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 biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple , Spotify , or listen in the browser above or on your favourite platform. Late las...
Feb 07, 2024•29 min•Season 2Ep. 45
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 issues from the previous seven days or so. Download the podcast via Apple , Spotify , or on your favourite platform. This episode focuses on the bomb...
Jan 31, 2024•22 min•Season 1Ep. 24
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 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-washin...
Jan 24, 2024•38 min•Season 2Ep. 44
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. Download the podcast via Apple , Spotify , or listen on your favourite platform. This week's edition features PRWeek UK editor John Harrington alongside rep...
Jan 17, 2024•22 min•Season 1Ep. 23
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 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 brow...
Jan 10, 2024•29 min•Season 2Ep. 43
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 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 journali...
Jan 03, 2024•24 min•Season 1Ep. 22
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 Holt is joined by reporters Evie Barrett and Elizabeth Wiredu. In this edition, the trio discuss BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg interview with Baroness Michel...
Dec 20, 2023•20 min•Season 1Ep. 21
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 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 f...
Dec 15, 2023•27 min
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 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...
Dec 13, 2023•35 min•Season 2Ep. 41
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 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 ...
Dec 06, 2023•16 min•Season 1Ep. 20
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 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. Dow...
Nov 29, 2023•31 min•Season 2Ep. 41
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 so. Download the podcast via Apple , Spotify , or listen on your favourite platform. This week’s episode features PRWeek editor-in chief Danny Rogers a...
Nov 22, 2023•17 min•Season 1Ep. 19
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 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 pl...
Nov 15, 2023•34 min•Season 2Ep. 40
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. This week, drinks PR agency Domino Communications has ceased trading, which follows the recent shuttering of comms agency ScienceMagic.Inc . In the...
Nov 08, 2023•17 min•Season 1Ep. 18
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. 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 gove...
Nov 01, 2023•24 min
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. In this podcast, the trio chat about the latest mergers, acquisitions and launches in the industry and what they me...
Oct 25, 2023•11 min•Season 1Ep. 17
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 markets at Ketchum - alongside Angela Balakrishnan, executive director of strategic comms and public affairs at the Information Commissioner's Office...
Oct 18, 2023•34 min•Season 2Ep. 38
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’s episode features PRWeek UK news editor Siobhan Holt and r...
Oct 11, 2023•17 min•Season 1Ep. 16
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 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 t...
Oct 06, 2023•30 min•Season 2Ep. 37
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 so. Download the podcast via Apple , Spotify , or listen on your favourite platform. This week’s episode features news editor Siobhan Holt alongside re...
Sep 27, 2023•24 min•Season 1Ep. 15
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 + ...
Sep 20, 2023•42 min•Season 2Ep. 36
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’s episode features PRWeek UK news editor Siobhan Holt and r...
Sep 13, 2023•16 min•Season 1Ep. 14
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 . 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...
Sep 06, 2023•40 min•Season 2Ep. 35
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’s episode features PRWeek UK editor John Harrington and rep...
Aug 30, 2023•21 min•Season 1Ep. 13
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 editor John Harrington and PRWeek reporter Evie Barrett. PRWeek UK’s Beyond the Noise podcast, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some ...
Aug 23, 2023•33 min•Season 2Ep. 34
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, the team discuss the recent holding company results and ch...
Aug 15, 2023•21 min•Season 1Ep. 12
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 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 a...
Aug 09, 2023•38 min•Season 2Ep. 33
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 on your favourite platform. This week, the team talk about the latest installment of PRWeek’s Top 150 Mont...
Aug 02, 2023•22 min•Season 1Ep. 11
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 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...
Jul 26, 2023•43 min•Season 2Ep. 32
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 the team discuss the new division created by Omnicom agenci...
Jul 20, 2023•22 min•Season 1Ep. 10
