Welcome to our February 2024 Review of PR Pitches and mergers &amp; 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 seen in 2023.Andrew is the lead consultant - PR, Social, Content and Influencer at the new business consultancy firm AAR and a partner at PCB Partners, where he advises on buying and selling marketing services agencies.Andrew was also co-founder and managing partner ...

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

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Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast.This is our quarterly 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 the radio industry in the United Kingdom.It publishes the listenership figures for UK radio each quarter. This offers PR people really interesting insight into how the UK public engages with this important channel.On the show today, we have Alex Blakemore,...

Rajar’s results for Q1 2024: A record quarter for radio in the UK

In this PRmoment Podcast, we’ll be catching up with UK public relations leaders. Our guests will share their in-hindsight secrets that they wish they'd known at the start of their careers.This week on the PRmoment Podcast, we're talking to Missive founders Nicola Koronka and Emma Ross.Missive is a tech PR firm with a fee income of £2.5 m. Current clients include Virgin Media 02, Tech Mahindra and PayU.Missive was founded ten years ago, ten years which seem to have flown by! Here is a sum...

The “In Hindsight” Series: Missive founders Nicola Koronka and Emma Ross on the PRmoment Podcast

Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast.On the show today, I’m chatting with Rafi Mendelsohn, VP marketing at Cyabra, about how brands can counter disinformation and fake track stories before they become a problem. It’s a serious show today - we’re talking evil bots, stock market manipulation and cluster analysis - which helps you decide which circles of conversation you need to worry about.Cyabra AI is a tool that uncovers fake accounts and the GenAI content that fuels disinformation campaigns....

How to use defensive communications to counter brand disinformation

Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast. On the show today, I’m chatting with Alastair McCapra, chief executive at CIPR about the lobbying register and why the UK has a lobbying register that excludes 96% of lobbyists.Before we start,do take a look at our latest PR Masterclass: PR and AI.  All the details can be viewed on the homepage of PRmoment.com.With gentle good-natured irony today, also thanks goes to our PRmoment podcast sponsors, the PRCA.Here’s a summary of what Alastair and PRmome...

Why does the UK have a lobbying register that excludes 96% of lobbyists?

Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast. On the show today, we’re chatting with Michael Murphy and we’re going to talk about Michael’s guide to buying, selling and growing your PR firm.Michael is an advisor and non-executive for a range of PR firms. Notably, he’s helped WE since 2014. He also currently works with Coverdale Barclay, Alfred, and Lodestone, amongst others. Previously, he was CEO of APAC and CEO of International at Weber Shandwick from 1993 – 2000,  CEO of Trimedia Interna...

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

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