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People Like Us highlights ‘autocorrect bias’ as it launches national campaign to correct pay gap disparities

6 April 2023 12:00

Not-for-profit People Like Us is highlighting autocorrect failures, often leading to misidentification and a sense of exclusion for individuals with diverse names. Their latest campaign taps into this insight to help underline the pay gap between ethnicities. Their national ‘Autocorrected Pay Gap’ billboard campaign went live UK wide on April 4th, and uses real autocorrect examples to highlight th

PRCA endorses Standards Committee recommendations on APPGs for enhanced transparency and accountability

5 April 2023 16:15

The PRCA welcomes the recommendations of the Standards Committee on APPGs and believe that its proposals are proportionate and aid transparency. The proposals should raise standards on visibility and accountability, but these standards are easily attainable by active, transparent groups.

BCW star duo win UK Young Lions Competition

5 April 2023 09:30

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) is pleased to announce that Mitra Karanjkar and Ella Hurworth from BCW have won the UK Young Lions Competition 2022 for their ‘United Against Child Abuse’ campaign. The duo will go on to represent the UK at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

PRCA appoints Richard Fernandez as Director of External and Public Affairs

30 March 2023 08:48

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) is pleased to announce that Richard Fernandez has been appointed to the role of Director of External and Public Affairs.

PRCA Digital Awards 2023 winners announced

30 March 2023 08:30

The PRCA Digital Awards 2023 ceremony held at The Biltmore in London last night brought together PR professionals from all over the UK to acknowledge and honour the exceptional standards set in the digital field of the industry.

PRCA statement on Francis Ingham

16 March 2023 11:44

Today the PRCA Board has been informed that Francis Ingham has passed away after a short illness. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends at this incredibly difficult time. The PRCA board is very grateful to Francis for his considerable contribution to the PRCA during the course of his leadership. There will be no further comment at this time.

PRCA Americas launches Graduate Membership

13 March 2023 09:40

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) Americas is offering one-year of free membership to recently graduated PR, marketing, and communications students in Latin America as part of its ongoing commitment to helping prepare the next generation of practitioners.

Positive impact of female leaders during pandemic – Women in PR survey finds

8 March 2023 10:11

The profile of women as leaders has been a positive development of the COVID19 pandemic. That’s the findings of a new survey being released today on International Women’s Day 2023.

PRCA Southeast Europe Network launches Chapter in Montenegro with Eleonora Albijanić as Chair

7 March 2023 15:00

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) announced the launch of its newest Southeast Europe chapter in Montenegro under the overall chairmanship of Eleonora Albijanić during a conference in Podgorica.

Hit Play - Climate Communication Group launches with a focus on collaboration and education

6 March 2023 08:40

The PRCA’s Misinformation in the Climate Crisis Strategy Group hit pause at the end of 2022 and has taken some time to reset. It has now relaunched as the Climate Communication Group.

PRCA City and Financial Awards 2023 winners announced

3 March 2023 08:40

The PRCA City and Financial Awards 2023 ceremony took place last night at the Stationers’ Hall in London to recognise and celebrate the highest standards of the City PR profession.

Announcing VIVID - A new global engagement consultancy

2 March 2023 11:56

TEAM LEWIS, a marketing consultancy, is launching VIVID, a new global reputation and impact practice. It is designed to respond to the rapidly changing, fast-moving, digital-first world. VIVID will inject pace, emotion, creativity, and visual thinking into reputation management and purpose campaigns.