Crisis PR

Ennis-Hill makes a stand over Evans and Sheffield United contract

The uproar over Sheffield United FC allowing disgraced footballer Ched Evans to train with them refuses to die down. The club is yet to confirm whether they intend to re-sign their former player but it is clear to one of their biggest fans, Olympic champion and much-loved sports personality Jessica Ennis-Hill, what it will mean …

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Cadbury’s gives rivals a chance to coin it in at Christmas

Before someone says “I told you so” in a week or so’s time…this MAY be an elaborate PR stunt. However, if it is…it is very risky. To summarise…earlier this week, chocolate giant Cadbury’s (now owned by Kraft) shocked seasonal chocolate lovers across the nation when it announced it would no longer manufacture its gold chocolate …

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In light of the #Fappening iCloud scandal..how to handle a PR crisis

I’m sure most of you reading this will remember Gerald Ratner’s classic PR crisis? If not, I’m sure you cannot have failed to notice the controversy of the hacked private images of celebrities this last week, culminating in Apple admitting accounts were “compromised” but denying a “security breach”. The thing is, this kind of crisis can happen to …

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Mentioned in Dispatches – Experian on Channel 4

Surfing the channels last night I stumbled upon this episode of Channel 4’s excellent Dispatches series. I was even more intrigued than usual because it featured a major local employer here in Nottingham, the credit reference giant Experian. I’m not going to go into the whys and wherefores and I have included their statement in …

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Co-op banking on feedback – risky business?

As far as publicly admitting there’s “trouble at t’mill” goes, this is pretty strong stuff. I should probably wedge “beleaguered” in here somewhere but it is fair to say that by opening his arms to feedback with the Have Your Say survey, beleaguered (ooh, there it is!) group chief executive Euan Sutherland of the Co-operative …

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Gatland, BOD and inter-house badminton as Welsh get Lion’s share

The furore over British Lions coach Warren Gatland’s controversial decision to drop Irish and British Lions legend Brian O’Driscroll has opened up questions of quotas, xenophobia and a win-at-all-costs mentality. It takes me back (believe it or not) to a day in the lower sixth at school when the head of our house (nothing fancy, …

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A Marathon effort draws to a close but would you run on Sunday?

This blog is a bit of departure from the norm. I tell my clients to keep their blogs and any content 80/20 in favour of useful info v selfish ends (i.e. blatant promotion) . It is crucial with regards PR and editorial too – journalists want things their readers will read, not glorified advertising copy. …

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Ding Dong – let battle commence over BBC playing THAT song

Well, this is a pickle. Poor old Lord Hall has only been Director General of the BBC for a week or so and he’s already faced with a major issue. With “Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead” riding high in the charts following a very successful facebook campaign by anti-Thatcher protesters (it already tops the …

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