Magic of Three

General, Media Training

In our media training courses we tell people to have three facts to use in an interview. Three is a magic number, not too few not too many. It is part of the human psyche and it works well. Make more than three points and your audience is likely to get confused and...

10 to 1 It’ll Damage Customer Trust

General, Public Relations

In the last couple of days the joke has been on Tesco, with the punchlines trotting out clever one-liners based on the ‘high Shergar content’ of their burgers or warning punters that ‘theyrrrrrrre off!’ Behind the banter two facts are clear. The discovery of horse DNA...

One Dead King = One Live PR Campaign

General, Public Relations

Archaeologists from the University of Leicester have quite literally worked their fingers to the bones to solve the 500-year-old mystery surrounding the final resting place of Richard III. In this case, the media – and social media – has run amok, converting one...

#long-arm-of-the-law

General, Media Training, Public Relations

With the advent of social media and twitter in particular it seems the long arm of the law is stretching ever-further into the ether. High profile tweets that are at best #stupid and at worst #illegal populate the news. Recently-introduced guidelines from the Crown...