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A new website is rarely the answer

By Dave / 18th September 2019 / Comments Off on A new website is rarely the answer

Whilst there are any number of reasons a business might decide to change its website, chief amongst them appears to be the entrenched thinking that a new refreshed site will immediately drive an increase in enquiries and ultimately sales. Putting aside the need for a new website following an acquisition or merger, re-brand or change…

Our favourite Roald Dahl books

By Jamie / 13th September 2019 / Comments Off on Our favourite Roald Dahl books

This year 13th September is now known as ‘Roald Dahl Day’ as September is Roald Dahl’s birth month, if he was still alive today, he would be 102 years old. Dahl is beloved not only by kids across the world, but by us big kids who grew up reading his stories. When we saw it…

The writers that inspire the writers

By Laura / 9th August 2019 /

As walkers of the PR world, reading is a big part of our lives. We have an office full of books on every topic and our houses are just the same. Since it’s #NationalBookLoversDay the conversation of favourite authors came up in the office, we thought we’d share the authors that have inspired us as…

Emojis – The language of now

By Ben / 17th July 2019 /

Emojis have come a long way since the emoticon days of : ) with each new wave of emojis becoming increasingly detailed and niche. We’ve gone from a challenge of creatively trying to express emotions using punctuation to spending ages trying to decide what colour hair our little face-palming woman should have. As a PR agency, it…

National Writing Day: 30 days of creativity

By Matt / 26th June 2019 / Comments Off on National Writing Day: 30 days of creativity

As a modern PR agency, we often support our clients using a combination of different services, whether it’s creating articles or designing brochures. No matter what service we’re providing, writing is the skill central to everything we do, as we look to engage with audiences while pushing our clients’ key messages. Although it’s important to…

Perfection is the problem and the enemy of fine

By Dave / 11th April 2019 / Comments Off on Perfection is the problem and the enemy of fine

At a time when we are told many individuals suffer mental health problems, caused by poor body image or a perceived lack of success compared to their social media contemporaries, perhaps more should embrace the concept of, good enough will do. It is an approach I have personally used throughout my life, since taking home…

Our favourite literary characters

By Ben / 7th March 2019 / Comments Off on Our favourite literary characters

As it’s World Book Day and we’re all avid readers, we thought we’d share some of our favourite literary characters. Dave Perhaps underrated because Hollywood didn’t come knocking, Terry Pratchett remains my favourite author, displaying a sense of humour that works as well for younger readers as it does for adults. Whilst his novels roam…

Working in Walsh time

By Ben / 25th January 2019 / Comments Off on Working in Walsh time

Working in a PR agency with deadlines and schedules, time is very important to what we do. In our office, we have recently adopted a new time zone – Walsh time. Allow me to explain. Earlier this week, our new designer, Alistair Walsh, was uploading another of his design masterpieces to send to one of…

Getting your words out

By Dave / 7th January 2019 / Comments Off on Getting your words out

But what do you do when your creativity deserts you? How do you stop procrastinating start writing?

Embracing individual strengths through the Harry Potter model

By Matt / 11th December 2018 / Comments Off on Embracing individual strengths through the Harry Potter model

Our team takes the sorting hat test on Pottermore and discovers more about themselves.