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Wahaca's 'mixed messaging' added 'fuel to the fire' in walk-out policy fiasco
PR experts in the food sector believe Wahaca and co-founder Thomasina Miers could have handled the comms around its eat-and-run policy better after a waiter was 'mistakenly' charged for a customer walk-out.
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Cannes Lions: PR Lions entries plummet to lowest level in six years
The Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity has received its lowest number of PR Lions entries for six years - a three-times sharper decline than overall numbers.
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Cannes Lions entries down as China and India step up
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has had 30,953 entries, down by four per cent from last year despite introducing new categories. There were entries from 89 countries.
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Pitching car crashes: Throwing up, sleeping with the client (and the client falling asleep), boardroom piglet
From throwing up on the boardroom table to sleeping with clients, not all pitches go to plan. Here are some of the best 'car crash' pitch stories doing the rounds.
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ASA clears handful of influencers as vaping probe continues
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has dropped investigations into several complaints about individual influencers posting about vaping products, but continues to probe cases involving vaping manufacturers and shops, PRWeek can reveal.
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The PR Show podcast: 'Stop commoditising PR' and 'be prepared before you pitch'
Procurement teams need to stop treating PR and comms as commodities like "photocopier paper or hand towels", while some agencies need a big wake-up call when it comes to preparing for the process.
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Good Relations broadcast arm appoints new leader
VCCP has promoted BBC veteran Jack Baine to lead Good Relations' broadcast division, succeeding director Phil Caplin, who is leaving the business, PRWeek can reveal.
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From chemistry sessions to bloated shortlists, PR chiefs list the good, bad and downright ugly of pitching
Chemistry sessions are universally popular, but there are a litany of pitching sins keeping agency leaders up at night. Today, PRWeek's latest analysis of pitching looks at what agency leaders consider the dos and don'ts of the pitch process.
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'A shallow, time-wasting beauty parade' - what agency leaders really think about pitching
Is the pitch process fit for purpose? PRWeek approached agency leaders to find out what they really think, in the first part of a series that investigates pitching.
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'A smilier version of the NRA' - Industry voices want Facebook, Google broken up
W Communications founder Warren Johnson and other marcoms experts have called for tougher regulation of Facebook and Google. They rubbish claims social media are only 'tech platforms' and describe the powerful tech lobby as "a 'smilier' version of the NRA", among other things.
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Domino's appoints new corporate PR agency, begins consumer pitch
Brunswick has been appointed as corporate PR partner for Domino's after a competitive pitch, with a broad remit that also includes financial PR and public affairs, PRWeek can reveal.
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Exclusive: Domino's radical restructure positions comms as 'internal business partners'
Domino's has restructured the role of communications, giving the function greater prominence across the company as internal business partners, PRWeek can reveal.
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Former Borkowski & M&C Saatchi pair launch agency to 'repair tainted reputation of PR'
Former Borkowski PR and M&C Saatchi colleagues Andrew Olley and Oli Goss have set up a new communications agency looking to "repair the tainted reputation of PR", PRWeek can reveal.
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Exclusive: Raunchy posts that promote cigar sales 'do not violate' Instagram rules
Instagram's parent company Facebook is looking at how it can improve its policy on organic posts that promote tobacco products after a PRWeek investigation found several examples of sexualised posts on Instagram that promoted the sale of cigars. Public health officials are calling for change.
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Portland hires Worldpay's corporate affairs director
Portland has strengthened its financial communications practice with the appointment of Worldpay director of corporate affairs Claire Hardy, PRWeek can reveal.
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Edelman names Kehoe as new APAC lead after Lin resigns
Edelman has promoted Stephen Kehoe to president and CEO of its APAC operations after incumbent Jesse Lin resigned.
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Cost of London PR commute from outside M25 is 16 per cent of pay
PR professionals living in the 17 most popular commuter towns outside of London pay about 16 per cent (£5,622) of their average take home pay on their commute into work, PRWeek can reveal from a new study by Tyto.
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Targus picks London-based agency for pan-European brief
Lewis has been appointed by mobile computing accessories company Targus to drive its communications programme in the UK and France, in addition to an existing campaign in the Netherlands.
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Exclusive: Google appoints UK and Ireland comms director
Former Teneo MD Jenny Jamie has been appointed director of communications and public affairs at tech titan Google, PRWeek can reveal.
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Leo Burnett's The North Face Wiki stunt like 'corporate bully stealing candy'
Industry leaders have urged PR and creative professionals to respect Wikipedia's community standards after ad agency Leo Burnett Tailor Made and its client The North Face were accused of 'digital vandalism'.
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