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• BBC under fire for PR claims

  Last week we blogged following a BBC online report which singled out London based agency Bell Pottinger for their work with Arab governments during the recent unrest. (Read the post here). The BBC’s piece talked about London as a centre for political PR and inferred that the UK attracts some unsavoury regimes seeking to stem the tide of negative publicity. It reported that American PR...  View This »

  
  

• Blank Book Campaign Goes Global

  

  This week we’ve been enjoying the buzz of seeing a story we issued for our client Sheridan “Shed” Simove go global. We’ve never met anyone quite like Shed! The man is unique and something of a force of nature. His background is in TV production but he has become better known as the UK’s leading inventor of novelty products such as the million selling Remote Control A Man / Woman range. His...  View This »

  
  

• Clamp Down On Guerrilla Marketing At The Olympics? Unlikely!

  

  It was recently announced that there would be a clampdown on unauthorised promotion close to Olympic venues and road race routes during London 2012 – but is there any chance this will work or will it just bring further publicity to the guerrilla marketing groups? The move by event organisers will see tighter regulation of billboard adverts, posters, flyers, give-aways, and projected, moving...  View This »

  
  

• The Royal Wedding A Great PR Opportunity

  

  Well, it’s not long until we all line the mall or sit at home enjoying our day off glued to the telly to be part of the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.   Already the hype is mounting. Last week the official website for the Royal Wedding went live. The talk so far this week is all around the wedding dress and who’s going to design the famous frock. For the designer this has to...  View This »

  
  

• What We Can Learn From The Toy Helicopter

  

  Last weekend I bought a remote control helicopter. I like to consider myself an adult, but when I saw it I couldn’t resist.

   

  I’ve never had a remote control toy before and I must admit now I have one I’m addicted.  After a solid hour of piloting it around my living room I felt unstoppable and after another hour I’d regressed to a childish state, refusing to let anyone else have a go.

   

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• Charlie Sheen: is meltdown a publicity stunt?

  

  Troubled actor Charlie Sheen has been all over the news in the past week seemingly suffering the most spectacular mid-life crisis since Reggie Perrin left his clothes on the beach. His car crash of a private life has drew huge media interest and as it played out in the full glare of a disbelieving media we all became spectators to his own bizarre soap opera. Sheen, bad mouths his boss,...  View This »

  
  

• Breast milk ice cream campaign is delicious

  Hats off to Taylor Herring for the breast milk ice cream story which drew huge media coverage during the past couple of weeks. In case you missed it (what are you a Martian?) a central London ice cream parlour became the first in the UK to stock “Baby Gaga” ice cream – made from human breast milk. The story took the roof off garnering some incredible coverage and creating real public...  View This »

  
  

• Overexposed? Jamie Oliver

  

  Jamie Oliver is everyone’s favourite TV Chef. Since he first appeared on our screens more than a decade ago he’s become one of the best known and most popular faces on British television. His cookery programmes are always huge hits and his books sell in vast quantities – so much so that he was the UK’s highest selling author last year and his latest volume 30 Minute Meals sat at the top of...  View This »

  
  

• The Battle To Win Our Holiday Booking

  It may only be March but already we’re being bombarded with ads telling us we need to book our holiday now, and offering us great discounts to do just that.   However, with cash strapped Brits still keeping a close eye on what they’re spending, holiday companies are having to offer even better incentives to fill planes and hotels.  The headline grabbing story today claiming travel companies...  View This »

  
  

• London PR & Middle East Regime Change

  The recent and on-going unrest in the Arab world has dominated our newspapers and TV screens since the beginning of 2011. Now some journalists are starting to take a closer interest in the role PR agencies are playing in the political upheaval. This week a piece on the BBC news website revealed that many journalists are being contacted by PRs acting for Arab leaders who are attempting to...  View This »