Monthly Archives: May 2021
Don’t Shoot the Messenger
There can be few people who weren’t at least slightly curious this week about Dominic Cummings and his seven hours of testimony to a parliamentary select committee. I am not going to make any comment about the veracity or otherwise of the extraordinary claims made by Cummings, plenty of other people are doing that. Although […]
Confusion Reigns
As clear and consistent messaging goes, this was a classic example of how not to do it. I am of course referring to the Westminster Government’s traffic light scheme which was designed to tell us which countries we could safely and legally travel to. On Tuesday morning George Eustice, the Environment Secretary, told the media […]
Stressed Out
As many of you may well be aware, this is Mental Health Awareness Week. Like many professions, Public Relations can be a very stressful walk of life. The 24/7 news cycle and the need to be constantly checking emails and social media channels makes it difficult for many of us to switch off at evenings […]
City Centres Revisited
Earlier this week I did something that I hadn’t done for over 12 months; I ventured into the city centre! Prior to lockdown I was in the habit of going into Glasgow city centre a few times each week, but Covid put a stop to that. Like most people I had a variety of reasons […]
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