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IN September, the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) and US-based Ethics & Compliance Initiative (ECI) announced a joint research project to capture the global state of ethics and compliance in the public relations industry. They recently launched a collaborative…

IN the recently published ICCO World Report 2021-2022, PR and communications professionals across the globe have cited ‘strategic consulting’ (45 per cent), ‘measurement, evaluation and analytics’ (35 per cent) and ‘research, planning and insight’ (32 per cent), as its top…

GLOBAL engineering, technology and consulting service provider, Expleo recently launched its Business Transformation Index 2022, announcing the results of new research that points to an increased urgency in digital transformation programs. According to the index, 88 per cent of business…

AFTER the disruption caused by Covid-19, the UK PR industry has bounced back strongly, according to the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) annual UK PR and Communications Census. The industry has grown by slightly over 6 per cent since…

GLOBAL agency heads predict meaningful measurement and analytics technology will have the greatest impact on the PR and communications industry’s future, according to the 2021-2022 ICCO World PR Report. When asked which technology will have the greatest impact on the…

THE results of the Ireland RepTrak® Sustainability Index 2021 study revealed St Vincent’s Private Hospital has the best sustainability reputation in Ireland. Credit Unions (2nd), An Post (3rd), Bord Bia (4th) and Mater Private Network (5th) occupied the remaining top…

95 per cent of PR leaders expect an increase in client income during the next year and expectations for profitability are particularly high in North America, Asia-Pacific and the United Kingdom. This is according to the International Communications Consultancy Organisation…

THE Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) has launched a new supportive platform for PR and communications sole practitioners. The Sole Practitioner Peer Network, chaired by Islay O-Hara (pictured) and Louise Third MBE, intends to provide sole practitioners with a…

SANDPIPER Communications has acquired China-based public affairs and strategic communications consultancy, North Head. Led by industry veterans John Russell, Robert Magyar, and Joyce Li, North Head was established in Beijing in 2010. Over the past decade, its team has advised…

OVER two thirds (76%) of blue chip businesses in high emissions industries that perform well on their climate actions fall short in their use of communications to enable sustainable behavior change. This is according to research conducted by specialist sustainability…

AHEAD of COP26, the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) has partnered with the Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS) to deliver specialised training on climate change to public relations and communications professionals.  Recent research from the PRCA’s Misinformation and the Climate…

ALMOST half (44 per cent) of PR professionals around the world plan to resume international business travel in the next six months, according to new research published by the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) and the International Communications Consultancy…