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The newly created role at the Foundling Museum brings together its comms and philanthropy teams.

The banking and finance industry trade body has reinforced its comms team with a new senior appointment.

The latest annual Power Book survey asked in-house comms professionals whether they expect to have additional headcount this year.

Turnover rate is down but UK corporate affairs leaders change jobs more frequently than their counterparts in Europe and the US.

The media giant’s comms exec is set to leave after four years.

Energy provider Ovo has revealed its new director of communications, following the news that Alex Doorey is set to join Marks & Spencer in March.

The conduct of IOC president Kirsty Coventry during the final daily press conference of the Winter Olympics has prompted a furious response from comms professionals.

An experienced fundraiser with more than 20 years experience has been recruited to a newly created comms and fundraising role.

The latest instalment of the annual Power Book survey asks in-house professionals their thoughts on how agency budgets will change this year.

Public affairs specialist brought in to boost comms function.

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations has boosted its comms team with a senior hire from the academic sector.

The British heritage car brand owned by the German Volkswagen Group has replaced its outgoing comms chief.

Companies seem less willing to speak out on the issues of the day than they once were but, as a panel of experts discussed, sometimes it is in the better interests of employees to do so.

UK AI startup Wayve has recruited an internal comms lead to ensure ‘clear, effective, and strategic communication’.

Hannah Wilkinson, formerly director of communications at Unicef UK, has taken on a new charity sector role.

With the growth of AI and LLMs complicating the fight against online untruths, industry experts got together to debate the crucial tipping point: when you should respond, and when it’s best to say nothing.

The independent regulator for nurses and midwives has brought in an experienced comms professional, who spent a decade leading internal comms at Serco.

A new report from leading women’s trade body Women in Public Affairs reveals that organisations need to do more to ensure maternity entitlements are clearly explained and easy to use.

Zack Polanski has drafted in a new advisor from a former party co-leader.

The FMCG giant has recruited an internal communications specialist from Sky.

Who’s in with a chance of winning big at this year’s awards?

Walker Books is focusing on integrated campaigns to promote the work of its authors.

An ex-tabloid reporter turned government comms professional is to join HM Treasury’s comms team.

A letter, reported the BBC, was sent to Co-op chair Debbie White claiming that various decisions by the company have been “poor, against advice, and carelessly communicated”.

The professional services firm has named a company veteran for the newly created role

The British retailer has recruited Alex Doorey to replace Victoria McKenzie-Gould, who stepped down last year.

Doyle, who became a peer in January, has been suspended from the Labour Party while it investigates the extent of his links with a sex offender.

RSM UK, a major audit, tax and consulting firm, has created a new role to boost its profile.

Robert Hall has accepted a role “outside of government”, creating an opening for a new comms director.

The ticket marketplace and distributor has appointed a former agency chief as a director

Tim Allan, executive director of communications at 10 Downing Street, the office of the UK Prime Minister, has stepped down from his role.

The job has been unfilled since the previous incumbent left last year.

An evaluation of the PR sector’s input to the UK economy is underway.

A marketing and comms manager has been elevated to director level.

New research has shed light on a significant retention risk, despite the challenging economy and weak jobs data.

New research has called into question how much teams are actually using AI in their day-to-day work.

With six months to go before the Commonwealth Games take place in Glasgow, the organisers have boosted their comms team.

Why standard corporate jargon is losing its lustre… and what internal comms experts are trying to banish from their vocabulary.

Businesses are being urged to adopt structured, values-based decision-making and engagement processes.

Concerns over the use of fake experts to promote companies in the media has prompted PR trade bodies to urge journalists to check the credentials of comms professionals.

In-house comms chiefs came together at the PRWeek Year Ahead event to discuss how AI is changing the way we should view legacy media.

Motor racing team Aston Martin Aramco F1 has named its new communications director, following chief comms officer Luke Skipper’s departure.

A senior editor has left journalism to move into an in-house comms role.

The chief executive of Music Support has turned to a former colleague to fill a senior comms role.

A communications professional taking part in the BBC's The Traitors has won the competition in a dramatic final episode broadcast on Friday (23rd January).

A war of words has erupted between Welsh politicians, who have clashed over the level of spending on comms, media, PR and marketing.

Kendal Sefton and Lucy Warren replace Elizabeth Tomlin, who remains with the organisation on the senior advisory committee.

The British car company has promoted from within to appoint a new sustainability and community communications manager.

Vicky Steadman and Zoe Kindler join the organisation to ‘strengthen’ its comms team.

An online discussion has reignited the debate around where the internal communications function should strategically sit within an organisation.

With the business world in a state of constant disruption, organisations must ‘rethink how they align people, strategy and action’, says new report.

The hotel giant has taken on a former Direct Line Group senior manager to handle its global external comms.

Senior comms figures came together at the PRWeek Year Ahead event to discuss the current nature of the relationship between in-house and agency teams.

The former director of comms and engagement at FirstGroup's bus division joins the ranks at Engie UK.

Many in-house teams will not risk hiring comms professionals from agencies.

Members are being asked for their views on the new definition, which follows a debate between PRCA chief Sarah Waddington and adland grandee Sir Martin Sorrell.

The petcare brand has appointed a new global external comms lead for purpose and sustainability.

The government’s communications operation has come under fire from the very minister who oversees its work.

The shipping trade association has recruited a former SEC Newgate accounts manager as its new public affairs manager.

Despite a rise in recent months, PR budgets are expected to fall in the year ahead.

Madeleine Porter will join the insurance company in a newly created role.

Ex-director of communications at the UK Chamber of Shipping joins the global trade association for shipowners and operators.

The holiday firm, which has six resorts in the UK and Ireland, has recruited a new manager for its comms team.

Reform has boosted its comms team with several new appointments.

Time is running out to enter this year’s In.Comms Corporate Affairs Awards, in partnership with PRWeek UK.

The Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN) has created a new senior comms role.

A new report from Cision has put a spotlight on the different ways agency and in-house PRs perceive their teams’ strengths and weaknesses.

The Magnum Ice Cream Company has recruited Marks & Spencer’s director of corporate affairs, Victoria McKenzie-Gould, to lead its global corporate affairs function following its separation from Unilever.

The PRCA has left the platform and is urging the government to cease using it for official communications.

Guto Harri, who has held several high-profile in-house roles, has joined a global strategic comms and public affairs agency.

Tributes have been paid to Bieneosa Ebite, head of communications and government affairs, inclusion and diversity at GSK, who has died.

The UK arm of the brewing giant has appointed a corporate affairs director who previously held a senior sustainability role at the company.

A British PR professional has landed one of the biggest comms jobs in the music industry.

An experienced comms professional has landed the top job at the Magistrates’ Association.

The professional membership organisation, which represents 12k therapists, has hired a public affairs professional to a newly created senior role.

A senior comms professional has been picked for the top job at a youth charity.

Senior in-house comms figures have been recognised in the King’s New Year Honours list.

The pharma giant has made several senior additions to its in-house communications team in recent months.

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.

UK-wide census data shows Scotland leading the way in gender equality at the director level.

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 new report has revealed some of the biggest challenges facing internal comms teams, including inter-departmental collaboration.

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.

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.

A new report reveals that CCOs are embracing intergenerational diversity, focusing on ‘living’ corporate values and leveraging coaching as a core leadership imperative.

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.

Oliver Wall shares insights with In.Comms editor Claire Warren, including how to elevate the comms function to a truly strategic role.

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.