Now, whilst the latter post sounds that my office might be based within the locality of Hogwarts, I was asked this question at an event last week; “What would you change in PR and Marketing?” Now, this was a question that was not about the industry, trust me, that would
It turns out that one of the most scrutinised couples and brands in the world aren’t that keen on negative publicity. Who said that? Clue, not them. In a move straight out of the Omid Scobie playbook, that bombshell was announced by the author of a new book about the Beckham’s.
This might sound like a joke (and increasingly look like one) but in terms of the “optics” of this lurking election, it is far from funny for Rishi and the Tories. I’ve been to Number 10. It actually isn’t THAT glamorous behind that famous door. If anything, it feels a little
“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
Spoiler alert – this is NOT about “Co-op Live” but cooperation might well save this venue. (whispering)… “Well, good evening, You join us here in the 8th frame of the evening, with the match poised upon a knife edge that could have been forged in the fires of this proud
As I began to write this, over 75,000 people had signed a petition calling for St George’s Day to be a Bank Holiday. This is as reported by The Daily Express, which is interesting to me as a PR man and former journo. In fact, I have just posted a
Towards the end of 2023 I received a message via a network that spans the globe. A personal invitation to a select event where certain…secrets would be shared. It felt clandestine, at least in my fertile mind because I’d been contacted by the FSB. To some, those initials conjure nothing
Unless…it amounts to “corporate bullying”… There are very few queries from business owners that I struggle to find a press angle on but there is one that seems to surface a lot and 9/10 is NOT a story: “Once upon a time, there was a business. One night, a fairy
Greg Simpson, the Nottingham-based PR behemoth and former business journalist, who really should know better than to issue a story on a Bank Holiday, has announced his latest innovation. According to Simpson’s missive, which was announced via a cloud of hot air, smoke and mirrors, “Pepe” will “transform the way