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 degree in PR - two decades ago, there were 20. Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest issues affecting communications and PR. Download the podcas...
Aug 07, 2024•25 min•Season 2Ep. 64
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 a survey of 170 professionals and conducted by Opinium, examines the lived experience of black and mixed race communications practitioners in the UK....
Jul 31, 2024•20 min•Season 2Ep. 63
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 that impacted Microsoft Windows devices, linked to an update by cyber security firm CrowdStrike, caused chaos for companies and other organisations acr...
Jul 24, 2024•19 min•Season 2Ep. 62
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 hosted by PRWeek UK news editor Siobhan Holt, with guests John Harrington (UK editor) and Evie Barrett (senior reporter). With Tuesday's news that Ga...
Jul 17, 2024•24 min•Season 2Ep. 61
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 background to the merger - which has created the global agency behemoth Burson - and how the move was communicated internally. He speaks about the challenge...
Jul 10, 2024•47 min•Ep. 60
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 platform. This week's episode, recorded on Friday shortly after Keir Starmer was confirmed as the UK next Prime Minister, features PRWeek editor-in-c...
Jul 05, 2024•21 min•Season 2Ep. 59
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 Downing Street. Beyond the Noise, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast...
Jul 03, 2024•20 min•Season 2Ep. 58
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 alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple , Spotify , or listen on your favourite plat...
Jul 01, 2024•22 min•Season 2Ep. 57
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.
Jul 01, 2024•21 min
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 in the browser on your favourite platform. This week’s edition is hosted by PRWeek UK news editor Siobhan Holt and features UK editor John Harringto...
Jun 19, 2024•18 min•Season 1Ep. 34
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 EMEA MD and chair, now senior advisor, at Porter Novelli. Beyond the Noise, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues af...
Jun 12, 2024•36 min•Season 2Ep. 56
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. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify or on your favourite platform. This week’s edition is hosted by PRWeek UK news editor Siobhan Holt and feature...
Jun 06, 2024•29 min•Season 1Ep. 33
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. 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 , S...
May 29, 2024•31 min•Season 2Ep. 55
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 month. Beyond the Noise, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Ap...
May 23, 2024•26 min•Season 2Ep. 54
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 , Spotify , or listen on your favourite platform. This week’s edition is hosted by PRWeek UK news editor Siobhan Holt and features UK editor John Harrin...
May 22, 2024•21 min•Season 1Ep. 32
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 affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple , Spotify , or listen on your favourite platform. Rogers and Barrett analyse what was a tough 12 m...
May 15, 2024•29 min•Season 2Ep. 53
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 annual conference held at the Hilton Metropole in Brighton. In the podcast, the journalists pick out highlights from the two-day event, such as Amarilis...
May 13, 2024•19 min•Season 2Ep. 52
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 listen on your favourite platform. This week’s edition is hosted by PRWeek UK news editor Siobhan Holt alongside reporters Evie Barrett and Elizabet...
May 08, 2024•18 min•Season 1Ep. 31
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 episode, UK editor John Harrington is joined by news editor Siobhan Holt and reporters Evie Barrett and Elizabeth Wiredu to discuss PRWeek UK’s Top 150 ...
May 02, 2024•24 min•Season 2Ep. 51
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 UK editor John Harrington and reporter Eliza Wiredu. In this week’s episode, the team discuss the publicity around the launch of Taylor Swift’s lat...
Apr 24, 2024•23 min•Season 1Ep. 30
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 consultant, author and popular public speaker Mark Borkowski. A regular in PRWeek’s Power Book, he is the founder of his eponymous PR agency Borkowski, wh...
Apr 17, 2024•29 min•Season 2Ep. 50
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 on your favourite platform. This week’s edition is hosted by PRWeek UK news editor Siobhan Holt and features UK editor John Harrington and reporter E...
Apr 10, 2024•19 min•Season 1Ep. 29
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 platform. Joining the podcast this week are Allison Spray, global head of intel and tech innovation at Hill & Knowlton; and Natasha Torres-C...
Apr 03, 2024•37 min•Season 2Ep. 49
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 , Spotify , or on your favourite platform. This week’s edition is hosted by PRWeek UK news editor Siobhan Holt and features UK editor John Harrington and re...
Mar 27, 2024•19 min•Season 1Ep. 28
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. 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 , ...
Mar 20, 2024•32 min•Season 2Ep. 48
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 previous seven days or so. Download the podcast via Apple , Spotify , or listen in the browser above or on your favourite platform. This week’s edition is ...
Mar 13, 2024•20 min•Season 1Ep. 27
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 joined by PRWeek UK editor John Harrington and news editor Siobhan Holt. Beyond the Noise, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the bigg...
Mar 06, 2024•25 min•Season 2Ep. 47
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 from the previous seven days or so. Download the podcast via Apple , Spotify , or listen or on your favourite platform. This week’s edition is hosted...
Feb 28, 2024•17 min•Season 1Ep. 26
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. 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 , ...
Feb 21, 2024•36 min•Season 2Ep. 46
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 features reporter Evie Barrett and PRWeek UK editor John Harrington. The trio discuss the major talking points behind recent industry hires, departures a...
Feb 14, 2024•24 min•Season 1Ep. 25
