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…

PR 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 consul…

Is 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 o…

AI 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 …

What 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, Spoti…

Big 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. B…

The 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 previ…

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 joine…

What 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…

What 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. …

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 featu…

What'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 bi…

What 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 iss…

Arlo 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 executiv…

From 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. Downlo…

What'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 publ…

In 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 a…

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. In this week’s episode, PRWeek news editor Siobhan Ho…

How 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…

As 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 alt…

In 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…

Should 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 parent…

Big 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 s…

Our 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 a…

Big 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.…

How 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. …

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 Ev…

PRWeek 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 mark…

Big 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. …

In 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…

Big 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 s…

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…

Big 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. …

We'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. O…

Big 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. …

What 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…

Big 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. …

We 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 e…

Big 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. …

How 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 Bey…

Big 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. …

The Beyond the Noise podcast this week features regular host Frankie Oliver alongside PRWeek editor-in-chief Danny Rogers and co-founder of Purpose Disruptors Lisa Merrick-Lawless. 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, …

Big 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. …

The 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 favou…

Big 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. …

Staff 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 alte…

Big themes 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. Appearing th…

Speaking on PRWeek's Beyond The Noise podcast, Jo-ann Robertson, CEO global markets at Ketchum and this year’s PR Lions jury president at Cannes Lions, says she hopes that brand communications is reaching “a tipping point” where not every lauded campaign needs a social cause or purpose. Joined by regular hosts PRWeek editor-in-chief, Danny Rogers a…

Big themes 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. Appearing th…

The 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 technolo…