How do you create award-winning campaigns? PRWeek’s latest podcast examines the campaign creation process from the perspective of both the client and the agency. This episode of Beyond the Noise features Anna Knowles, director of PR and corporate affairs at easyJet, and Sam Corry, managing director of creative agency Taylor Herring. Beyond the Nois…

What’s in store for the industry in 2025? That’s the focus of the latest episode of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast. Gazing into their crystal balls this week are Jo Grierson, managing director at MSL UK, and Warren Johnson, founder and CEO of W Communications. Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest issues affecting communications and PR. …

Hannah Holland discusses her background with TikTok sensation GK Barry, who has amassed 275m likes and 4m followers on the platform – leading her to become the first TikTok creator to land a spot on ITV's I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! this year. Talent manager Holland also talks about her approach to brand partnerships, and how social media…

PRWeek UK journalists give the lowdown on their favourite brand campaigns of 2024 in the latest edition of the Beyond the Noise podcast. Campaigns for McDonald’s, Carlsberg, Iceland, Thomas Cook, Wickes, Dove, O2 and Curry’s are among those under the microscope in this episode. PRWeek’s weekly Beyond the Noise podcast looks at some of the biggest i…

PRWeek's weekly Beyond the Noise podcast looks at some of the biggest issues affecting communications and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen in the browser below or on your favourite platform. The industry was shaken this week by news that Omnicom is set to buy its holding company rival to create the world's biggest marketing co…

Delving into a new report from the specialist accountants Moore Kingston Smith, PRWeek's latest podcast examines big business performance trends such as agency revenues, profit margins and the costs of employing people. The report contains some worrying figures on average profit margins at agencies that were reported to have fallen from 18.5% the p…

What makes a good client/agency pitching process? PRWeek's latest podcast examines a recent pitch from the perspective of both the client and the winning agency. This episode of Beyond the Noise features Amy Dowling, head of markets communications at TUI UK&I; and Nicola Dodd, UK managing director at Ogilvy PR. Beyond the Noise looks at some of the…

The big lessons from PRWeek's Measurement Conference are examined in the latest episode of PRWeek's Beyond the Noise podcast. This week's edition features PRWeek journalists John Harrington (UK editor), Siobhan Holt (news editor) and Eliza Wiredu (reporter). Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest issues affecting communications and PR. Downl…

The 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 ed…

US 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 …

The story behind John Lewis' 2024 Christmas campaign, and other trends in festive work for this year, are the focus of the latest PRWeek podcast. Our guest on Beyond the Noise this week is Ben Bailey, head of external comms at John Lewis Partnership. Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest communications and PR issues. Download the podcast vi…

Client 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…

What are the biggest risks for corporate affairs pros? – PRWeek podcast Two 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 w…

The 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 Harringto…

Why 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…

Golin London president Ondine Whittington and chief creative officer Alex Wood join PRWeek editor-in-chief Danny Rogers in the studio this week. 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. Following the success of Golin London's …

PR’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 G…

Heather 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…

What’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 I…

Our guests this week are Samantha Ndebele, healthcare senior account manager at Burson, and Lucy Somers, deputy group director of digital at PLMR and director of PLMR Genesis Digital. Ndebele entered the industry after gaining an MA in Public Relations and Corporate Communications from Kingston University, while Somers undertook at apprenticeship a…

Tom 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 sho…

The 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 Nois…

Jordan 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 decad…

The 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 Communica…

Our 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 de…

The 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 …

This 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 tha…

We'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 h…

With 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 backgr…

A 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 p…

A 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 Dow…

The 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 al…

This PRWeek podcast, in partnership with Real Chemistry, takes a special look at healthcare and pharmaceutical communications, and the evolving role of AI tools in patient engagement and advocacy. This episode is in association with Real Chemistry Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

Why 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 …

PRWeek'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 EME…

What 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. …

Salaries 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. B…

Tesco’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 m…

The 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, S…

In 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 aff…

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, news editor Siobhan Holt is joined by UK editor-in-chief Danny Rogers and reporter Evie Barrett to discuss PR360, PRWeek UK’s annu…

Does 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 …

The 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 epis…

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…