PRmoment Podcast

PRmoment Podcast episodes:

• 04.24.2024

  Is UK PR losing its entrepreneurial flair?

  Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast.  On the show today, I’m chatting with Jules Herd. Jules is the founder of PR agency Five in a Boat, which she started six years ago. It’s a tech PR firm with a fee income...

  
• 04.22.2024

  What skills does a modern PR leader require?

  On the show today, I’m chatting with Will Hart, who is the CEO of PRmoment Leaders. Before becoming CEO of PRmoment Leaders, Will was the group MD of Unlimited Group and, before that, the managing director of PR agency Nelson...

  
• 04.02.2024

  Mitch Kaye, celebrating 10 years of The Academy on the PRmoment podcast

  This week on the PRmoment Podcast, I’m interviewing Mitch Kaye, co-founder and CEO of The Academy, as we look back on ten years since he and Dan Glover launched The Academy. The Academy is an independent PR firm in London...

  
• 03.26.2024

  The review of PR Pitches and mergers & acquisitions in UK PR: March 2024

  Welcome to our March 2024 Review of PR Pitches and mergers & acquisitions in the UK PR scene with Andrew Bloch, where we will discuss the biggest, most seismic pitch wins and mergers and acquisitions that the PR sector has...

  
• 03.25.2024

  The role of recruitment in solving PR's diversity problem

  Braver co-founders Darain Faraz and Mike Levaggi on the PRmoment podcast Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast.  On today's show, I’m chatting with two of Braver's co-founders: Darain Faraz and Mike Levaggi. Previously, Darain spent 11 years in-house at LinkedIn. Mike's...

  
• 03.12.2024

  Do in-house B2B communicators value creativity?

  On the show today, I’m chatting with Jo Ogunleye, B2B Communications Lead at Google UK  and Laura Wheeler, Head of Communications UKI, Middle East, Turkey and Africa, Google Cloud. Both are B2B communicators, and we’re going to talk about what...

  
• 03.12.2024

  Global Women in PR's Annual Index charts the progress towards gender equality in the PR workplace

  Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast.  On today's show, I’m chatting with Charlotte West, executive director of corporate communications at Lenovo, and Jo Patterson, UK MD at Zeno. Today, we’re discussing the findings of the Global Women in PR Annual Index,...

  
• 02.27.2024

  The Global Creativity Review: February 2024

  Welcome to our February Creativity Review. Here, we are talking about the best bits of PR creativity we’ve seen this month. On the show today are: James Gordon-MacIntosh, Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer at Hope&Glory; Leila Mountford, Partner, Creative Director at...

  
• 02.23.2024

  The review of PR Pitches and mergers & acquisitions in UK PR: February 2024

  Welcome to our February 2024 Review of PR Pitches and mergers & acquisitions in the UK PR scene with Andrew Bloch, where we will discuss the biggest, most seismic pitch wins and mergers and acquisitions that the PR sector has...

  
• 02.22.2024

  Did anyone read the PR ethics code? A discussion about the PR ethics with Mary Beth West and Trevor Morris

  Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast. Today, we’re talking PR Ethics, basically because Mary Beth West, who is a senior strategist at Fletcher Marketing PR in the US, has funded research by the Institute of Business Ethics (IBE), which compares and...

  
• 02.09.2024

  How do find your organisation's reputation North Star? With Delphi's Ellie Thompson and ZOE's Danielle Restivo

  On the show today, I’m chatting with Delphi co-founder Ellie Thompson and ZOE’s communications director, Danielle Restivo, about how to find your organisation's reputation North Star. Ellie was previously CEO at Harvard. She launched Delphi alongside Louie St Clare and...

  
• 02.05.2024

  Rajar’s results for Q4 2023

  Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast. This is a bonus podcast where we chat about RAJAR results for Q4 2023 with Alex Blakemore, newsroom producer at Markettiers. For those of you who aren’t aware of RAJAR - it was established in 1992...

