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Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastVodafone: getting merger comms right - PRWeek podcastHow do you handle the communications strategy for a company merger? That’s the topic of PRWeek UK’s latest Beyond the Noise podcast.Joining UK news editor Siobhan Holt this week are PRWeek reporter Eliza Wiredu and Andi Donovan, head of communications at Vodafone, alongside Mandy Sharp, founder and CEO of Tin Man Communications. Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest issues affecting communications and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.Last year, it was announced that a £15bn merger between mobile ne...2025-04-1630 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastWhat's changed in the all-new PRWeek Power Book?The PRWeek editorial team review the newly launched 2025 Power Book, discussing how big it's become, preparations for the party and some of the (often surprising) answers given by leading comms professionals this year. The Power Book, which lists the most influential people working in UK communications today, went live this week. Click here to access the coverage, including the ‘top 10s’ of PR professionals in different sectors.Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest issues affecting communications and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.This week’s epis...2025-03-0628 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastWill DeepSeek shake-up AI in PR? PRWeek podcast, with Omnicom PR GroupWhat does DeepSeek's dramatic entry to the AI market mean for the comms industry - and should PR professionals embrace the platform? PRWeek's Beyond the Noise podcast takes a look.The latest episode features guest Erin Lanuti, chief innovation officer at Omnicom PR Group (OPRG), who has been leading AI policy at the division whose agencies include Ketchum, FleishmanHillard, Porter Novelli and Portland.Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest issues affecting communications and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.Speaking to PRWeek UK...2025-01-3118 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastThe Guardian dumps X: ‘Pulling off mass media worries me’ – PRWeek podcastThe John Lewis Christmas campaign, Budget blues, The Guardian ditching X (Twitter) and what Trump means for UK public affairs are all explored in the latest edition of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast.This week’s episode features insights from PRWeek journalists Danny Rogers (editor-in-chief), John Harrington (UK editor) and Siobhan Holt (news editor).Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest issues affecting communications and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.The trio give their verdict on the long-awaited John Lewis Christmas campaign, whic...2024-11-1529 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastTrump will have ‘immediate impact’ in parts of PR – PRWeek podcastUS PR professionals living in the UK share their take on the 2024 US election results, and the biggest implications for the comms industry, in a special edition episode of PRWeek UK’s Beyond the Noise podcast.For this discussion, we’re joined by David Gallagher, the former Ketchum Europe boss, who is now a partner at Folgate Advisors; and Whitney Simon, senior account director and head of DE&I consulting at Missive.Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest issues affecting communications and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen...2024-11-1143 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastAre agencies pitching too much? PRWeek podcastClient pitching, Christmas campaigns and the recent performance of PR holding companies are all under the microscope in PRWeek UK’s latest podcast.This edition of the Beyond the Noise podcast features PRWeek journalists John Harrington (UK editor), Siobhan Holt (news editor) and Evie Barrett (senior reporter).Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest communications and PR issues. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or on your favourite platform.This week the PRWeek UK team analyse the Q3 results from WPP, Omnicom and IPG and look at what they...2024-10-3023 minBeyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastWhat are the biggest risks for corporate affairs pros? – PRWeek podcastWhat are the biggest risks for corporate affairs pros? – PRWeek podcastTwo communications directors debate the biggest challenges and concerns in corporate affairs, in the latest edition of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast.Mark Hutcheon, a director in the Reputation, Crisis and Resilience practice at Deloitte, who leads their corporate affairs work with clients, and Carolyn Esser, chief corporate affairs director at British cyber security company Darktrace, join PRWeek UK’s news editor, Siobhan Holt, in the studio this week.Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest issues...2024-10-2536 minBeyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast'Like a school reunion' - PRWeek UK Awards on PRWeek podcastThe big talking points from the PRWeek UK Awards are the focus of the latest edition of PRWeek's Beyond the noise podcast.More than 800 people from across the industry were at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House in London on Wednesday for UK PR's biggest event of the year - view the winners here.PRWeek's Danny Rogers (editor-in-chief), John Harrington (UK editor) and Siobhan Holt (news editor) are your commentators this week to examine the stories behind the 2024 PRWeek UK Awards.Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest communications a...2024-10-1727 minBeyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast‘PR has too many meetings’ – PRWeek podcast, dispatches from the other sideWhy are the roles of ‘hack and flack’ so interchangeable? PRWeek UK’s latest podcast takes a close look.This week's Beyond the Noise episode features Ali Lyon, a comms professional formerly at FleishmanHillard who is now a reporter at CityAM, and Genelle Aldred, a broadcast journalist who has worked for the BBC, ITV, ITN, and Sky. Her comms career includes senior roles at Hill & Knowlton. She is now a comms trainer and strategic media advisor with her own firm, Genelle Aldred Communications. Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest communications and PR is...2024-10-1033 minBeyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastHow to close PR’s pay gaps – PRWeek podcastPR’s pay gaps, and how to close them, are the focus of the latest episode of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast.This week has seen the launch of the 2024 Pay Gaps Report from PRWeek and People Like Us, which sees UK PR agencies reveal their own gender and ethnicity pay gaps alongside analysis of the big trends.To discuss the findings are Sheeraz Gulsher, co-founder of People Like Us; Jo Carr, co-founder of PR agency Hope&Glory and president of Women in PR; and Paul Joseph, partner at PR agency Full Fat.Be...2024-09-2527 minBeyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast'We need to own our craft’ - Grayling UK CEO, PRWeek podcastHeather Blundell talks about her first year as Grayling’s UK chief executive in the latest PRWeek podcast.Heather Blundell, who has over 15 years of experience working for global agencies including Edelman, Weber Shandwick and Ketchum, and who joined Grayling in October last year - speaks to PRWeek UK news editor Siobhan Holt in the latest episode of Beyond the Noise.Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest issues affecting communications and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.In the episode, Blundell discusses her fi...2024-09-1933 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastHow to launch a PR agency – PRWeek podcastWhat’s the secret to launching a comms agency in this era? PRWeek UK’s latest podcast takes a close look.This week's Beyond the Noise episode features founders of two new agencies: Aimee Jacobs of Klaxonn, the live experiences comms specialist, and James Hayward-Browne, one of three former Rise At Seven execs who launched digital PR firm Bottled Imagination.Both agencies are nominated for New Consultancy of the Year at the upcoming PRWeek UK Awards.Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest communications and PR issues. Download the podcast via Appl...2024-09-1138 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastNetflix's Love is Blind: why PRs make good reality stars – PRWeek podcastTom Stroud, a communications consultant and contestant on hit Netflix dating show Love is Blind UK, is the special guest on this week’s PRWeek Beyond the Noise podcast episode.Tom Stroud discusses his background in PR and communications, as well as his experiences on the reality series Love is Blind UK, which has been in the top 10 most-viewed shows on Netflix since the season launched on 7 August. Love is Blind is a Netflix reality dating TV show featuring contestants who are looking for love based on personality rather than physical appearance.2024-08-2824 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastIs a ‘right to switch off’ realistic in PR? PRWeek podcastThe right for PR practitioners to ‘switch off’ from work emails and phone calls out of contracted hours is just one of the topics discussed on the latest PRWeek UK podcast.This week’s Beyond the Noise podcast is hosted by PRWeek’s editor-in-chief, Danny Rogers, and features news editor Siobhan Holt and senior reporter Evie Barrett.Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest issues affecting communications and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or on your favourite platform.Potential new government guidance is pledging to give employees the right to ‘switch...2024-08-2120 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastSidemen manager: 'Most brands exist in fear mode' - PRWeek podcastJordan Schwarzenberger, manager of the content-creator phenomenon Sidemen, is the special guest on this week’s episode of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast.Jordan Schwarzenberger discusses his background with the YouTube collective Sidemen, who have amassed 6.4bn views from almost 400 YouTube videos in a startling career spanning more than a decade.Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest issues affecting communications and PR. Schwarzenberger talks about influencer-brand collaborations and offers some dos and don’ts for brands, including the importance of creative freedom and having one key message for creators. He loo...2024-08-1542 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastUK riots: 'I don't care what brands say at this point' - PRWeek podcastThe implications of the recent far-right riots in parts of the UK are discussed from a comms industry perspective in the latest episode of PRWeek's Beyond the Noise podcast.Our guests in this special edition are agency chief executives Farzana Baduel of Curzon PR and Shayoni Lynn of Lynn, who are also two of the founders of the new Asian Communications Network.Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest issues affecting communications and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.Speaking to PRWeek UK editor Jo...2024-08-0842 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast'PR undergrad courses are over, radical thinking is needed' - PRWeek podcastOur guest this week is Richard Bailey, who just stepped down as senior lecturer in PR at Leeds Beckett University, where he first started teaching in 2003.Bailey is also co-author of a new report by the PR Academy that paints a bleak picture of undergrad PR courses. There is now one solitary university offering a single honours bachelor of arts degree in PR - two decades ago, there were 20.Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest issues affecting communications and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.2024-08-0724 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast'Lack of promotion opportunity is a massive problem' - black PR experiences, PRWeek podcastThe experiences of black PR professionals in the industry is the focus of latest podcast from PRWeek UK, which follows recent research on the topic.Our guest on Beyond the Noise this week is Kamiqua Lake, founder of The Black Comms Network, which partnered with PRWeek on the new report called One Step Forward Two Steps Black.The report, based on a survey of 170 professionals and conducted by Opinium, examines the lived experience of black and mixed race communications practitioners in the UK.Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest issues...2024-07-3119 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastHavas B Corp ruling - where is PR's ethical line? PRWeek podcastThis week's Beyond the Noise podcast is hosted by PRWeek UK news editor Siobhan Holt and features UK editor John Harrington and senior reporter Evie Barrett.Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest issues affecting communications and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or on your favourite platform.Last Friday's global IT outage that impacted Microsoft Windows devices, linked to an update by cyber security firm CrowdStrike, caused chaos for companies and other organisations across the world.The PRWeek journalists assess CrowdStrike's communications response. We hear from some PR professionals...2024-07-2418 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastEuros, Olympics, Wimbledon – are brands getting sport right? PRWeek podcastWe're talking sport in the latest episode of PRWeek UK's Beyond the Noise podcast, with comms around the Euros, Wimbledon and the Olympics under the microscope. Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest issues affecting communications and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.This week's edition is hosted by PRWeek UK news editor Siobhan Holt, with guests John Harrington (UK editor) and Evie Barrett (senior reporter).With Tuesday's news that Gareth Southgate is standing down as manager of the men's England football team, the...2024-07-1723 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast'It's already a different buzz' - Burson UK boss on merger, PRWeek podcastWith the integration of the two WPP agencies now complete, Whitehead joins PRWeek UK editor John Harrington in the latest episode of Beyond the Noise.Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest issues affecting communications and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or on your favourite platform.This week, Whitehead discusses the background to the merger - which has created the global agency behemoth Burson - and how the move was communicated internally.He speaks about the challenges of bringing together two huge agencies, including the impact on the workforce...2024-07-1047 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastWhat does Labour's huge majority mean for PR? PRWeek podcastA special edition of PRWeek UK's Beyond the Noise podcast looks at the general election and what it means for the communications industry.Beyond the Noise, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen in the browser above or on your favourite platform.This week's episode, recorded on Friday shortly after Keir Starmer was confirmed as the UK next Prime Minister, features PRWeek editor-in-chief Danny Rogers, UK editor John Harrington and senior reporter Evie Barrett.The...2024-07-0520 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastHow rugby PR chief tackled racism scandal, financial crises and player exodus – PRWeek podcastA special edition of PRWeek's Beyond the Noise podcast, recorded live at the Crisis Communications Summit last week, looks at how Premiership Rugby has been overcoming its recent crises.The session features Jonny Fordham, head of communications at Premiership Rugby, speaking to Lee Cain, the founder of Charlesbye and a former comms director at Downing Street.Beyond the Noise, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen in the browser above or on your favourite platform.Fo...2024-07-0320 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastHow is AI transforming crisis comms? Should brands dump Twitter/X? PRWeek podcastThe latest episode of the Beyond the Noise podcast looks at some of the lessons from PRWeek's Crisis Communications Conference.Recorded on Thursday immediately after the conference in London, this week's edition features UK editor John Harrington, news editor Siobhan Holt and senior reporter Evie Barrett.Beyond the Noise, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.The trio discuss how social media fuels so many crisis communications incidents these days, and de...2024-07-0122 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastWhy did Burson launch early? PRWeek podcastWhy did Burson launch earlier than expected? That’s the focus of PRWeek’s latest Noise in Brief podcast.Noise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek UK journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so.Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen in the browser on your favourite platform.This week’s edition is hosted by PRWeek UK news editor Siobhan Holt and features UK editor John Harrington alongside reporter Evie Barrett.The team speak live to PRWeek...2024-06-1917 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastCannes: why do so few UK PR shops enter? PR Lions jurors on PRWeek podcastPRWeek's latest podcast hears from two jurors on the Cannes Lions PR category about what to expect from the 2024 International Festival of Creativity.Our guests on this week's Beyond the Noise are Kat Thomas, founder and chief creative officer at One Green Bean and this year’s PR Lions jury president; and Fenella Grey, another juror and former EMEA MD and chair, now senior advisor, at Porter Novelli.Beyond the Noise, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or on y...2024-06-1236 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastPR lessons from the TikTok election - PRWeek podcastWhat are the big lessons for the comms industry from the 2024 general election campaign so far? That's the focus of PRWeek's latest Noise in Brief podcast.Noise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek UK journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so.Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify or on your favourite platform.This week’s edition is hosted by PRWeek UK news editor Siobhan Holt and features UK editor John Harrington alongside reporters Evie Barrett and Elizabeth Wiredu.2024-06-0628 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastShould you be getting/giving a pay rise? PRWeek podcastSalaries and bonuses are the focus of the latest episode of PRWeek UK’s Beyond the Noise podcast.In this episode of Beyond the Noise, Sarah Leembruggen, managing director of recruitment consultancy The Works Search, speaks to PRWeek EMEA editor-in-chief Danny Rogers and PRWeek UK’s news editor, Siobhan Holt, about the communications jobs market. Beyond the Noise, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.In this podcast, Leembruggen shares her advice on hirin...2024-05-2930 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastHow Tesco transformed its internal comms – PRWeek podcastTesco’s 10-year reputational turnaround is the focus of the latest PRWeek podcast, which was recorded live at the PR360 conference.This special edition of Beyond the Noise features Tesco group comms director Christine Heffernan speaking to Danny Rogers, EMEA editor-in-chief of PRWeek, in a session at the PR360 conference in Brighton earlier this month.Beyond the Noise, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.In this podcast, Heffernan discusses how re...2024-05-2326 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast‘Have a bit of backbone. Trying to be popular won’t work’ – PRWeek podcastThe power – or otherwise – of brand boycotts is just one of the topics examined in PRWeek’s latest Noise in Brief podcast.Noise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek UK journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so.Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.This week’s edition is hosted by PRWeek UK news editor Siobhan Holt and features UK editor John Harrington alongside reporters Evie Barrett and Elizabeth Wiredu.In the podcast...2024-05-2221 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast'Edelman had a bad year, but it's the bellwether' - PRWeek podcast, EMEA and US editorial leads on global trendsIn a Beyond the Noise special, Danny Rogers, PRWeek's editor in chief, EMEA, and Steve Barrett, editorial director for PRWeek US, discuss the comms industry figures and trends from the current UK Top 150 Consultancies and Global Agency Business Reports.Beyond the Noise, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.Rogers and Barrett analyse what was a tough 12 months in PR consultancy; the comparative performance of agency giants such as Edelman, Weber Shandwick, Brunswick an...2024-05-1528 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast'Barbie mania started in PR' - PR360 lessons, PRWeek podcastBeyond the Noise, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.In this week’s episode, news editor Siobhan Holt is joined by UK editor-in-chief Danny Rogers and reporter Evie Barrett to discuss PR360, PRWeek UK’s annual conference held at the Hilton Metropole in Brighton.In the podcast, the journalists pick out highlights from the two-day event, such as Amarilis Whitty, senior communications and PR director at Mattel, who discussed the Barbie film campaig...2024-05-1319 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastDoes PR have a class problem? PRWeek podcastDoes PR have a class problem? That’s just one of the topics examined in PRWeek’s latest Noise in Brief podcast. Noise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek UK journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so.Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.This week’s edition is hosted by PRWeek UK news editor Siobhan Holt alongside reporters Evie Barrett and Elizabeth Wiredu.The team discuss the newly launched ‘working class’ PR agency and overa...2024-05-0818 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastWho made the UK Top 150 PR Consultancies list? – PRWeek podcastThe editorial team discusses the PRWeek UK Top 150 PR Consultancies Report in the latest episode of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast.Beyond the Noise, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.In this week’s episode, UK editor John Harrington is joined by news editor Siobhan Holt and reporters Evie Barrett and Elizabeth Wiredu to discuss PRWeek UK’s Top 150 PR Consultancies Report, the long-running definitive report on the industry. In the po...2024-05-0223 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastIs Taylor Swift really a PR genius? - PRWeek podcastNoise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek UK journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so.Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.This week’s edition is hosted by PRWeek UK news editor Siobhan Holt alongside UK editor John Harrington and reporter Eliza Wiredu.In this week’s episode, the team discuss the publicity around the launch of Taylor Swift’s latest album and asks if the American singer-songwriter is a PR genius. El...2024-04-2422 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast'Play with facts, not emotions'- culture war comms, PRWeek podcastPR consultant Mark Borkovski discusses culture wars in the latest episode of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast.Beyond the Noise, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.Joining the podcast this week is PR consultant, author and popular public speaker Mark Borkowski.A regular in PRWeek’s Power Book, he is the founder of his eponymous PR agency Borkowski, which has successfully delivered publicity, communications and crisis management campaigns for over 3...2024-04-1728 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastIs trading on the up? PRWeek podcastIs trading on the up? That’s just one of the topics examined in PRWeek’s latest Noise in Brief podcast.Noise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek UK journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so.Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.This week’s edition is hosted by PRWeek UK news editor Siobhan Holt and features UK editor John Harrington and reporter Evie Barrett.In the podcast, the team discuss t...2024-04-1018 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast'We're turning up the heat on AI' - MSL, H&K on PRWeek podcastAI experts from Hill & Knowlton and MSL reveal what their agencies have been doing to keep on top of AI in the latest episode of PRWeek's Beyond the Noise podcast.Beyond the Noise, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.Joining the podcast this week are Allison Spray, global head of intel and tech innovation at Hill & Knowlton; and Natasha Torres-Coote, account manager at MSL and one of the driving forces behind the ag...2024-04-0337 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastWhy are agency bosses leaving? PRWeek podcastWhat explains the recent exodus of agency bosses? That's one topic examined in PRWeek's latest Noise in Brief podcast.Noise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek UK journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so.Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or on your favourite platform.This week’s edition is hosted by PRWeek UK news editor Siobhan Holt and features UK editor John Harrington and reporter Evie Barrett.Recent weeks have brought news of a number of...2024-03-2718 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastHow to get in, and stay in, the Power Book - PRWeek podcastBig themes and lessons from the 2024 PRWeek UK Power Book are examined in the latest episode of the Beyond the Noise podcast.The Power Book, which lists the most influential people working in UK communications today, went live earlier this month. Click here to access the coverage, including the 'top 10s' of PR professionals in different sectors.Beyond the Noise, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.This week's episode features PRW...2024-03-2032 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast'In the AI age, everyone assumes the worst' - #Photogate PR lessons, PRWeek podcastThe royal photo sage, agency acquisitions and 'floating it down the Thames' - these topics are put under the microscope in the latest edition of PRWeek's Noise in Brief podcast.Noise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek UK journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so.Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen in the browser above or on your favourite platform.This week’s edition is hosted by PRWeek UK editor John Harrington and features reporters Eliza Wire...2024-03-1319 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast'Ghosting has changed PR for the worst' - is this the solution? PRWeek podcast What does new PRCA guidance on client-agency relationships say, and will it make a difference? The latest episode of PRWeek's Beyond the Noise podcast takes a look.Our guest this week is James Crawford, MD at PR Agency One and a PRCA fellow who was among the people behind the trade body's updated Client Consultancy Partnership Charter. He is joined by PRWeek UK editor John Harrington and news editor Siobhan Holt.Beyond the Noise, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via A...2024-03-0624 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastIs PR recruitment getting harder? PRWeek podcastWhat do the recent agency and holding company results tell us about the state of the PR market? And what's happening with recruitment? PRWeek takes a look in the latest Noise in Brief podcast. Noise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek UK journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so.Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen or on your favourite platform.This week’s edition is hosted by PRWeek UK editor John Harrington features reporters Eliza Wiredu and...2024-02-2817 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastHow to pitch to clients (and get on pitch lists) - PRWeek podcast, Mondelēz InternationalWhat do clients really want, and don't want, from agencies? That's the focus of the latest PRWeek podcast, featuring Andrew Roache, external affairs lead for the UK and Ireland at Mondelēz International.Roache, who has worked at Mondelēz International since 2022, discusses his role and how the Cadbury and Oreo owner works with different agencies.Beyond the Noise, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.Roache has seen both sides of t...2024-02-2135 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast‘Is Schillings a real threat to Brunswick et al?’ – PRWeek podcastNoise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek UK journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so.Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.This week’s edition is hosted by PRWeek UK news editor Siobhan Holt and features reporter Evie Barrett and PRWeek UK editor John Harrington.The trio discuss the major talking points behind recent industry hires, departures and promotions.They analyse promotions and departures at Burson (the new agency being form...2024-02-1423 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast'Agencies: be brave, hold firm on client fees' - PRWeek podcastWhat's happening to margins at PR agencies? And how can agencies be more profitable? PRWeek's latest podcast takes a look.Our guest on Beyond the Noise this week is Esther Carder, media specialist partner at accountancy and business advisory firm Moore Kingston Smith.Beyond the Noise, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen in the browser above or on your favourite platform.Late last year Moore Kingston Smith published its Annual Survey that analyised Companies Hous...2024-02-0729 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastBCW, H&K merger 'one hell of a challenge' - PRWeek podcastWhat really lies behind WPP's decision to merge BCW and Hill & Knowlton? And will it succeed? The PRWeek team put the deal under the microscope in a special edition of the Noise in Brief podcast.Noise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek UK journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so.Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or on your favourite platform.This episode focuses on the bombshell news last week that BCW and Hill & Knowlton are joining forces to...2024-01-3122 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastFreuds CEO: 'Learn from populist tactics’ - PRWeek podcastArlo Brady, chief executive of Freuds, discusses Davos, trading predictions and more on PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast.Beyond the Noise, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or on your favourite platform.In this episode, Freuds chief executive Arlo Brady reflects on the biggest lessons from The World Economic Forum in Davos, which took place last week.Topics include ESG and ‘woke-washing’, AI, the reputation of ‘UK PLC’, and progress with Sustainable Development Goals.Brady, who...2024-01-2437 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast'People are getting fed up with the whole pitching process' - PRWeek podcastFrom client pitching to the Post Office, PRWeek's latest Noise in Brief podcast looks at major stories affecting the sector over the past week or so.Noise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek UK journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so.Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.This week's edition features PRWeek UK editor John Harrington alongside reporters Evie Barrett and Elizabeth Wiredu.The trio discuss the major talking points b...2024-01-1722 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastWe've been through the pain, now we'll get the gain' - 2024 predictions, PRWeek podcastWhat's in store for PR in 2024? That's the focus of the latest episode of Beyond the Noise, PRWeek's fortnightly podcast series.Gazing into their crystal balls are regular host Frankie Oliver, the founder of New Society, alongside PRWeek editor-in-chief Danny Rogers and UK editor John Harrington.PRWeek UK’s Beyond the Noise podcast, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen in the browser above or on your favourite platform.The trio discuss how t...2024-01-1029 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast‘PRs should do less of this in 2024’ – PRWeek podcastIn the first episode of 2024, PRWeek news editor Siobhan Holt is joined by PRWeek UK editor John Harrington and reporters Evie Barrett and Elizabeth Wiredu.In this edition, the editorial team analyse the comms successes and failures that have hit the headlines in the New Year, plus the four journalists discuss what the PR industry should do more and less of in 2024. Noise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek UK journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so. Download the podcast via Apple, S...2024-01-0323 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastMichelle Mone & more - 2023’s crisis comms in the spotlight – the PRWeek podcastNoise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek UK journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so.Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen in the browser above or on your favourite platform.In this week’s episode, PRWeek news editor Siobhan Holt is joined by reporters Evie Barrett and Elizabeth Wiredu.In this edition, the trio discuss BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg interview with Baroness Michelle Mone and the PPE controversy. They also analyse the biggest car crash media...2023-12-2019 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastBold, unafraid - what makes a great communicator in 2023? PRWeek podcastHow does PRWeek pick its UK Communicators of the Year list - and what does it tell us about comms in 2023? That's the focus of the first episode in a new PRWeek podcast series: Beyond the Noise Extra.As the title suggests, Beyond the Noise Extra is an offshoot of Beyond the Noise, our regular fortnightly podcast.In this series we'll be looking at a specific project that PRWeek has been working on and discuss it in a bit more depth.Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform....2023-12-1527 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast'Where’s the climate comms brief? - PRWeek podcastAs COP28 draws to a close, the challenge of climate communications is the focus for the latest episode of PRWeek's Beyond the Noise podcast.Our guest this week is renowned environmental campaigner Jonathan Porritt, who joins our regular host Frankie Oliver, the founder of New Society.PRWeek UK’s Beyond the Noise podcast, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.This week's show was recorded shortly before countries at the climate chang...2023-12-1334 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastHow are PRs coping with rising cost pressures? - PRWeek podcastIn this week’s episode, PRWeek editor-in-chief Danny Rogers is joined by news editor Siobhan Holt and reporter Evie Barrett, who discuss the most recent agency mergers and acquisitions.Also in this edition, with the inflation rate slowing after it hit a 40-year high in October 2022, and interest rates unlikely to drop from their current levels any time soon, the journalists debate whether high-interest rates are a burden on PR agencies or not.They also discuss COP28, the latest United Nations Conference aiming to tackle climate change, and ask whether the controversies surrounding the host na...2023-12-0615 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastWhat about men in PR? PRWeek podcastShould the industry be doing more to support male PR professionals? That's the focus of PRWeek UK's latest podcast.What about men in PR? PRWeek podcast.In the first episode of Beyond the Noise since International Men's Day on 19 November, we look at whether more should be done to help men in PR across areas such as mental health support and parental leave.PRWeek UK’s Beyond the Noise podcast, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or on your...2023-11-2930 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastWhen embargoes and exclusives go wrong - the PRWeek podcastBig themes and stories in comms from the past week or so are put under the microscope in the latest edition of Noise in Brief, PRWeek UK’s bite-sized podcast.Noise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek UK journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so.Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.This week’s episode features PRWeek editor-in chief Danny Rogers and reporters Evie Barrett and Elizabeth Wiredu, who discuss how the comms ch...2023-11-2216 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastJohn Lewis and Asda comms chiefs reveal Christmas campaign secrets – PRWeek podcastOur guests this week are Gillian Taylor, head of external communications at John Lewis, and Tori Pourzand, senior director of public relations at Asda. They are joined by regular host Frankie Oliver, the founder of New Society, and PRWeek UK editor John Harrington.PRWeek UK’s Beyond the Noise podcast, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen in the browser above or on your favourite platform.This year’s John Lewis campaign, ‘Let Your Traditions Grow’ – the first from it...2023-11-1533 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastWhy are PR agencies closing? PRWeek podcastBig themes and stories in comms from the past week or so are put under the microscope in the latest edition of Noise in Brief, PRWeek UK’s bite-sized podcast.Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.This week’s episode features PRWeek UK news editor Siobhan Holt and reporters Evie Barrett and Elizabeth Wiredu.This week, drinks PR agency Domino Communications has ceased trading, which follows the recent shuttering of comms agency ScienceMagic.Inc. In the podcast, PRWeek asks if these recent closures point to challenging times across th...2023-11-0817 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast'AI is a reputation crisis waiting to happen' - PRWeek podcastHow can comms help curb the growing spread of AI-led disinformation? That's the topic of PRWeek UK's latest Beyond the Noise podcast.PRWeek UK’s Beyond the Noise podcast, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.Our guest this week is Kerry Sheehan, head of service development and innovation at the UK Civil Service, who is a senior figure working on the government’s AI policies.Sheehan said communicators "should be in the...2023-11-0124 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastPRWeek UK Awards, comms in conflict, M&A - PRWeek podcastNoise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so.Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.This week’s episode features PRWeek UK news editor Siobhan Holt and reporters Evie Barrett and Elizabeth Wiredu.In this podcast, the trio chat about the latest mergers, acquisitions and launches in the industry and what they mean for the sector. They discuss the Israel-Hamas war and ask...2023-10-2511 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast'Women are running on fumes' - PR's gender barriers, PRWeek podcastPRWeek takes another look at the barriers stopping gender equality in comms in the latest episode of the Beyond the Noise podcast.This week's episode is a follow-up to the International Women's Day show from March.Two guests return - Jo Carr, co-founder of Hope&Glory PR and president of Women in PR (WIPR), and Jo-ann Robertson, CEO of global markets at Ketchum - alongside Angela Balakrishnan, executive director of strategic comms and public affairs at the Information Commissioner's Office.PRWeek UK’s Beyond the Noise podcast, which is published on alte...2023-10-1833 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastBurnout in PR, office attendance, Trading Tracker and more – PRWeek podcastBig themes and stories in comms from the past week or so are put under the microscope in the latest edition of Noise in Brief, PRWeek UK’s bite-sized podcast.Noise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so.Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.This week’s episode features PRWeek UK news editor Siobhan Holt and reporters Evie Barrett and Elizabeth Wiredu.To mark World M...2023-10-1116 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastJust Eat PR boss on agency diversity: ‘What are your proof points?’ – PRWeek UK podcastIn the latest episode of the Beyond the Noise podcast, Clara Biu, head of PR at Just Eat, gives the client perspective on PR agency diversity following the findings of the latest annual Industry Pay Gaps report from PRWeek.She explains how demanding clients are becoming of the agencies they hire: “I’m asking my agency, ‘What are you doing in terms of truly diverse teams, what are your proof points?’”PRWeek UK’s Beyond the Noise podcast, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the po...2023-10-0630 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastPay gaps, Gen Z, Xmas campaigns – PRWeek PodcastBig themes and stories in comms from the past week or so are put under the microscope in the latest edition of Noise in Brief, PRWeek UK’s bite-sized podcast.Noise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek UK journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so.Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.This week’s episode features news editor Siobhan Holt alongside reporter Elizabeth Wiredu and PRWeek UK editor John Harrington.In the epi...2023-09-2724 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast'Can we just cancel the idea of a sell-in?' - young PR stars on PRWeek podcast (part two)What do young comms professionals think of the industry? PRWeek’s latest Beyond the Noise podcast takes a look, in the second of a two-part series.It comes as PRWeek reveals the results of a survey of Gen Z PRs about their views of the sector - which looks at topics from how long they want to stay in their jobs to whether PR has an alcohol problem.Our guests this week are another two nominees in the Young Gamechanger category at the PRWeek UK Awards: Malini Bhargav, senior consultant - ESG + pu...2023-09-2041 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastGen Z survey, Edelman report, Trading Tracker, Schillings – PRWeek podcastBig themes and stories in comms from the past week or so are put under the microscope in the latest edition of Noise in Brief, PRWeek UK’s bite-sized podcast.Noise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so.Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.This week’s episode features PRWeek UK news editor Siobhan Holt and reporters Evie Barrett and Elizabeth Wiredu.PRWeek UK has launc...2023-09-1315 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast'Late payment is a massive issue' - what agencies want from clients, PRWeek podcastWe've heard what clients want from agencies - this week's PRWeek Beyond the Noise podcast takes the agencies' perspective.Throughout August, PRWeek ran interviews with senior in-house comms and corporate affairs directors from BAE, Subway, Royal Mail and Starling Bank. We asked what they like - and don't like - about working with comms agencies. Our guests this week discuss the relationships from the view of agencies. We are joined by Tom Symondson, global head of growth at Grayling and parent group Accordience, and Mike Robb, co-founder of Boldspace.PRWeek UK’s Beyond th...2023-09-0640 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastESG, football, will AI replace real-life PR stunts? PRWeek podcastBig themes and stories in comms from the past week or so are put under the microscope in the latest edition of Noise in Brief, PRWeek UK’s bite-sized podcast.Noise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so.Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.This week’s episode features PRWeek UK editor John Harrington and reporters Evie Barrett and Eliza Wiredu.The past couple of we...2023-08-3020 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast‘Agencies are missing a trick’ – young PR stars on PRWeek podcastWhat do young comms professionals think of the industry? PRWeek’s latest Beyond the Noise podcast takes a look.This week’s edition features two finalists in the PRWeek UK Awards Young Gamechanger of the Year category: Katie Gabriel, account director at Instinctif Partners; and Joshua Vine-Lott, senior account manager at Aurora. They join PRWeek UK editor John Harrington and PRWeek reporter Evie Barrett.PRWeek UK’s Beyond the Noise podcast, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify...2023-08-2332 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastFleishmanHillard, AI, PR Room 101, tech PR rebound? - PRWeek Noise in Brief podcastBig themes and stories in comms from the past week or so are put under the microscope in the latest edition of Noise in Brief, PRWeek UK’s bite-sized podcast.Noise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so.Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.This week, the team discuss the recent holding company results and chat about the challenges in the PR sector in the second qua...2023-08-1521 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast'We're not trying to be popular' - Behind Just Stop Oil's comms strategy, PRWeek podcastWe find out in the latest episode of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast. Our guest this week is Zoe Cohen, a spokesperson for Just Stop Oil, the organisation that is demanding the UK Government stop licensing all new oil, gas and coal projects.Joining her is regular podcast host Frankie Oliver, the founder of New Society, and John Harrington, the editor of PRWeek UK. PRWeek UK’s Beyond the Noise podcast, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR.Download the podcast via Apple, ...2023-08-0937 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastAgency fees, PRWeek UK Awards, consumer PR, pay gaps - PRWeek Noise in Brief podcastBig themes and stories in comms from the past week or so are put under the microscope in the latest edition of Noise in Brief, PRWeek UK’s bite-sized podcast.Noise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so.Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify or on your favourite platform.This week, the team talk about the latest installment of PRWeek’s Top 150 Monthly Trading Tracker, which this month asked UK agencies from the Top...2023-08-0221 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast'AI is really terrifying!' - Virgin and M&S social media chiefs on PRWeek podcastHow are brands evolving their use of social media, and what does the future hold? That's the focus of the latest edition of PRWeek's Beyond the Noise podcast.Our guests this week are social media chiefs at two major companies: Charlotte Tonry, social media lead at Marks & Spencer, and Vicky Longster, social media manager at Virgin.PRWeek UK’s Beyond the Noise podcast, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or on your favourite platform....2023-07-2643 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastKetchum & Portland, Barbie, Threads, RIP blanket pitching? - PRWeek Noise in Brief podcastBig themes and stories in comms from the past week or so are put under the microscope in the latest edition of Noise in Brief, PRWeek UK’s bite-sized podcast.Noise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so.Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.This week the team discuss the new division created by Omnicom agencies Portland and Ketchum focused on helping clients during next year's 'trip...2023-07-2022 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastEdelman job cuts, SEC Newgate investment, Trading Tracker, Shein – PRWeek Noise in Brief podcastBig themes and stories in comms from the past week or so are put under the microscope in the latest edition of Noise in Brief, PRWeek UK’s bite-sized podcast.Noise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so.Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.This week, we talk about SEC Newgate and how the agency is set to receive a $100m investment from Investcorp. The trio...2023-07-0519 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast 'PR has risen in time of permacrisis' - lessons from Cannes winners, PRWeek podcastThe Beyond the Noise podcast this week features regular host Frankie Oliver alongside PRWeek UK editor John Harrington and news editor Siobhan Holt.PRWeek UK’s Beyond the Noise podcast, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform. The trio this week talk through some of the Lions-winning campaigns from this year that piqued their interest. They analyse what the campaigns tell us about major themes such as PR's role as a strategic function of bus...2023-06-2930 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastAre PRs paid enough? PRWeek Beyond the Noise podcastStaff pay, bonuses, and other rewards and benefits are put under the microscope in the latest edition of PRWeek UK's Beyond the Noise podcast.This week's show explores the new research by The Works Search that found, among other things, the level of average pay rises in the industry.PRWeek UK’s Beyond the Noise podcast, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.Joining usual host Frankie Oliver and PRWe...2023-06-1443 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast'AI won't take your job, but a human who knows how to use it will' - PR and AI, PRWeek podcastThe opportunities and threats posed by AI are examined in the latest episode of PRWeek's Beyond the Noise podcast.Guests this week are Allison Spray, MD, data + analytics, at Hill+Knowlton, and a recent recipient of a postgraduate diploma in Artificial Intelligence for Business from Oxford; and Andre Labadie, executive chair, business and technology, at Brands2Life.PRWeek UK’s Beyond the Noise podcast, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.Th...2023-05-1730 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastHorror stories and client pitching 'red flags' – the PRWeek PodcastThe new business pitching process is under the spotlight in PRWeek's latest Beyond the Noise podcast.Our guests this week are Isobel Coney, MD at Red Consultancy, and Mark Lowe, co-founder of Third City. They are joined by usual host Frankie Oliver, the founder of New Society, alongside PRWeek UK editor John Harrington.PRWeek UK’s Beyond the Noise podcast, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify or on your favourite platform.This week's discussion focuses on diffe...2023-04-0541 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastHow to sell and buy PR agencies, advice in a difficult market - PRWeek podcastIn this episode of Beyond the Noise Agency M&A expert Jim Houghton, partner at Waypoint Partners talks about the current market in consultancy mergers and acquisitions. Houghton shares his extensive experience of the best way to go about buying and selling PR agencies in a changing market.David Andrews is partner and co-head of the London investment team at LDC, the largest private equity firm in the mid-market and responsible for many successful PR agency deals in recent years.PRWeek UK’s Beyond the Noise podcast, which is published on alternate weeks, lo...2023-03-2431 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastPRWeek UK launches 'bite-sized' podcastPRWeek UK has launched a podcast series focused on news in the comms industry.This week's episode was recorded before the very sad announcement on Thursday (16 March) that Francis Ingham, director-general of the PRCA, had died.Noise in Brief – a 'bite-sized' offshoot of PRWeek's Beyond the Noise podcast – will run fortnightly and feature PRWeek journalists discussing major issues from the past seven days or so.Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.The PRWeek UK Power Book and PR freelance trends are among the topics discussed this...2023-03-1621 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastKetchum's Jo-ann Robertson: 'We need to be more demanding of change' - PRWeek IWD podcast How far away is the comms industry from reaching gender equity, and what barriers still exist? That's the focus of PRWeek's latest Beyond the Noise podcast, published on International Women's Day (IWD). Guests this week are Jo-ann Robertson, CEO of global markets at Ketchum; Sanjani Shah, global head of PR at The Body Shop; and Jo Carr, co-founder of Hope&Glory and the new president of Women in PR.PRWeek UK’s Beyond the Noise podcast, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the po...2023-03-0842 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastRob Mayhew: 'TikTok brought the joy back into influencer marketing' - PRWeek podcastJoining Rob Mayhew and Imogen Coles in the discussion is Gordon Glenister, global head of influencer marketing for the Branded Content Marketing Association. The BCMA worked with PRWeek on the recent in-depth look at the key trends in influencer marketing from a PR perspective.PRWeek UK’s Beyond the Noise podcast, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, listen in the browser above or on your favourite platform.The podcast begins with an insightful and entertaining look at how Mayhe...2023-02-0849 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastEdelman, Davos and PR's trust challenge - PRWeek podcast Our guests this week are the Reverend George Pitcher, Anglican priest and former national press journalist, who was co-founder of PR firm Luther Pendragon and then Jericho Chambers; and Jeremy Cohen, senior partner at Blurred, formerly of the National Grid, Salterbaxter, and Edelman, where he ran the global Business & Social Purpose Practice.PRWeek UK’s Beyond the Noise podcast, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, listen in the browser above or on your favourite platform.We ask why busi...2023-01-2633 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastTalent market will remain ‘incredibly aggressive’ - PRWeek podcast on 2023 predictionsPRWeek UK’s Beyond the Noise podcast, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify or your favourite platform.Our soothsayers this week are Fenella Grey, EMEA managing director and chair at Porter Novelli, and Tanya Joseph, MD, specialist services, at Hill+Knowlton. They join regular host Frankie Oliver, the founder of agency New Society, and PRWeek UK editor John Harrington."I'm an optimist," said Grey. "My glass is always half fall. If the pandemic is anything to go by, th...2023-01-1149 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast'Less spin, more delivery' - where now for government comms? PRWeek Beyond the Noise podcastFormer Downing Street comms director Katie Perrior examines Liz Truss' communications style and suggests what comms strategies the new government could, and should, adopt. Perrior - who was comms chief under Theresa May, and currently chairs iNHouse Communications - is the special guest this week, as the period of mourning continues following the passing of Queen Elizabeth. Perrior compares and contrasts Truss' style to that of Theresa May, who, she says, had a "deep suspicion of the media". In addition, Perrior explains why King Charles is "doing brilliantly" with his comms so far. This week's podcast features usual host...2022-09-1440 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastBrutal markets, embracing failure, exciting future - opening overseas, PRWeek Beyond the Noise podcastWhat are the secrets of success for UK agencies opening overseas? We hear from two agency bosses who've been there and done it, in the latest episode of PRWeek's Beyond the Noise podcast.W Communications founder Warren Johnson and Bacchus founding director Anouschka Menzies discuss their experiences with regular host Frankie Oliver, the founder of New Society, and PRWeek UK editor John Harrington.PRWeek UK’s Beyond the Noise podcast, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify or your favou...2022-08-3142 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastPRWeek Beyond The Noise Podcast: What does recession mean for PR?PRWeek's Beyond the Noise podcast this week features industry experts with experience of running agencies during recessions: Alison Clarke, consultant and former CEO of Grayling and group business development director for the Huntsworth Group; and Giles Fraser, co-founder of Brands2Life, which was founded in 2000.The duo are joined by regular host Frankie Oliver, founder of New Society, and PRWeek UK editor John Harrington. