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The PRmoment Podcast is a series of life story style interviews with some of the leading lights of UK PR.
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This week we’re chatting to Nicky Regazzoni, co-founder & co-CEO of The PR Network and Lesley Singleton, founder & CEO, Playtime PR about how to lead a virtual agency business. The virtual or in the office debate has become the ultimate PR conversation starter, up there with AVEs and timesheets. Everyone’s got an opinion and the truth is there are some virtual agencies, some hybrid (3 or 4 days in the office seems like the norm atm) and some always in the office. Employers, empl...
Ben Smith welcomed Angie Moxham and Mark Borkowski to this week's PRmoment podcast News Review to discuss major PR stories, including "brand America" and Donald Trump's communication style, which Borkowski described as entering a dystopian age, with Moxham adding that America views life through a "Hollywood lens." The trio discuss the societal impact of the political narrative, with Moxham expressing concern about younger generations being constantly fed a frightening news narrative an...
Elizabeth Giles and Ben Smith discuss the upcoming PRmoment Awards, noting the final entry deadline is January 23rd, and that the awards night is scheduled for April in both London and Manchester. Ben Smith explained the robust and transparent judging process, which includes individual prescoring based on criteria like objectives, strategy, and results, available in the entry pack, and highlighted new categories, including Pro Bono Campaign of the Year and GEO Campaign of the Year. Ben ...
This week we’re chatting to co founder of Signal AI David Benigson on the PRmoment podcast From media monitoring start-up, to $165m investment via 6 funding rounds: Signal AI founder David Benigson talks to PRmoment founder Ben Smith through its journey. In September 2025, Signal AI raised $165 million in a growth equity round led by Battery Ventures. This investment will support global expansion, product development, and strategic acquisitions. Signal AI has 220 employees and apparently 40% ...
It’s my twice yearly chat with W Communications founder and CEO Warren Johnson and today it’s our 2025 PR Agency Review of the Year. Warren founded W Communications in 2009. It now has global revenues of £25 m and a headcount of 200, with 140 in London and 60 across the rest of the world. Over the next half hour or so Warren and I will discuss the ups and downs of PR agency life over the last 12 months. Before that, the breaking news is that the PRmoment Awards final entry deadline is Friday ...
In the fifth episode of the season, Dean Connelly, founder of Latte Recruitment and Elizabeth Giles are joined by Emma Ewing, founder of Big Fish Training about resilience over the holidays. Ewing, who has previously worked with PRmoment on resilience has a unique insight as she brings her resilience expertise but also her vast knowledge of the PR sector, having provided coaching and training to PR leaders. This podcast runs through tips and advice for staying resilient during the...
This PR Talent Trends Year in Review podcast discusses the Public Relations (PR) job market and talent trends of 2025. The host is PRmoment founder Ben Smith and he's speaking with Dean Connelly, founder and PR recruitment director at Latte. The early entry deadline for the 2026 PRmoment Awards is on Friday, December 19th. The final entry deadline is on 23rd January. If you want more information about the best jobs available in UK PR do subscribe for free to PRmoment's weekly Top 10 PR Job up...
Welcome to our review of PR Pitches and mergers & acquisitions in the UK PR scene with Andrew Bloch. Here, we discuss the biggest pitch wins and mergers & acquisitions that the PR sector has seen in 2025 Andrew is the lead consultant - PR, Social, Content and Influencer at the new business consultancy firm AAR and a partner at PCB Partners, where he advises on buying and selling marketing services agencies. Andrew also runs the advisory firm Andrew Bloch & Associates. Before we st...
Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast. In today's show we’re doing something a little different. We’re talking about PR superpowers. You may have seen the Legends of Frank series that Frank has been running this year, to celebrate its 25th birthday, The Q&A style interviews with each Legend has been fun and informative. But today, as we reach the end of the year, I'm talking to GG to get a deeper dive into some of these Legends to identify the 10 most important PR Super Powers. I want to find o...
Welcome to the News Review on the PRmoment podcast. In this weekly show I’m joined by Angie Moxham, and Mark Borkowski This is the PR News Review where we look at the biggest news stories of the week from a PR perspective and this week we’re talking about rage bait. This week rage bait was named Oxford University Press' Word of the Year for 2025. Before we start, you can now enter the PRmoment Awards. The early entry deadline is 19th December so do take a look at this year's categories and if...
