CIPR announces 2026 Excellence Awards winners

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has honoured the profession’s finest campaigns, teams, and practitioners at its 42nd annual Excellence Awards. This year’s awards saw six organisations each securing two wins on the night. Tin Man, the British Beer and Pub Association, Golley Slater, Mediator, MHP Group, and Sanctuary were the big winners on the night, each taking home two awards as nearly 500 PR and communications professionals joined magician and presenter Ben Hanlin at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London to celebrate the best work in PR over…

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CIPR Board member elected as UK representative on new Global Alliance Board

CIPR Board member, Laurian Hubbard Chart.PR FCIPR, has been elected as the Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management’s (Global Alliance) UK Regional Delegate-at-Large. She takes it over from former CIPR President, Steve Shepperson Smith.  Laurian is Head of Engagement Services at Welsh Parliament and was elected to the Global Alliance’s new Board at their AGM on Friday, 22 May 2026, at the Czernin Palace in Prague, Czech Republic. The new board will officially assume office on 1 July 2026.  The CIPR is a member of the Global Alliance…

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CIPR publishes new best practice guide on Responsible AI Use in PR

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has today published a new Best Practice Guide on the ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI) in PR. The new guide – The Responsible Use of AI in PR – is available to both CIPR members and non-members, and translates the Global Alliance’s Venice Pledge into practical guidance, taking each of the Pledge’s seven principles and exploring the issues and dilemmas practitioners may encounter when applying them in practice.  It offers a practical checklist covering how to assess AI tools before use, what…

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CIPR published new internal comms guide on AI and Digital Ethics

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations’ (CIPR) Inside Group has published a new guide to support PR professionals in the ethical application of artificial intelligence (AI). The member-exclusive guide – AI and Digital Ethics for Communicators – is a practical playbook that explores the five responsible and ethical roles communicators play in ensuring ethical AI practice within an organisation is visible, clear, and accountable. The playbook includes: guidance on effective AI prompting a list of ethical checks for AI-involved communications tasks practical do’s and don’ts a lightweight governance kit a series of scenario…

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Episode 21 of CIPR’s Engage Podcast out now; Leadership and Impact

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations’ (CIPR) Engage podcast returns with a new episode on the future of leadership in communications. Recorded at the Institute’s Annual Conference, Episode 21 – Leadership & Impact – features interviews with the event’s expert speakers who share their reflections on the topics of their talks, the questions they posed, and how their thinking applies to the day-to-day realities of communications leadership. Episode 21’s speakers cover topics ranging from the cognitive cost of over-reliance on generative AI and the new expectations of multi-generational workforces, to…

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