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Pre-budget report and leaking stories to the media

November 25th, 2008 – 12:12 pm

Yesterday’s Pre-budget report has been the subject of intense media speculation about what it may contain - and funnily enough, when Alistair Darling opened his red box surprises were hard to find.
The Chancellor’s PBR had been comprehensively leaked before the Parliamentary statement this afternoon - unlike any other budget before. But what did the government […]

Beware how damage is easily done

 
Gordon Brown’s praise of Barack Obama in a recent article has led to tensions at the highest level of government. We’ve since heard the response of the Republican camp - as Alice Fishburn neatly put it, “ouch.”
Apparently the article had been written by a junior, with some reports speculating Brown hadn’t even read the offending […]

Glastonbury’s PR team missing in action

June 23rd, 2008 – 1:01 pm

As hobbies go, I would be lying if I said mine was a particularly testing one. For a few years now, I’ve been taking pictures at gigs and last year covered my first major festivals.

This year, I’ve managed to go one step further and am of the ‘lucky’ few tackling Glastonbury this weekend, […]

Passion, energy and dynamism - a PR’s essential traits

April 30th, 2008 – 10:32 am

This Sunday Nick and I were fortunate to spend the afternoon at Elvington airfield outside York watching and driving a host of supercars on a press visit we had arranged with a number of journalists for one of our clients 6th Gear Experience.
While chatting to one of the journalists about our other clients that might […]

“I’d like to read a prepared statement”

March 18th, 2008 – 4:52 pm
Tagged as: Media Training, PR

Yesterday, Heather Mills decided to face the media scrum on the steps of the high court without so much as a post it note of prepared content. The image of her sister whispering useful points like ‘don’t forget you’re appealing’ in Mills’ ear live on national television and her apparent inability to remember just how […]

Tackling the media scrum

March 17th, 2008 – 5:47 pm

 
Today has been one of the busiest news days for quite some time. The ongoing situation with Shannon Matthews has jostled with the Mills McCartney divorce, the worsening global credit crunch as well as political troubles in Tibet.
The Quest team has been involved fully in the media scrum ensuring national and international coverage for one […]