* Firstly, I confess, this was the Radio 4 fella’s headline that I mention below. Credit where it’s due! Now, you may recall from last year that I am helping Rebecca Dowdeswell in her battle with the cosmetics giant L’Oreal? Indeed, back in August, Rebecca woke up to find a WhatsApp from a friendly …
“There is only thing in the world worse than being talked about and that is NOT being tackled about.” However, whatever Dorain Gray might think, not EVERYONE is Wylde about the Jag rebrand. “Do you sell cars?” That was the withering response from Elon Musk, who knows a thing or two about selling concepts. In …
I like Jamie Oliver. There, I’ve said it. For some, he is a bit preachy about school dinners and getting us all to eat more veg etc., but we know he’s actually right about that and means well. His heart seems to be in the right place. So I was astonished to see him having …
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Panic stations, panic stations, the chief exec just described our product as “c*ap” in a press interview! Ok, you’re going to need to take a look at your crisis communications plan. You have got one haven’t you? You haven’t? Well, don’t say I didn’t warn you. Let’s take a look at what you SHOULD have done before …
Ah, Zara. Just when you thought their PR nightmares were confined to poorly timed window displays and questionable cultural appropriation, they’ve gone and served us a piping hot platter of controversy, complete with a side of cringe. In their latest attempt at fashion forwardness, Zara decided that a T-shirt for young girls emblazoned with the phrases “The …
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“Your story is currently the best read piece on the BBC website…nationally” That was the message that my client, Rebecca Dowdeswell, sent to me when I was somewhere in the middle of the Peak District last Friday. What story you may ask? Well, it is a true David And Goliath one, and if you are …
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Hey Judy, don’t make it bad. Take a sad son and make him better. Remember, let Emma into your heart, Then we can start to make it better. Hey Judy, don’t be afraid. You didn’t mean to go out and get her. The minute you let her into your heart Then you begin to make …
“Appalling’ is not normally the judgement I am looking for However, there it was as i scanned my emails this morning. I’m not going to lie, I felt queasy. My client has worked with me for nearly a year now and we’ve had some BIG wins including three pieces on Martin Lewis’s “Money Saving Expert” website and believe me, …
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A couple of years back, I stood on the opposite side of some perspex glass from one of the world’s most notorious offenders. He has offended most people and often, common decency. It might even offend you that I’m writing this! I was on stage just after the pandemic in a slot right before Piers, …
I really should be better at driving. That’s not to say I’m bad, I’m just very “steady“. I rarely speed, I’m never aggressive. Which means that despite my NAME DROP KLAXON family connections*, I probably would never make a good racing driver.. Being 6ft 5 wouldn’t be ideal either. It turns out that Head Honcho (as we speak anyway) …