By Deb Sharratt, Last Friday afternoon I joined several students at Newcastle University (where I deliver some of their PR & Communication modules to both undergrads and postgrad students), to hear all about the strategy of open communication that the new owners of Sunderland Association Football Club have instilled at the north east football club. Charlie …
The Brookings Institution, 14 March 2019, Between Brexit and a Hard Place: “Britain has been exposed as having played a weak hand very badly.” “Mrs May has made the worst of a bad job,” The Economist editorial, Whatever Next? 16 – 22 March 2019. One commentator after another has lined up this past week to …
UK-based fashion and style bloggers have abandoned their blogs in droves favouring Instagram according to a new survey by Vuelio, but at what cost? The number of UK-based fashion & Beauty blogs has plummeted according to Vuelio’s UK Bloggers Survey 2019, the annual report on the blogging industry. In 2016 nearly one-in-four blogs (22%) recorded in …
By Sheila Taylor MBE, chief executive NWG Network, As a chief executive of a charity, I hear the narratives of survivors of child sexual exploitation on a daily basis. I talk to professionals caring for and dealing with the fall out of this horrific crime as well. It’s a difficult subject for the media to cover …
The horror from Christchurch, New Zealand, that exploded across newspaper pages and television, computer and smartphone screens this weekend captured imaginations in ways that no one could possibly have imagined beforehand. The fact that one individual armed with a semi-automatic rifle could visit such an outrage upon people worshipping in a place of religion isn’t …
CIPR Fellows and why they receive the honour: My story I’ve been a volunteer for the CIPR for over eight years in various roles ranging from Chair of the CIPR Scotland group through to more recently, Board Director and Council member. My drive was around helping the industry progress, changing the attitude of business towards what …
CIPR Inside recently hosted a panel discussion on becoming a communication and PR trusted advisor. Martin Flegg, our committee member and treasurer, was in the audience and reports on some of the insights and advice from the event. You can also view a recording of some of the highlights from the panel discussion on our …
