Celebrity

Update – a Brown Mark against the Youth Police & Crime Commissioner role

You could see this coming really. Further to yesterday’s blog (but not as a result I must add!) Paris Brown is stepping down from her role in the wake of the twitter row which has engulfed her and the commission. More on that here   Some of the statement from Paris: ” I accept that I …

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Behind the PR scenes on the day of Thatcher’s resignation

I’m not interested in debating the politics and the former PM but I have found it fascinating to see how many people genuinely do seem bothered by politics when the really BIG news happens. Maybe yesterday’s events will see a lot more people becoming politically active or wearing their political hearts on their sleeves more …

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#YFactorLeics – the show’s over…for now

I do a bit for charity (don’t like to talk about it!) and for the last eon, or 6 months at least, I have been working with a fantastic team on what was an amazing experience and event – #YFactorLeics. It was essentially a “talent” contest fought out between members of the Leicestershire business community …

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Has Andy Murray captured your heart now?

“Right, I’m gonna try this and it’s not gonna be easy.” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvwd_I9arMU] Not beating the legendary Roger Federer. Not speaking to a crowd that was ready to acclaim their new hero. No, he isn’t there yet – that is still probably Roger, even today. What wasn’t easy for Andy was fighting back the pent up …

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Assad regime not quite so in Vogue now eh?

NB – credit to the Independent’s Richard Hall for the analysis and article below (in italics). I have written on this subject before, just where do you the draw the line when it comes to ethics in business? Could you work for an oil firm, a major bank, a “corrupt” regime? Whatever your politics, morals …

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Chairing a press conference with Sir Richard Branson

I had the pleasure of meeting Sir Richard Branson and James Caan this week. Why? How? Well, I was the PR Director for Business 2012, a show that had over 200 exhibitors, 200 speakers and over 40,000 delegates over 3 days at the o2 in London. Sir Richard, James Caan and on the final day, …

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@Joey7Barton on England rugby – pot meets kettle or a genuine issue?

I agonised today on whether to write about Blackberry/RIM’s latest PR disaster or whether to have a pop at the antics of the England rugby team. I’ve discussed both subjects before, firstly with RIM’s disaster on the BBC  and then with regards rugby in general and #bloodgate However, just when I thought I would plump for RIM …

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PR support for Gaddafi? Tanks but no tanks!

Scanning the web this morning for blogging fodder, I learnt that some big, shiny London PR agencies received a curious email last month, purporting to be from Libya’s Ministry of Information. Turns out this mysterious ministry was asking for PR support to improve the image of Muammar Gaddafi.  Many dismissed it as the work of …

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