Pitching in PR stories by phone: Is it time to hang up?
I spoke to an editor friend recently who told me they no longer had phones at the place where she worked. “I have a work mobile, but I jump out of my skin when it rings as no one ever calls,” she said....
View ArticleVardags passes the legal PR test
The recent news that the wrong couple were granted a divorce after a lawyer at Vardags accidently opened a different couple’s file when making the application was a sobering reminder that mistakes...
View ArticleThe Post Office: PR in the firing line
The Post Office scandal has caused significant damage to the reputation of the legal profession and now, following evidence from former Post Office boss Paula Vennells and her former director of...
View ArticleFootball’s (maybe) coming home, but is politics?
While the country’s great and good duke it out on weekly televised debates, for those of us in all types of public relations, including legal PR, the election offers a unique lens through which to...
View ArticlePeople’s justice is on the rise and why we should all be grateful
Covid 19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK campaigned and lobbied tirelessly for a public inquiry into the failings that saw more than 200,000 people die in the UK during the pandemic. At the heart of...
View ArticleHold the front page: How newsjacking could help boost your brand
Bridgerton. It’s what everyone seems to be talking about, or at least it was a few weeks ago when I first had the idea to write this blog. Such was the sea of stories generated by the third instalment...
View ArticleDid the riots provide a much-needed PR win for the justice system?
’Tis, it seems, the season for swift justice. As the nation tentatively emerges from yet another national emergency, I had to remind myself of two things last week. Silly season was not but a dream and...
View ArticleManchester City’s legal battle: A reputation in the balance
Manchester City is the club of modern English football. Four premier league titles in a row, a slew of league and FA cups, and a Champions League title cements their place at the top of the English...
View ArticleGreat Expectations
Amidst all the fiscal details that comprised last week’s Budget announcement by Chancellor Rachel Reeves, was an unexpected lesson for communications professionals in expectation management. As legal...
View ArticleWhy are law firms struggling with social media?
I was surprised to find that one in four law firm partners think that marketing their company on social media is still a waste of time, just one of several interesting findings in First4Lawyers’ latest...
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