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Sarah Lee is tasked with leading Scotland’s comms profession through a period of industry transformation.

New guidance seeks to fill the gap left by traditional approaches to crisis communications.

Sorrelle Harper joins a raft of high-profile new hires at the smart meter provider.

The in-house comms community has shrugged off the suggestion that ‘PR is dead’, made by adland grandee Sir Martin Sorrell on Radio 4.

Email is seen as the most effective tool but research finds communicators want to invest more time or resources in intranets next year.

NatWest has hired a media relations lead for commercial and institutional banking.

A Labour grandee who heads up communications at the UK’s largest terrorism reinsurer has been nominated as a life peer.

‘Compliance campaigns’ were a factor in billions that were lost to fraud in Covid-19 support schemes having to be written off.

The Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) has created a new senior comms role.

The prime minister’s former director of communications has hit out at the extent to which government sources are briefing the media.

A comms strategy is being developed to promote the work of the fledgling regulator which was established in September.

Data protection is about people and should not be treated as a tick-box exercise, according to the top comms person at the Information Commissioner’s Office.

Elon Musk’s controversial social media platform is being abandoned by a growing number of organisations.

PRCA census paints a picture of an ambitious sector embracing strategy planning and measurement, while simultaneously struggling to make progress on DEI.

The ECB has taken on a new comms director to help grow cricket’s reach and relevance.

The Electoral Commission has made a senior hire to help it develop its digital comms.

Lindsay Landi is set to step down as head of PR and communications to take up a new in-house comms role at Good Energy.

A stellar lineup of judges will be making the big decisions for this year's awards.

The very effectiveness of the Government’s ‘stay at home’ messaging created problems of its own, according to a major report into the UK’s pandemic response.

The financial services giant is boosting internal communications at its asset management arm.

James Crampton takes his 25 years’ experience from Heineken UK to Vietnam.

Jordan McKibben will represent the public affairs team within steering committees and work to develop patient comms and advocacy at Gilead Sciences.

The organisation, which has six sites across the UK, has created a new senior role to oversee comms and digital engagement.

The rapid adoption of AI is creating an ‘expectation gap’ between internal comms teams, but leading adopters view this as a catalyst for stronger cross-department collaboration.

A former senior official at the government’s Office for Life Sciences has left the public sector to join the public affairs team at pharma giant GSK.

Frustration is mounting among comms professionals as job descriptions become impossibly broad, salaries shrink and expectations of a ‘unicorn’ employee skyrocket.

The extraordinary level of interest in a role at the London School of Economics has prompted the university’s head of public affairs to offer some timely careers advice.

One in two female professionals have encountered harassment or inappropriate behaviour at work, while two out of five say nothing happened after reporting it, new research shows.

Traditional search is being pushed out in favour of AI search, but some impressive looking, SEO-optimised websites are slipping past the algorithms, new study finds.

The fashion brand has recruited its first communications manager.

The East London healthcare charity has created a new senior comms role.

Chatbots will dominate internal comms, according to a new report shared with In.Comms.

Jonathan Lima-Matthews will help shape policy and advocacy strategies across the EMEA region.

Robbie Gibb, a former director of communications at Downing Street, is under mounting pressure to step down from his role as a BBC board member amid concerns over his impartiality.

Rebecca Marmot, chief sustainability and corporate affairs officer at Unilever, hands the baton to a former Big Four comms leader.

After the resignation of two leading figures at the BBC, we hear from those familiar with the corporation’s inner workings.

Gabriel Milland, an ex-journalist who has held senior in-house and agency roles, has been brought in to lead external affairs at the scandal-hit police body.

Senior internal communications professionals in banking and insurance are among those to have been awarded fellowships.

The National Farmers’ Union is set to lose its current comms chief next year.

Radical new proposals have been announced seeking to redefine the relationship between police and the media.

Sunseeker, the Poole-based luxury yacht brand, has split responsibility for marketing and sales.

An industry insider’s social media post about comms job descriptions has prompted a lively debate about the state of recruitment in the sector.

Creativity and showcasing value are top of mind for this year’s co-chair duo.

The workplace pension provider has recruited a former policy specialist at Pensions UK to the newly created role.

Featuring the sector’s most inspiring black leaders, strategists and innovators, this list celebrates the individuals setting standards, opening doors and driving the UK communications industry forward.

Charlotte Butterick goes back in-house, as public affairs manager for England at energy operator, after leaving consultancy role.

Going beyond just information dissemination, internal communications is a vital, two-way process that builds trust, shapes culture and drives organisational success, says a new report

Silicon valley adviser Dex Hunter-Torricke’s new role is designed to support good decision making at the Treasury.