  
• 02.01.2024

  Matt Neale, CEO of Golin, on the PRmoment Podcast

  Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast. On the show today, we've got Matt Neale, Golin's global CEO. I first met Matt just after we launched PRmoment in around 2008 when he was co-CEO of Golin in London. Since then, Matt's moved to...

  
• 01.29.2024

  January 2024 PR Pitches and M&A Review

  Welcome to our January 2024 Review of PR Pitches and mergers & acquisitions in the UK PR scene with Andrew Bloch, where we will discuss the biggest, most seismic pitch wins and mergers and acquisitions that the PR sector has...

  
• 01.25.2024

  My career in hindsight: Kindred’s Sharon Bange on the PRmoment Podcast

   Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast.  On the show today, I’m chatting with Sharon Bange, joint managing director at Kindred. Sharon has been at Kindred for an extraordinary 20 years. In that time, the business has seen huge change, including nearly going out...

  
• 01.23.2024

  How technology is rebooting communications: Ashwani Singla, founding managing partner of Astrum Reputation Advisory

  Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast. On the show today, I’m chatting with Ashwani Singla, founding managing partner of Astrum - Reputation Advisory. Astrum is an Indian PR firm which specialises in reputation management and corporate communications. It employs 30 people in...

  
• 01.17.2024

  The intersection of Purpose, ESG and CSR with Lewis Iwu, founding partner at Purpose Union on the PRmoment Podcast

  Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast. On the show today, I’m chatting with Lewis Iwu, founding partner at Purpose Union, about the intersection of Purpose, ESG and CSR. Are the terms interchangeable? Has Purpose superseded CSR and how much confusion is there...

  
• 01.10.2024

  My career in hindsight: Bieneosa Ebite on the PRmoment Podcast

  Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast. On the show today, I’m chatting with one of my favourite people, the wonderful Bieneosa Ebite. Bieneosa is head of communications and government affairs, inclusion & diversity at GSK. In this regular format of the PRmoment...

  
• 01.08.2024

  The Global Creativity Review for 2023

  Welcome to our 2023 Creativity Review, where we talk about the best bits of PR creativity we saw last year. On the show today to help us review some of the best creative work are:Clare Morris, Clare Morris, associate director, PremierDon...

  
• 12.14.2023

  The PR Review 2023, with W Communications founder Warren Johnson

  It’s been a funny old PR year. Some firms have had a tough time. Some firms have sadly gone bust, but many, possibly the majority, have seen growth of 5-10%. And in a decent number of cases, they’ve grown more...

  
• 12.12.2023

  The 2023 PR Pitches and M&A Year in Review

  Welcome to our 2023 Year in Review of PR Pitches and mergers & acquisitions in the UK PR scene with Andrew Bloch, where we will discuss the biggest, most seismic pitch wins and mergers and acquisitions that the PR sector...

  
• 12.08.2023

  The PR Talent and Recruitment Year in Review, with Dean Connolly, founder at Latte

  Welcome to our Recruitment Year in Review on the PRmoment Podcast, where we look at the PR job market with Dean Connolly, founder & PR recruitment director at Latte. We look back at the talent trends in PR for 2023. The...

  
• 11.30.2023

  Are social budgets now moving beyond PR firms again?

  On the PRmoment Podcast, this week is Adam Clyne, founder of Coolr, and we’re going to talk about what social agencies do and how that compares to what PR firms do. Clearly, PR firms say they do social. But to what...

  
• 11.22.2023

  In Hindsight: With Kirsty Leighton, founder & group CEO of Milk & Honey PR

  In a new regular format of the PRmoment Podcast with me, Ben Smith, we’ll be catching up with UK public relations leaders - and our guests will share their in-hindsight secrets that they wish they'd known when they started their...

  
• 11.20.2023

  PR Pitches and mergers & acquisitions: November 2023 update

  Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast. Welcome to our November review of PR Pitches and mergers & acquisitions in the UK PR scene with Andrew Bloch. He is the lead consultant - PR, Social, Content and Influencer at the new business consultancy firm...

