Tag: BBC

PRCA responds to reports of BBC spending £2.5 million hiring PR agencies

Stuart Mitchell

The PRCA has commented on the news that the BBC plans to spend £2.5 million hiring six PR agencies to promote the licence fee and highlight the consequences of non-payment. UK-based PR agencies have reportedly been invited to bid for the contracts, which will begin in April 2019 and work across six regions: London and the South East, Midlands and East Anglia, Northern England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. A spokesperson from TV Licensing said: “The work of the agencies and the BBC’s TV Licensing communications team has been proven…

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BBC to ban single-use plastic

Stuart Mitchell

The BBC has announced a three-step plan to remove single-use plastic from our operations by 2020. Plastic cups and cutlery will be scrapped by the end of 2018, ending the use of around 2 million plastic cups used by visitors and staff across the BBC’s sites a year. Several BBC sites have already begun to remove plastic cups from kitchens and replace with glasses wherever possible. This will be rolled out to all BBC offices. Plastic containers will be removed from canteens by 2019 starting with a pilot in Salford this…

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CIPR Spotlights Reputational Threat to British Industry from Pay Inequality

Stuart Mitchell

The news that male BBC news presenters will take a pay cut to address newsroom pay inequality, spotlights the reputational risk to organisations when pay inequality isn’t addressed, says the CIPR. In April 2018, by law, employers with 250 employees or more staff will publish gender pay gap data annually. “Unequal pay is unlawful and remains one of the most pressing business issues facing UK industry. The BBC is a cautionary tale of mishandled communication and a warning for large companies to put their house in order. Public relations professionals…

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Diversity of UK television industry Criticised in new Ofcom Report

Stuart Mitchell

Broadcasters need to improve the diversity of their employees, Ofcom said today, as a major study of diversity in television finds that women, ethnic-minority groups and disabled people are all under-represented in the industry. Ofcom’s report, Diversity and equal opportunities in television, uncovers the scale and nature of the diversity challenge facing the TV industry, with a focus on the main five broadcasters – the BBC, Channel 4, ITV, Sky and Viacom (owner of Channel 5). Broadcasters need to widen the range of talent working on and off screen. Too…

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