months while for health and wellness it has fallen, according to a major study of the public and decision-makers.
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End of an era as 'father of the PR industry' Harold Burson dies
Harold Burson, regarded by many as one of the founding fathers of the modern PR and comms industry, has died at the age of 98, it was announced today.
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Vodafone international policy director joins Hering Schuppener
Hering Schuppener Consulting has appointed Vodafone Group's international policy director, Gregoire Verdeaux, as partner to lead its EU corporate and public affairs team in Brussels.
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The new normal for media relations in Boris Johnson's Britain
As well as reshaping the political map - perhaps beyond the next general election - the December 2019 campaign has redefined political communications and, explicitly, media relations, to create a new 'normal'.
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'I pursued the attacker, tusk in hand, onto the bridge' - London Bridge hero is MoJ comms officer
A man who helped fight off terrorist Usman Khan with a narwhal tusk last month during a deadly attack that ended on London Bridge is a comms officer for the Ministry of Justice, it has been revealed.
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Government appoints BT marketing chief to lead flagship GREAT campaign
The Department for International Trade has hired telecoms marketing specialist Dan Ramsay as the director of the government's ongoing GREAT campaign, which promotes British expertise and products to the world.
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Nik Govier's PR review of the decade
From the seismic effect of social to the polarising of public opinion, PRWeek talks to Nik Govier about PR in the 2010s.
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Who's in and who's out in the Number 10 comms team following the election?
As the dust settles on the aftermath of a seismic general election result, we look at the figures tipped to be staying on at Number 10 to form its new comms team in 2020.
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Fashion the latest sector to benefit from the government's GREAT campaign
The government's ongoing campaign to promote British expertise and products to the world has put the spotlight on fashion, as the country gears up for Brexit.
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General Election Panel: 'parties need a simple message that is guaranteed to stick'
The result of the general election on Friday returned Boris Johnson and his party to government with a thumping majority, while Jeremy Corbyn's Labour limped into second place having lost nearly 60 seats - the party's worst result in decades.
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Which industry professionals were successful candidates in the general election?
Of the 22 industry professionals who stood as candidates for election yesterday, seven have been returned to Parliament as MPs, including the former chair of the PRCA's Public Affairs Board.
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General Election Panel: Avoidable errors in the final week of campaigns, but will they affect the outcome?
As polling day dawns, our General Election Panel of political communications and public affairs experts, from across the spectrum, pass judgement on the highlights and missteps of the campaign.
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General Election Panel: Ice ice baby
Each week, our General Election Panel of political communications and public affairs experts, from across the spectrum, will pass judgement on the highlights and missteps of the campaigns as the UK marches toward polling day.
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LAS social-media chief who coined viral 'Nee-Naw' tweet departs
London Ambulance Service digital comms chief Lauren Smith is to leave her job in January to take up a new role as comms and engagement manager at North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT).
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'Hello, world': GCHQ reaches Twitter landmark three years after emerging from the shadows
The UK intelligence agency GCHQ has reached the milestone of 100,000 followers on Twitter, three years after setting up its first social-media account in a PR push to help the public understand its role in security.
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General Election Panel: Public turns the screws on leaders during televised debate
Each week, our General Election Panel of political communications and public affairs experts, from across the spectrum, will pass judgement on the highlights and missteps of the campaigns as the UK marches toward polling day.
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Former Edelman healthcare MD joins FTI
Ann Bartling, a former Edelman managing director of health, has been appointed as part of the senior leadership team for FTI Consulting's healthcare and life sciences team.
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