What a week! With the thermometer consistently hitting the high 20’s, the football World Cup warming up nicely as we reach the knockout stages and the start of Wimbledon. Call me a cynic but was the 11 hour marathon match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut just a publicity stunt by the organisers to ensure [...]
Adam Curtis’ blog for the BBC links BP with the rise of Ayatollah Khomeini. Oops. By Jamie Mclaughlin
£668 million proved Goldman Sach’s to be pretty good when it comes to mergers and acquisitions. Despite coming under criticism for its bonus strategy as well as the recent fraud case, Goldman Sachs seem to be scoring high with their clients, with Thompson Reuters reporting them to be involved in 145 deals, worth a total [...]
At the same time as dealing with the oil crisis – to which Obama has put on the same scale as 9/11 – there is fresh criticism, this time surrounding BP’s communications efforts. As if Tony Hayward needs any more negative press, arguments are circulating as to whether or not substantial control of the [...]
Wednesday night saw the 25th CIPR Excellence Awards, held at the newly opened Park Plaza. A full list of winners can be found here, but special congratulations must go to the Hanson Search sponsored awards winners MacMillan Cancer Support (Best Use of Digital PR) and Blue Rubicon (Outstanding Public Relations Consultancy). By Jamie McLaughlin
The NHS aims to tap into World Cup enthusiasm with an online game that allows football fans to test their fitness and help their chosen team to the top of a fitness league. Players of the World Cup Football Fall Fitness Challenge pick an international and domestic team to represent and complete a simple health [...]
This Saturday I will be heading home for the last day of Royal Ascot and I cannot wait! Having grown up in Ascot I appreciate how alive the usually quiet town becomes and how the local businesses benefit from the huge income it brings with it. Dating back to 1711 when it was founded by [...]
PR Week released their top 40 Technology consultancies this week and it was great to see several of our clients on the list. Edelman came up top for the second year in a row, with Brands2Life and Hotwire closely on their tail. Well done to all who made the list and here’s to another [...]
With the aim of promoting UK Tourism around the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, Secretary of State for Culture Jeremy Hunt has announced a sum of £1 billion budget towards PR and marketing. Although we’re not sure where it’s to be spent yet, it should make for some exciting queue entertainment? By Erin Leahy
La France a officiellement ouvert aujourd’hui son marché des jeux d’argent et de hasard en ligne, trois jours avant le début de la Coupe du monde de football, une libéralisation hyper-réglementée qui ne satisfait pas tous les opérateurs. Selon un décret paru dans la nuit au Journal officiel, l’Autorité de régulation des jeux en ligne, [...]