  
• 11.17.2023

  In Hindsight: Charlotte Brooks, managing director at Mischief on the PRmoment Podcast

  On the show today, we welcome Charlotte Brooks, who is the managing director of PR agency Mischief. This is the latest In our ongoing in hindsight-themed PRmoment Podcasts, where PRmoment founder Ben Smith interviews public relations leaders - where our...

  
• 11.07.2023

  Celebrating 15 years of the Taylor Bennett Foundation: How the programme helped the careers of Kwaku Aning, Shanice Hoo Mills and Toni Adeola

  This week, we’re celebrating 15 years of the Taylor Bennett Foundation, and to do that, we’re talking to 3 of its alumni about how the programme helped their careers. On the PRmoment Podcast today, we’re talking to Kwaku Aning,  Shanice...

  
• 11.01.2023

  How the UK government attempts to counter the disinformation campaigns of Russia and China

  Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast. This week, we’re chatting to Alex Aiken, long-time executive director of the UK Government’s Communication Service. Alex has worked with six Prime Ministers when they've had to make their most crucial decisions.  He worked in government communications...

  
• 10.26.2023

  Are there any truly global PR campaigns anymore? The PR Network’s managing director, Eileen Boydell, on the PRmoment Podcast

  The PR Network is a £5m fee-income global tech PR agency based in the UK. It has ten employees, no head office and 1300 associates all around the world who it can call upon. On average, it has 70-90 associates...

  
• 10.26.2023

  Rajar’s results for Q3 2023

  Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast. This is a bonus podcast where we chat about Rajar’s latest results. For those of you who aren’t aware of Rajar - it was established in 1992 and operates the single audience measurement system for...

  
• 10.20.2023

  In Hindsight: Pangolin PR co-founders David Phillips and Will Cookson reflect on 10 years of running their agency

  On the PRmoment Podcast today, Pangolin PR co-founders David Phillips and Will Cookson reflect on ten years of running their agency. Pangolin is a consumer PR shop in London with a fee incline of £1.75m. Clients include Pernod and Pepsi, and...

  
• 10.16.2023

  PR Pitches and mergers & acquisitions: October 2023 update

  Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast. Welcome to our October review of PR Pitches and mergers & acquisitions in the UK PR scene with Andrew Bloch. He is the lead consultant - PR, Social, Content and Influencer at the new business consultancy firm...

  
• 10.12.2023

  The Global Creativity Review for October on the PRmoment Podcast

  Welcome to PRmoment Podcast. This week it’s our October Global Creativity Review, so we are talking creativity with a gorgeous panel who will identify and chat about some of the best bits of creativity they have seen in the past...

  
• 10.03.2023

  Your PR recruitment update for October with Dean Connolly, founder at Latte

  Welcome to a new PRmoment Podcast where we look at the PR job market with Dean Connolly, founder & PR recruitment director at Latte. We talk about all things PR recruitment - discussing some of the trends in the PR job...

  
• 09.27.2023

  How to improve the DE&I of PR agencies, Katie De Cozar on the PRmoment Podcast

  On the PRmoment Podcast today we’re chatting with Katie De Cozar, director of CCgroup about how to improve the DE&I; of PR agencies. CCgroup has made major changes to its business over the past 5 years which has seen significant improvements...

  
• 09.20.2023

  Andy Peake, London CEO of VCCP on the PRmoment Podcast

  On the PRmoment Podcast this week we’re chatting with Andy Peake, London CEO of creative agency VCCP. I’ve known Andy for about 25 years so, to an extent, we’ve followed each other's careers with interest over a couple of decades!...

  
• 09.13.2023

  Jo Carr, president of Women in PR, on the PRmoment Podcast

  On the PRmoment Podcast today we’re chatting with Jo Carr, the president of Women in PR. Jo is also co-founder of PR agency Hope&Glory.; Women in PR was founded in 1962. So it’s just turned 60! It has 350 members and the...

