Emoji: the first truly global language, the fastest-growing new language – but are they dragging us back to the dark ages? This is a combination of very recent newspaper headlines . The current interest has been sparked by research by TalkTalk Mobile with Bangor University which said that Emoji is... read more →
Jun
04
May
27
Pancake started as a regional news story but before you could say quack, it had found its way onto BBC Breakfast in the run up to the Bank holiday weekend and onto facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/bbcnews/posts/10152815372002217 It’s a simple story of animal rescue meets office environment, but it has definite ‘aaah’ factor and... read more →
May
22
One of London's biggest heists was committed on the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, with 9 thieves taking millions of pounds worth of diamonds from the Hatton Garden diamond district, where locals and tourists have flocked to find decent priced diamonds for over a century. At Clareville we rotate our newspapers... read more →
May
15
Whilst in the office earlier this week, a colleague called out to me to ask me something. I was just about to bite into my salmon sushi roll so shouted out "I'm at lunch!" ....however, this was met with laughter across the office with many thinking my response was hilarious. ... read more →
Apr
29
Joining any new company is a rollercoaster of emotions. You are extremely excited, relishing the new challenge and filled with optimism for the future. Human beings however, are creatures of habit and replacing comfort with the unknown makes us fearful. Fearful that it will somehow all go horribly wrong, that... read more →
Apr
17
The meetings industry has hit the headlines again this week with the launch of the North American Meetings Industry Day. With the meetings industry contributing $907 billion to the U.S. economy and an equally respectable £39.1 billion to the UK economy, this is a sector which clearly delivers impact. As an agency which manages PR campaigns... read more →
Apr
12
End of the year press events are often a fun and festive time to get together to celebrate the holidays and while there is plenty of drinking, eating and partying, there is great PR value to this face to face interaction. Throughout the year all people in PR will interact... read more →
Apr
10
Reasons for and against AVE. AVE, advertising value equivalent, has been used as a PR measuring tool for as long as the oldest people in PR have been doing PR. Think faxing and physically posting out press releases. Basically how it works is you work out how much your... read more →
Mar
31
Parliament has disbanded, the politicians are heading back to their constituencies to fight for their ministerial seats and round one of the media boxing match would appear to have gone to Jeremy Paxman. For anyone that witnessed his grilling of David Cameron and Ed Miliband it made compulsive viewing, but... read more →
Mar
27
During my great morning battle (the Victoria Line rush-hour commute) I noticed an advert that caught my attention. It showed an image of King Richard III, whose remains were recently found under a Leicester car park, with a message to prospective university students saying something like: “Big discoveries are being... read more →
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