The CIPR has revealed who will become its president in 2027, after three industry leaders battled it out.

Donal McCabe, one of the country’s most experienced PR professionals, has reunited with a former colleague who now runs The Jockey Club.

Comms and PR experts came together to discuss how to achieve widespread media coverage in a rapidly evolving, fragmented and AI-driven landscape.

Professionals are not being given the resources they need to deliver effectively, suggests new research.

The Chartered Institute of Housing has hired a new head of policy and external affairs.

Domestic abuse charity Refuge has finally found a permanent director of fundraising, communications and policy more than a year after the post became vacant.

Information Commissioner’s Office scoops win for turning an organisation’s error into a learning opportunity for others.

The ‘immense contribution’ of one of the UK’s leading internal comms specialists has been recognised by the CIPR.

The annual awards celebrate outstanding achievements across the industry.

A communications professional with an unconventional career path has joined the team at Which?.

The confidence of companies in their financial future reaches positive territory for the first time in more than a year, despite a “challenging” climate.

Listening to staff and not acting on the feedback is more damaging than not listening at all.

Michael Collins is set to join American Express Global Business Travel in a newly created comms role.

Joe Moor has left Hanbury Strategy after six years to take up a senior corporate affairs role in-house.

Advita Patel, CIPR president, has issued a call to action in the wake of attacks on both a Manchester synagogue and an East Sussex mosque.

Andrew Bate has been recruited to head up a nine-strong team working across corporate media relations and PR, public affairs, and colleague and student communications.

Claire Thwaites takes charge of the pharma giant’s government affairs function.

A war of words has broken out after a decision by Blackburn Rovers to ban its local newspaper from the club.

Robert Halfon has taken charge of policy and external affairs at the manufacturing trade body.

Tim Snowball has returned in-house after more than a decade working for PR agencies.

One of the UK’s biggest bus and train operators has secured the services of a former senior comms figure at the British Retail Consortium.

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The East London NHS Foundation Trust has appointed a director of communications and engagement who previously worked as a deputy comms director in Parliament.

Ben Goodwin will drive the Civil Engineering Contractors Association’s policy agenda and enhance stakeholder relationships.

Awards recognise the leading campaigns, teams and people in corporate affairs.

David Boot will take charge of the trade body’s public affairs and policy.

Augmentation and automation could affect more than 80 per cent of profession’s typical tasks, leading to significant cost and time savings.

Steph Driver is stepping down after five years as Sir Keir Starmer’s comms director.

Elizabeth Somerville 'will bring a wealth of expertise' to her new role raising the profile of the organisation.

Kasia Kehoe will oversee Reckitt’s external digital strategy and channels.

Former Philips’ lead Leslie McGibbon is set to manage BT’s reputation as it undergoes a 'radical digital transformation'.

The group comms head switches to the automotive parts multinational after a decade at Balfour Beatty.

Nadine Smith has more than 25 years comms experience and will now take on the NLCF’s comms strategy, marketing and external affairs.

ECB chief comms officer Kate Miller will handle supporter engagement and reputation management, plus engagement with key stakeholders, at Tottenham Hotspur FC.

Amanda Andrews, international comms director at AWS, will lead a team of both external and internal comms professionals at the banking group.

A new report reveals recommendations for those in charge of running an international comms operation.

More chief communications officers prefer staying quiet on divisive issues than speaking out, new research by Ipsos suggests.

New research reveals how in-house communications, public affairs and marketing are being transformed by AI, highlighting efficiency gains, adoption challenges and evolving skillsets.

Pressure to prioritise tangible results over shaping perceptions is driving the needs of chief comms officers, says new report.

Pay and bonuses have improved more for in-house PRs in recent years than for their agency counterparts, says new survey.

The IoIC’s IC 2025 Index supplement reveals pay and benefits is still the biggest area where workers feel they are not well enough informed.

Being made redundant and ‘uninspiring bosses’ are the top two reasons for in-house comms professionals to move jobs, according to new research.

In-house comms professionals enjoy far greater flexibility than their agency counterparts when it comes to where they choose to work, new research indicates.

But a survey of corporate comms professionals has also revealed some differences in preferred benefits between in-house and agency workers.

Deloitte’s Mark Hutcheon reveals insights from a recent survey he conducted reviewing his clients’ profession.

Positively communicating creativity and how employees are treated are the most effective ways to improve perceptions and add value, says new report.

The latest research from the Institute of Internal Communication (IoIC) reveals a significant disconnect between leaders’ communication styles and employees’ desire for genuine connection and understanding.

A big shake-up in government communications is set to take place, with a shift towards centralisation.

A message from In.Comms editor Claire Warren.