Meera Naran and Mina Smallman

UK Communicators of the Year 2021 (numbers 15-11) revealed by PRWeek

By PRWeek UK staff, December 03, 2021

Who got their message across most effectively in this tumultuous year.

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(Clockwise from top left) Stephen Bush, Rosie Carr, Carola York and Nick Fallon

Financial Times announces four appointments

PRCA names Grayling global chief executive as vice-chair

PRCA names Grayling global chief executive as vice-chair

Florida Department of Citrus appoints agency to expand UK presence

Florida Department of Citrus appoints agency to expand UK presence

Pitch update: Metro Bank, Beefeater Gin, ManpowerGroup and more

Pitch update: Metro Bank, Beefeater Gin, ManpowerGroup and more

Movers and Shakers: TikTok, Transport for London, Franses and more

Movers and Shakers: TikTok, Transport for London, Franses and more

'Nicely done, but I won’t be trying any' – Creative Hits and Misses of the Week

'Nicely done, but I won’t be trying any' – Creative Hits and Misses of the Week

'More clients should kick the command and control habit' – Creative Q&A, Red's Ed Staples

'More clients should kick the command and control habit' – Creative Q&A, Red's Ed Staples

The Romans reimagines dystopian classic ‘1984’ for privacy campaign

The Romans reimagines dystopian classic ‘1984’ for privacy campaign

'Film production was a huge undertaking' – Behind the Campaign, LinkedIn Changemakers

'Film production was a huge undertaking' – Behind the Campaign, LinkedIn Changemakers

Importing skills from adland to PR: the case for strategy

Importing skills from adland to PR: the case for strategy

Discover

Beyond COP26: Agencies warn clients over environmental impact

Beyond COP26: Agencies warn clients over environmental impact

'Are you on Mother Earth's pitch list?' PR pros on challenges and duties of COP26

'Are you on Mother Earth's pitch list?' PR pros on challenges and duties of COP26

The PRWeek Pay Gap Project

The PRWeek Pay Gap Project

(L-R) Cory Reynolds, Jamie Dunkley, Dr LeMia Jenkins Thompson, Fiona Laffan, Sophie Timms.

Meet the In-house Elites

Trust

Media in Focus: Evolution, trust, future

From the editor-in-chief: Make PR more diverse

From the editor-in-chief: Make PR more diverse

Activists like Greta Thunberg pressing brands to behave ethically and sustainably

Brands must fight harder for coverage as media output shrinks, new research finds

One in three comms staff eye career change as firms warned against 'one-size-fits-all' thinking

One in three comms staff eye career change as firms warned against 'one-size-fits-all' thinking

PRWeek Editor-in-Chief Danny Rogers

From the Editor-in-Chief: Disillusioned workers make bosses wary of jabs mandate or a quick return to work

PRWeek launches Middle East Power Book 2021

PRWeek launches Middle East Power Book 2021

Opinion

How Twitter can stay chirpy despite Jack Dorsey flying the nest

How Twitter can stay chirpy despite Jack Dorsey flying the nest

Brands must be open and authentic, writes Crystal Malachias

How brands can win transparency race in an age of information overload

Where is Boris Johnson's equivalent of Bernard Ingham? asks Julian Henry

Boris Johnson is a sitting duck without a real PR guru in No.10

Yorkshire CCC’s comms team sacrificed Azeem Rafiq at the expense of the brand – and we’re all poorer for it

Yorkshire CCC’s comms team sacrificed Azeem Rafiq at the expense of the brand – and we’re all poorer for it

Reductive COP26 comms did nothing to convey urgency or transformation needed

Reductive COP26 comms did nothing to convey urgency or transformation needed

B2B PR may not be glamorous, but it’s ‘sexier’ than you think

B2B PR may not be glamorous, but it’s ‘sexier’ than you think

Special report

PRWeek reveals the Top 150 UK PR Consultancies in 2021

PRWeek reveals the Top 150 UK PR Consultancies in 2021

By Rob McKinlay, April 20, 2021

Presenting PRWeek's rankings of the UK's Top 150 PR Consultancies in 2021, including 25 agencies that did not appear in the 2020 list.

PRWeek Awards 2021

Engine MHP + Mischief and Taylor Herring (pictured) were the big winners

PRWeek UK Awards 2021: Winners revealed

Clare Parsons and Tony Langham

Lansons duo Clare Parsons and Tony Langham enter PRWeek UK Hall of Fame

In Pictures: PRWeek UK Awards 2021 - part one

In Pictures: PRWeek UK Awards 2021 - part one

PRWeek UK Awards: Creativity shines in darkest of times

PRWeek UK Awards: Creativity shines in darkest of times

In Pictures: PRWeek UK Awards 2021 - part two

In Pictures: PRWeek UK Awards 2021 - part two

Winner: FleishmanHillard UK

PRWeek UK Awards Winners 2021: Large Consultancy of the Year

The #LongLiveThePrince campaign

PRWeek UK Awards Winners 2021: Not-for-Profit

Winner: Taylor Herring

PRWeek UK Awards Winners 2021: Small Consultancy of the Year (UK fees less than £5m)

New Realities, 3 Monkeys Zeno for Lenovo

PRWeek UK Awards Winners 2021: Best International Campaign

Winner: Hope&Glory PR

PRWeek UK Awards Winners 2021: Mid-sized Consultancy of the Year

The Knowledge

PR agencies taking on more environmental comms work

PR agencies taking on more environmental comms work

Few UK PR firms track reduction in carbon footprint

Few UK PR firms track reduction in carbon footprint

24 agencies declare B Corp ambition

24 agencies declare B Corp ambition

From the UK editor: PR and Big Oil - new crisis, old questions

From the UK editor: PR and Big Oil - new crisis, old questions

From the editor-in-chief: ESG growth a huge opportunity, but also a conundrum

From the editor-in-chief: ESG growth a huge opportunity, but also a conundrum

In-house comms elites assert their primacy

In-house comms elites assert their primacy

Trust

Media in Focus: Evolution, trust, future

Image: Miguel Navarro via Getty Images

Mental health 'biggest challenge’ for internal comms pros as priorities shift

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Mastering multi-market communications in EMEA and beyond

Mastering multi-market communications in EMEA and beyond

Niamh Fogarty, director, Hanbury Strategy

“Real diversity of knowledge and experience” - Why I love working in the communications team at Hanbury Strategy

FSB Celebrating Small Business Awards

5 reasons to enter the FSB Celebrating Small Business Awards

Netbase

Crisis Playbook: Before, During and After | 22.9.21 12-1pm

10 things we learnt from the 2021 Authenticity Gap study

10 things we learnt from the 2021 Authenticity Gap study