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Open letter from the PRWeek UK editor: Now is not the time to cut PR budgets
Reducing spend on communications during the coronavirus crisis would be hugely counterproductive, with the negative ramifications felt now and as recovery takes hold, argues PRWeek UK editor John Harrington.
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Top of the Month: Sainsbury's and peers rise to COVID-19 challenge
The coronavirus has been a massive test of whether firms that talk the talk on 'purpose' can walk the walk. In general, UK supermarkets have passed with flying colours.
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M&C Saatchi to furlough staff and cut salaries amid COVID-19 crisis
M&C Saatchi says it is pursuing cost-cutting measures including furloughing staff and reducing salaries of a "very large proportion" of its highest-paid employees amid the coronavirus crisis.
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Flop of the Month: Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin sends wrong messages
In the battle of the UK corporate big beasts, one stood above all others as PRWeek's Flop of the Month.
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PRWeek UK Best Places to Work Awards 2020 – shortlist revealed
The shortlist for PRWeek UK's prestigious Best Places to Work Awards 2020 has been announced.
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UK PR chiefs 'remarkably confident' amid COVID-19 crisis – PRCA poll
More than half of UK PR leaders are confident about the future of their organisations as the coronavirus pandemic intensifies, a poll from the PRCA suggests.
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Labour strategy chief Carl Shoben joins polling firm
Former senior Labour and NHS comms figure Carl Shoben has left his role as the party's director of strategy to join polling and research firm Survation to lead its strategic communications division.
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'Keep Calm and Carry One (Basket)' - creatives design anti-panic buying messages
Creative agencies have designed images and slogans to communicate a sensible shopping message during the coronavirus crisis.
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Brand Film Awards EMEA: ceremony postponed
The awards ceremony for the PRWeek/Campaign Brand Film Awards EMEA has been postponed until Tuesday 15 September due to the coronavirus.
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Zoom to pilates: 99 per cent of UK PR chiefs change working practices in COVID-19 era
New research of UK PR leaders shows the extent to which working practices have changed due to the coronavirus, with large-scale home-working and the postponement or cancellation of meetings and media launches.
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Branson and beyond: are veteran corporate 'mavericks' acting like dinosaurs with comms in COVID-19 crisis?
When PRWeek was compiling a list of the 50 best PR campaigns of the past 50 years last summer, one name came up frequently: Virgin. And, naturally, its famous founder.
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Coronavirus: wide-scale in-house PR budget cuts unlikely now, but fears grow
A wide-scale reduction of PR budgets by UK-based in-house communications teams appears unlikely at this stage of the COVID-19 crisis, but a significant minority of comms chiefs expect to make cuts, a snap poll by PRWeek suggests.
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Coronavirus: Three in four UK PR agency chiefs report new business slowing
Almost three quarters of UK PR agency leaders are seeing new business opportunities slow due to the coronavirus, although other opportunities are emerging as agencies and clients adjust.
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Local and national government PRs to get schooling support during COVID-19
The PRCA and LGcomms have welcomed steps by the government that aim to ensure local and national government comms staff continue to receive childcare through schools and nurseries during the coronavirus crisis.
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Wind River hires PR agency for six-figure UK and Germany brief
Technology firm Wind River has hired CCgroup as its UK and Germany PR agency following a competitive pitch.
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'Plenty of time to celebrate when threat has passed' - PR chiefs on Cannes Lions postponement
UK PR agency bosses have given measured responses to the news that the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has been postponed due to the coronavirus.
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Watch: Wotsits Mac n Cheese launches with recipe video to mark new flavours
A version of macaroni and cheese involving Wotsits has been created in a campaign for the launch of two new flavours for the snack brand.
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Will the coronavirus sort truly purposeful brands from the 'purpose-washers'?
At some point in the future, I can imagine consumers asking brands that market themselves as 'purposeful': what did YOU do in the great COVID-19 outbreak?
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Harvard names first marketing MD
Tech agency Harvard has hired Andrew Last from creative shop Earnest to the new role of managing director, marketing.
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Officials and journalists 'least trusted' for coronavirus news: Edelman Trust Barometer
The public trust government officials and journalists the least as sources of information about the coronavirus, while three-quarters of people fear 'fake news' about the pandemic.
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