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Grayling CEO Sarah Scholefield appointed PRCA Chair for 2022-2024

Stuart Mitchell

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) has announced Grayling’s Global CEO Sarah Scholefield MPRCA as its 2022-2024 Chair. Scholefield – whose appointment was confirmed at the Association’s recent AGM – succeeds Rachel Friend MPRCA. Scholefield has been at Grayling for over eight years, having joined in 2014 to lead the strategic direction, coordination, corporate and crisis work for PayPal globally. She was later promoted to CEO of UK and Ireland and is now Global CEO of Grayling and CEO of Accordience – the communications group of agencies. Francis Ingham…

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PRCA renews talent partnership with Reuben Sinclair

Stuart Mitchell

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) has announced leading UK recruitment agency Reuben Sinclair as its exclusive Talent Partner for a fifth consecutive year. Reuben Sinclair are experts in sales, marketing, PR and digital recruitment and a preferred partner to large consumer brands, global B2B specialists, multi award-winning agencies, charities, start-ups, and talented individuals in search of career assistance. They are an advocate of harnessing cutting-edge technologies, robust measurement tools alongside structured interviewing processes to ensure that the end-to-end hiring experience benefits all participants. The agency will continue to…

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CIPR and PRCA relaunch joint mental health collaboration

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) and the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) have launched a joint mental health survey, in partnership with Opinium, as part of a collaboration designed to address mental health challenges in public relations.  The professional bodies are calling on all PR and communications professionals to complete the survey to help benchmark the industry’s progress on mental health. Last year’s study revealed 90% of PR professionals reported poor mental health at some point in the previous twelve months.  The organisations have also announced the…

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PRCA welcomes proposed lobbying ban for MPs

Stuart Mitchell

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) Public Affairs Board has welcomed the Committee on Standards’ proposals to tighten lobbying rules for MPs. Under the new proposals, MPs can neither initiate nor participate in approaches to parliamentarians where they stand to gain commercially. The new proposals – which include a new Code of Conduct for MPs – feature an outright ban on MPs providing paid parliamentary advice, consultancy, or strategy services. The professional lobbying industry – represented by the Public Affairs Board – has long campaigned for such reforms to…

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The PR industry and Climate Misinformation: PRCA & Opinium to revisit climate study

Stuart Mitchell

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) Climate Misinformation Strategy Group will launch a second research exploring the industry’s role in the climate crisis next week in partnership with Opinium. Last year’s study revealed a fifth of PR professionals felt nervous about entering the climate crisis debate, while 60% believed their clients were too eager to communicate on climate issues without taking any action. The new study will examine PR’s role in the climate crisis and spotlight changes in attitudes and behaviours during a year in which COP26 and climate issues prompted…

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