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 , Spotify , or listen on your favourite platform. The trio discuss the climate emergency and the work of Purpose Directors – which is a non profit that...
Jul 12, 2023•36 min•Season 2Ep. 31
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. 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 rec...
Jul 05, 2023•19 min•Season 1Ep. 9
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 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 ...
Jun 29, 2023•31 min•Season 2Ep. 30
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. Download the podcast via Apple , Spotify , or listen in the browser above or on your favourite platform. Speaking from Cannes, PRWeek editor-in-chief ...
Jun 21, 2023•16 min•Season 1Ep. 8
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 alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple , Spotify , or listen on your favourite platf...
Jun 14, 2023•43 min•Season 2Ep. 29
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 this week are UK editor John Harrington and reporters Elizabeth Wiredu and Evie Barrett. Download the podcast via Apple , Spotify , or listen on your fa...
Jun 07, 2023•22 min•Season 1Ep. 7
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 and founder of New Society, Frankie Oliver, Robertson talks about the state of creativity in the PR industry generally, whether PR agencies need to lea...
May 31, 2023•46 min•Season 2Ep. 28
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 this week are UK news editor Siobhan Holt, reporters Elizabeth Wiredu and Evie Barrett, and UK editor John Harrington. Download the podcast via Apple , ...
May 24, 2023•17 min•Season 1Ep. 6
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 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 a...
May 17, 2023•30 min•Season 2Ep. 27
The latest edition of PRWeek UK’s podcast series, which looks at the big news in the comms industry in a ‘bite-sized’ format, is now live. 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 this week are UK news editor Siobhan Holt, reporters Elizabeth Wiredu and Evie Barrett, and UK editor John Harrington. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify o...
May 10, 2023•18 min•Season 1Ep. 5
The project launched on 2 May with the release of the Top 150 table , ranking the UK's biggest PR consultancies by revenue for the 2022 calendar year. PRWeek also tracked major trends in an overview article . 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. Delving into the Top 150 project in today's podcast are PRWeek's editor-i...
May 03, 2023•25 min•Season 2Ep. 26
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 this week are UK news editor Siobhan Holt, reporters Elizabeth Wiredu and Evie Barrett, and UK editor John Harrington. Download the podcast via Apple , Spotify , listen in the browser above or on your favourite platform. This week the show focuses on the upcoming launch of PRWeek UK’s Top 150 and t...
Apr 26, 2023•23 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Alex Doorey, VP Corporate Affairs & Sustainability at energy supplier, OVO says the modern corporate affairs director is heavily reliant on PR consultancies and that these relationships “keep us lean, they keep us nimble and they keep us honest.” Jen Jamie, director of comms and public affairs, for the UK & Ireland at Google, also joined the podcast to explain how “innovation” is now the key attribute that she looks for in agency partners. PRWeek UK’s Beyond the Noise podcast, which is p...
Apr 19, 2023•38 min•Season 2Ep. 25
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 this week are UK news editor Siobhan Holt, reporters Elizabeth Wiredu and Evie Barrett, and UK editor John Harrington. Download the podcast via Apple , Spotify , or listen on your favourite platform. This week the show focuses on recent mergers and acquisitions, including private equity firm KKR’s ...
Apr 12, 2023•19 min•Season 1Ep. 3
The 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...
Apr 05, 2023•41 min•Season 2Ep. 24
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 this week are UK news editor Siobhan Holt, reporters Elizabeth Wiredu and Evie Barrett, and UK editor John Harrington. Download the podcast via Apple , Spotify , or listen on your favourite platform. This week the show pays tribute to Francis Ingham, the director general of the PRCA who sadly died ...
Mar 30, 2023•16 min•Season 1Ep. 2
In 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...
Mar 24, 2023•31 min•Season 2Ep. 23
PRWeek 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 ...
Mar 16, 2023•21 min•Season 1Ep. 1
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 ...
Mar 08, 2023•43 min•Season 2Ep. 22
The CEO of one Ukrainian agency tells her story in PRWeek's Beyond the Noise podcast. As the first anniversary of the invasion approaches, Viroslava Novosylna, of Ukraine-based tech comms consultancy Slova Tech PR , discusses the origins of the 'PR Army' and how it has operated since the early days of the war. 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 i...
Feb 23, 2023•36 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Joining 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 fa...
Feb 08, 2023•49 min•Season 2Ep. 20
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 p...
Jan 26, 2023•33 min•Season 2Ep. 19
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. 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 Gr...
Jan 11, 2023•49 min•Season 2Ep. 18
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. PRWeek’s podcast host Frankie Oliver, who runs the agency New Society, is joined by two industry stalwarts Frankie Cory co-CEO of W Communications and Graham Goodkind founder and chairman of Frank. All three reveal their personal Top and Flops from 2022, as well as their biggest challenges in ...
Dec 21, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 17
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. PRWeek’s editor-in-chief, Danny Rogers, and host Frankie Oliver, who runs the agency New Society, are joined by Paul Charles and Lucy Hutchinson to unpick a turbulent few weeks. Charles is a leading tourism expert who runs The PC Agency, and Hutchinson is head of PR at one of the industry’s be...
Dec 07, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 16
The PRWeek Beyond the Noise podcast also analyses notable offerings from Co-op, Mars Celebrations, Waitrose and TK Maxx – as well as FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s disastrous World Cup speech. 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. John Lewis Partnership’s head of external comms, Gillian Taylor, says it was an easy decision to g...
Nov 23, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 15
It's arguably the greatest comms challenge of our time - but why do many climate emergency messages fail to cut through, and what more can the PR industry do? That's the focus of the latest podcast from PRWeek, as the COP27 climate talks continue in Egypt. PRWeek UK’s Beyond the Noise podcast, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Joining regular host Frankie Oliver this week are Rupert Read, the academic, author and former Extinction ...
Nov 10, 2022•45 min•Season 1Ep. 14
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. This time we hear from special guests Nicola Green, Virgin Media O2's chief communications corporate affairs officer and Sophie Timms, corporate affairs director at The Kier Group, who join host Frankie Oliver and PRWeek editor-in-chief Danny Rogers. The panel discuss the role of the comms dir...
Oct 26, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 13
PR recruitment is in the spotlight in the latest episode of PRWeek UK's podcast series, where we ask: has the great resignation ended in PR? Manifest Group founder Alex Myers tells the podcast he worries about some agencies tightening their belts, especially following the recent influx of recruits on inflated salaries. 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...
Oct 12, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Not challenging ideas around a ‘good culture’ or addressing diversity and inclusion will hurt businesses and impact the perception of it, specialists in the field have told the PRWeek Beyond the Noise podcast. Barbara Phillips, chair of the PRCA Race & Ethnicity Equity Board and Sheeraz Gulsher, co-founder of People Like Us, discuss the PRWeek Pay Gap report with regular host Frankie Oliver, the founder of New Society, and PRWeek UK editor-in chief Danny Rogers. PRWeek UK’s Beyond the Noise ...
Sep 28, 2022•40 min•Season 1Ep. 11
