Oh what a night!

Thursday, November 24th, 2011

There are lots of sore heads at Peppermint Towers this morning – but they’re more than worth it.  For the second year running, we scooped the silver award for Outstanding Public Relations Consultancy at the CIPR PRide awards last night…so to say we’re over the moon is an understatement! We ...

Awards’ season is just around the corner…

Wednesday, September 21st, 2011

The award season is firmly upon us and Peppermint’s been shortlisted for a 2011 PRCA Health and Wellbeing Award today.  I’m personally extra thrilled about this shortlist as it’s for the client - The Farjo Medical Centre - that I pitched for, with my new team and boss Suzy, on my ...

Thoughts of a CIPR virgin…

Thursday, November 25th, 2010

I was a ‘first-timer’ at the CIPR PRide Awards in Manchester last night and didn’t quite know what to expect. Would the event live up to the PR industry’s stereotype of lots of champagne-quaffing luvvies, or would it be a more sedate and demure affair? Actually, it was neither. If those ...

Awards nominations aplenty for Peppermint

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

I won’t lie.  Despite our best laid plans, the award entries were a bloody nightmare to get off in the post.  The whole hoopla culminated in our lovely office manager, Rachel, having a meltdown moment in Hale post office and being comforted by total strangers.  Anyway, all merrily forgotten today ...

A piece of great PR for the PR industry

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

As Bournemouth University holds its first international conference on the history of PR, can we finally say that the PR industry is shaking off its fluffy, ‘Ab Fab’ image and being taken more seriously? As a small cog in the wheel of a truly professional agency, I think it’s great that ...