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Crisis PR

No time to Fuj-it as Post Office Scandal Deepens

Unless you have been living under a rock, you will be aware of the Post Office scandal, probably in part thanks to the excellent ITV drama “Mr Bates vs The Post Office”. Well, there’s a new player in town and it isn’t the (former) CBE Paula Vennells. Nope, step forward

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Celebrity

Bigfoot (in mouth) and the Henderson

You know when you stand up for a cause, show passion, bravery, eloquence even as you fight for what’s right? Yeah, that’s what England captain Jordan Henderrson DID do rather brilliantly for LGBT causes and was beginning to make a huge difference as he proudly wore the rainbow armband on

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PR tips & tricks

Making a splash is perfectly on Brand-son

If there’s one person I’ve met who knows about making a splash when it comes to the media, it is Sir Richard Branson. He was at it again with the launch of ‘Virgin Voyages’, his new Australia-based cruise liner last month (December) where he danced around with his colleagues after

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General business

What does Newsweek have in common with Cosmopolitan magazine?

About 20 minutes. It’s true. That is how long it took me to get Press for An Expert member Danny Greeves into the global media behemoth that reaches 100m people a month and also how long it took me to get Careers guru Sheila Starr into the iconic “Cosmo” mag’s online site.      Truth be

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PR Tips & Tricks

Caution…Here be Dragons

Climbing the stairs at a secret London address,  my colleagues next to me, contract in hand, things were getting pretty stressful. We were about to meet one of the original Dragons, someone who I would end up chairing a press event for a few years later but for now, someone

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Uncategorized

Your Name Please…

Your Name Please? Your occupation? And your chosen specialist subject? Those were the three EASY questions I put to 1200+ entrepreneurs at a conference last week. I then asked them some more probing ones to uncover how ready they might be to become one of my TRUSTED MEDIA EXPERTS in

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PR Tips & Tricks

How to properly make an exhibition of yourself

I was at the London’s Olympia for a major trade show, supporting our client, Golden Road Gin at the Speciality and Fine Food Fair – a major event with hundreds of exhibitors, visitors, suppliers and potential customers for my client. Not to mention, some journalists and official media partners. What

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When it Hits The Fan - new BBC podcast - Press for Attention PR
Crisis PR

When it Hits The Fan – new BBC podcast 

Ever had one of those “Accidental Partridge” moments when suggesting an idea to someone? Monkey Tennis Inner City Car Park Sumo Youth Hosteling With Chaz and Dave Well, this time it seems the BBC have got it “spot-on” as Alan might say. Their new podcast “When it Hits the Fan“ is out

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