A guide to reputation management, according to Mario Balotelli

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

There’s very little that Mario Balotelli does, or doesn’t do, that fails to make the headlines – think fireworks in bathrooms, emergency toilet breaks at a Manchester school, flashy vinyl car wrapping, never mind his on-field antics! Pushing that catalogue aside, it was actually a radio interview with the footballer’s agent ...

Why I love being a dragon!

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

Happy New Year! No, I’m not a little slow on the uptake (despite what some would have you believe) – today marks the start of Chinese New Year. As well as being a convenient excuse to stuff my face with prawn crackers and chow mein, this particular Chinese year resonates with me ...

The Peppermint elves lend a charitable hand at Christmas

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

This week, seven Peppermints donated a day to help out at Manchester-based charity The Mustard Tree. Upon the Peppermints’ arrival we were given a tour of the charity’s facilities, and introduced to some inspirational people along the way, before being divided up for our day’s duties. Emma and David whizzed off ...

Work experience? Sure! That’ll be £100 a day

Monday, December 5th, 2011

Another disconcerting sign of the times. University leavers are now being charged up to £100 a day for the privilege of gleaning the work experience that they hope will be their golden ticket to employment. The logic is that small or otherwise inaccessible companies can now be compensated for throwing open ...

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 ...