  
• 09.05.2023

  PR Pitches and mergers & acquisitions: September 2023 update

  Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast. Welcome to our September review of PR Pitches and mergers & acquisitions in the UK PR scene with Andrew Bloch. He is the lead consultant - PR, Social, Content and Influencer at the new business consultancy firm...

  
• 08.08.2023

  Rajars results for Q2 2023

  Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast. This is a bonus podcast where we chat about Rajar’s latest results. For those of you that aren’t aware of Rajar - it was established in 1992 and operates the single audience measurement system for...

  
• 08.02.2023

  Rebecca Grant, UK CEO and global chief brand officer of BCW on the implications of Schwartz’s values theory on communications

  Today on the PRmoment Podcast we’re talking about values. We’re going part history lesson, part comms theory and part future gazing. To help talk us through that kaleidoscope we’ve Rebecca Grant, UK CEO and Global Chief Brand Officer of BCW...

  
• 07.26.2023

  The “In Hindsight” Series: Paul Joseph MD of Full Fat on the PRmoment Podcast

  In this new regular format of the PRmoment Podcast with Ben Smith we’ll be catching up with UK public relations leaders - and our guests will share their in hindsight secrets that they wish they'd known at the start of...

  
• 07.20.2023

  PR Pitches and mergers & acquisitions: July 2023 update

  Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast. Welcome to our July review of PR Pitches and mergers & acquisitions in the UK PR scene with Andrew Bloch. Andrew is a co-founder and non-executive director at Frank PR and is now lead consultant...

  
• 07.14.2023

  What do CEOs want from PR?

  This week on the PRmoment Podcast we talk about what CEOs want from PR and we also identify the 7 top attributes that CEOs want in the comms directors. The folks at PR recruitment firm VMA have recently interviewed 20...

  
• 07.06.2023

  The “In Hindsight” Series: Greg Double on the PRmoment Podcast

   In a new regular format of the PRmoment Podcast with Ben Smith we’ll be catching up with UK public relations leaders - and our guests will share their in hindsight secrets that they wish they'd known when they started their...

  
• 06.28.2023

  The “In Hindsight” Series: Ready 10 founder David Fraser

  Ready 10 founder David Fraser is the next guest in our new In Hindsight series on the PRmoment Podcast. In this new regular format of the PRmoment Podcast with Ben Smith we’ll be catching up with UK public relations leaders -...

  
• 06.26.2023

  The Global Creativity Review for June on the PRmoment Podcast

  Welcome to PRmoment Podcast. This week it’s our June Global Creativity Review so we are talking creativity with our wonderful panel who will identify and chat about some of the best bits of creativity they have seen in the past...

  
• 06.21.2023

  PR Pitches and mergers & acquisitions: June 2023 update

  Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast. Welcome to our June review of PR Pitches and mergers & acquisitions in the UK PR scene with Andrew Bloch. Andrew is a co-founder and non-executive director at Frank PR and is now lead consultant...

  
• 06.16.2023

  The “In Hindsight” Series: With The Academy’s co-founder Mitch Kaye

  The Academy co-founder Mitch Kaye is the first guest in our new In Hindsight series on the PRmoment Podcast. In a new regular format of the PRmoment Podcast with Ben Smith we’ll be catching up with UK public relations leaders...

  
• 06.13.2023

  AI and the Future of Journalism: Revolutionizing Newsrooms and Combating Misinformation

  Can AI revolutionize journalism and help us create more compelling stories? Join us in this fascinating conversation with Jane Wakefield, a former senior tech journalist at the BBC, and Aaron Kwittken, founder/CEO of PRophet, as we explore the impact of...

  
• 06.09.2023

  Is an over-reliance on email the central cause of tension between public relations and journalism?

  Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast, on the show today we’re discussing how to improve the connectivity between public relations and journalism - is there a way to create a more efficient workflow between PRs and journalists? We’ll ask whether the relationship...