Welcome to the PRmoment podcast. Today we’re chatting to Laura Burch, founder and managing partner at Work & Class and Roxy Kalha, founder and managing partner at The Heard about the challenges of founding a PR agency as a women. Laura launched Work & Glass in 2024 and Roxy launched The Heard in 2023. Before we start, the final date to get your early entries in for The PRmoment Awards is December 16th. All the info you’ll need, including a list of the categories is on the awards...
Welcome to our review of PR pitches and mergers and acquisitions in the UK PR scene with Andrew Bloch. Here we discuss the biggest pitch wins, mergers and acquisitions that the PR sector has seen in November 2025. Andrew is the lead consultant PR, social, content and influencer at the new business consultancy firm AAR and a partner at PCB Partners, where he advises on buying and selling marketing services agencies. Andrew also runs the advisory firm Andrew Bloch & Associates. Don't forge...
Welcome to the News Review on the PRmoment podcast. In this weekly show I’m joined by Angie Moxham, and Mark Borkowski. This is the PR New Review where we look at the biggest news stories of the week from a PR perspective and this week we’re talking about the budget, the Labour government continuing dreadful communications and the resulting loss of trust from the electorate. Before we start, you can now enter the PRmoment Awards. The early entry deadline is 19th December so do take a look a...
Welcome to the News Review on the PRmoment podcast. If you're enjoying these shows don't forget to subscribe; we published at least one new podcast every week. In this episode it's our weekly New Review feature where we discuss the most interesting topics that we've seen in the media each week and I'll be doing that alongside my good friends Angie Moxham and mark Borkowski. It's pretty much your final chance to get your ticket to PR Masterclass: The Agency Growth Forum which is next Wednesday...
Thank you for joining us today! Our guest is Anouschka Menzies, co-founder of Bacchus PR. Bacchus PR was founded 27 years ago and now has over 130 employees across 5 offices - London, New York, Miami, Dubai and most recently Riyadh. It works across the fashion, restaurants, hotels and real estate sectors and has a fee income of approximately £14m. Annouska describes the type of business that Bacchuss does as 70% consumer and 30% corporate. Before we start, the headline news is that The PRmome...
Welcome to the PRmoment podcast's weekly News Review. We're joined by Angie Moxham, founder of 3 Monkeys and Fourth Angel and Mark Borkowski, founder of Borkowski PR. In this new show Mark, Angie and PRmoment founder Ben Smith review the biggest news stories of the week from a PR perspective. This week we compare the communications styles of Trump verses and the BBC. Does Trumps fearless, confident style threaten to overwhelm the BBC's risk averse approach? We also talk about Labour's ongoing...
Welcome to our review of PR pitches and mergers and acquisitions in the UK PR scene with Andrew Bloch. Here we discuss the biggest pitch wins, mergers and acquisitions that the PR sector has seen in November 2025. Andrew is the lead consultant PR, social, content and influencer at the new business consultancy firm AAR and a partner at PCB Partners, where he advises on buying and selling marketing services agencies. Andrew also runs the advisory firm Andrew Bloch & Associates. Before we s...
Welcome to the PRmoment podcast. Today, we're joined by Angie Moxham, founder of 3 Monkeys and Fourth Angel and Mark Borkowski, founder of Borkowski PR and PR commentator. In this new show Mark, Angie and PRmoment founder Ben Smith review the biggest news stories of the week from a PR perspective and this week we’re talking about Traitors, Meghan Markle’s return to acting and whether the Royal Family can survive Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s scandal in the long term. Before we start, our...
Welcome to the PRmoment podcast. Today, we're thrilled to be joined by Lou Hoffman, founder and CEO of Hoffman. Hoffman is an independent US based PR firm with a fee income of approximately $30m. Lou founded the business in 1987. Hoffman specialises in tech PR and recently bought CCGroup in the UK. Hoffman has offices in North America, the UK and Asia. It employs about 460 people globally. Before we start,our PR Masterclass the Agency Growth Forum is now live. Virtual and face to face tickets...
In the fifth episode of the season, Dean Connelly, founder of Latte Recruitment give their best attempt at a spooky Halloween special episode. Earlier in the week, Elizabeth asked PR professionals to submit anonymous recruitment horror stories, whether that be a candidate of nightmares, or an terrifying interview process — we wanted to hear about it, warts and all. Dean, a willing victim, must blind react to the tales of recruitment terror. Later, the pair play a game of Recruitme...
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