When PR gets a bad rep

Monday, May 16th, 2011

I don’t know about you, but, just occasionally when I tell people what I do for a living, I get a reaction that can be summed up by the following: Pah! Load of cobblers; lies, lunches, and so on.  Some will be sufficiently unchivalrous as to articulate this view.  A few others ...

A PR disaster for the student protests

Friday, December 10th, 2010

Following the events in London last night, it looks as though we’ve reached a real turning point in the plans to increase tuition fees for university students. Not only did the House of Commons approve the measures to raise the maximum level of annual fees to £9,000, but the subsequent protests ...

High-profile PR firms given high-profile bashing over council appointments

Monday, July 26th, 2010

Yesterday came the news that Communities Secretary Eric Pickles is to launch an attack on councils which have hired public relations firms. Mr. Pickes is set to initiate a scathing assault on the “outrageous” practice of town halls hiring PRs today. “It is a waste of taxpayer’s cash,” said the Communities ...