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-08-1751 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastEdelman, Saudi and more - ethics examined in PRWeek's Beyond the Noise podcastNews that Edelman has started working with the government of Saudi Arabia has reignited a debate around industry ethics.To discuss the issues, Beyond the Noise this week welcomes industry stalwart Trevor Morris, co-author of Public Relations Ethics: The Real-World Guide. Regular podcast host Frankie Oliver, founder of New Society, also gives her take, while PRWeek UK editor John Harrington asks the questions.PRWeek UK’s Beyond the Noise podcast, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify or your favou...2022-08-0331 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastPRWeek Beyond The Noise Podcast: Environment protests - the impact for PR and Big OilBeyond the Noise, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify or your favourite platform, or listen in your browser below.Recent weeks have seen a spate of environment protests, not least during the Cannes Lions, where Greenpeace sent a flotilla of kayaks to WPP’s rented beach space. On Monday, protestors from Just Stop Oil glued themselves to a John Constable painting in the National Gallery. The group had earlier targeted Sunday's British Grand Prix.Regular host Frankie Oliver and P...2022-07-0634 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastPRWeek Beyond the Noise podcast: Cannes, the metaverse and comms amid travel chaosThe episode includes a special guest, Cow executive creative director Mark Perkins, while PRWeek editor-in-chief Danny Rogers gives his thoughts from Cannes about how the 2022 festival is shaping up.PRWeek UK’s Beyond the Noise podcast, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify or your favourite platform, or listen in your browser below.Alongside regular host Frankie Oliver and PRWeek UK editor John Harrington, this podcast examines at the current state of creativity in PR, how earned media works as pa...2022-06-2358 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastPRWeek Beyond the Noise podcast: Jubilee, Paddington Bear and Boris - is he over and out?PRWeek UK’s fortnightly Beyond the Noise podcast, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR.Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, on your favourite platform or listen in your browser below.The regular host is Frankie Oliver, founder of the climate and social change comms consultancy New Society. Oliver is an experienced comms professional who has held senior roles at agencies including Grayling, Fever, Nexus and Kindred. Joining her this week is PRWeek editor-in-chief Danny Rogers.In what was a heated debate, the duo...2022-06-0829 minBeyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastPRWeek Beyond the Noise: salary gaps, CEO pressures, top and flop of the fortnightThis fortnightly podcast, which is published on alternate Thursdays, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR.In this week's pod: Revelations from The Work Search’s Salary Guide 2022 that salaries are rising twice as fast in PR agencies as they are in-house. Research into details around the gender pay gap regarding bonuses, among other findings.Edelman's latest Trust Barometer research says businesses need to take a stronger position on geopolitical issues.Communications 'top' and 'flop' from the past fortnight.We hope you enjoy Beyond the Noise. Any feedback or q...2022-05-2619 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastPRWeek UK launches Beyond the Noise podcastA new regular podcast series from PRWeek UK - called Beyond the Noise - launches today. Episode one kicks off with an in-depth look at major trends from PRWeek's UK Top 150 Consultancies project.The podcast will look in detail at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. It will begin as a fortnightly series and go live on alternate Thursdays.The regular host will be Frankie Oliver, founder of the climate and social change comms consultancy New Society, and an experienced comms professional who has held senior roles at agencies including Grayling, Fever, N...2022-05-1228 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastThe Line – PRWeek's sports podcast – Episode 5: Women – the market sport forgotWith a few high-profile exceptions, sport sponsorship has long felt like a men-only club. Between 0.5% & 3% of event sponsorship goes to women sport, yet the market for women's professional sport is growing fast, with a higher media profile than ever before.London 2012 created a generation of brilliant new female stars who were embraced by an enthusiastic public.Strong, sexy & smart, women athletes are telling a whole new sports story – so where are the brands? With the assistance of two of the sponsorship world’s most insightful thinkers, Episode 5 of The Line looks at the relationship between sport & big business, to assess how...2017-11-0343 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastThe Line - PRWeek's sports podcast - Episode 4: Arsenal Fan TV & the rise of football influencersHosted by PRWeek editor-in-chief Danny Rogers and author and journalist Richard Gillis, episode four of The Line lifts the lid on the phenomenon that is Arsenal Fan TV and discusses how fan-based influencers in sport are changing the game.Special guest, Arsenal Fan TV founder Robbie Lyall, explains how the YouTube channel – which now boasts more than 350,000 subscribers began and what has made it so popular.Should we be treating it as an equal to ‘traditional media’? And what is the future for the ever-growing market of fan channels?Danny Rogers and Richard Gillis will be mulling over this and much m...2017-10-1943 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastThe Line - PRWeek's sports podcast - Episode 3: Anatomy of a sports PR crisisHosted by PRWeek editor-in-chief Danny Rogers and author and journalist Richard Gillis, episode three of The Line discusses Ben Stokes' off-field boxing career and what it's like when a client is in the eye of a PR storm.Sex, violence, booze and drugs. And that's just before we talk about brown envelopes full of cash and dawn raids in Swiss hotels. Sometimes it feels like sport lunges from one big PR crisis to the next, keeping a whole specialist comms industry busy. Ben Stokes' infamous right hook, Wayne Rooney's drink-and-drive escapades, Joey Barton's betting habit and the end of the...2017-10-0632 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastThe Line - PRWeek's sports podcast - Episode 2: NFL, Premier League, rugby - sport's global questionHosted by PRWeek editor-in-chief Danny Rogers and author and journalist Richard Gillis, The Line asks "do tribes scale?" as the NFL returns to London this weekend.With special guests:Steve Martin, CEO of M&C Saatchi Sport and EntertainmentGarry Cook, former CEO of Manchester City and chief global brand officer for UFCNicky Horne, former Channel 4 American football presenter and all-round broadcast legendThe NFL comes to London again this weekend when the Baltimore Ravens take on the Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley.Meanwhile, the big Premier League teams are becoming global brands and rugby's professional clubs are pushing hard to build support...2017-09-2137 min
Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcastThe Line - PRWeek's sports podcast - Episode 1: How big player transfers became a marketing storyThe Line - PRWeek's sports podcast - Episode 1: How big player transfers became a marketing storyHosted by Danny Rogers and Richard GillisWith special guests:Amanda Docherty, Director of Dial Square and former head of comms at Arsenal Football Club and the FAJim Dowling, Managing Director of Cake, the Havas sport and entertainment agencyTariq Panja, The New York Times journalist and author of Football's Secret TradeThe Line is supported by Cake.This week's topic: How big player transfers became a marketing storyPremier League clubs spent over £1.5bn in the summer transfer window as across Europe, the market for football talent skyrocketed.N...2017-09-0852 min