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#Uni Days 30 years on: from 1988 to 2018

My home city, Nottingham, will visibly “lift” over the next few weeks when over 60,000 students will descend on the city with all the aspirations, anxieties and expectation of Class of ‘18 for the University and Trent. I shudder to think three decades have passed since I set off in Autumnal sunshine for University (in…

Why tech has always been part of the furniture in Nottingham

BakerBaird Communications is based in Accelerate Places Nottingham, part of the tech venture builder Blenheim Chalcot. One thing you tend to notice when you visit Accelerate Places is the furniture. It’s different, it’s interesting. And oddly enough, furniture is where Nottingham’s story starts when it comes to tech. Go back to the 1960s (the…

PR award entries – five reasons to make them perfect

As summer starts to fade, thoughts will start turning to the Autumn award ceremonies. Entries are valuable investments of your time. It’s easy to dismiss them as a vanity project, or prioritise any one of the other hundred things on your to do list, but at BakerBaird we’ve found a shortlisting or winning an award…

Remember the unsung heroes of the NHS

AS we celebrate the 70years of our national health service, our attention turns as ever to those at the frontline – the GPs, specialists, surgeons, consultants, nurses and midwives. It is these people who are the sharp end of the critical moments in our lives – the passing of loved ones, the critical diagnosis and…

#Hospital -brave, powerful, necessary

If a sign of a well-made television programme is its ability to evoke emotions in its audience, then BBC2’s Hospital certainly hit the mark. From joy to despair, frustration to elation, the documentary showcased the realities of life in a large NHS hospital in a way that we could all relate to. Whether it was…

Lessons for all: the Leeds United re-brand

When Leeds United melted social media this week by unveiling a new club crest which was universally disparaged not least by its own fans, former and current players and influential Leeds fans like Telegraph football correspondent Henry Winter, as Leeds fan, it hurts. I was forced to be a Leeds United fan at the age…

Everything is great – in PR

In Greek mythology, Nemesis lured Narcissus to a pool where he was so absorbed with his own reflection, he lost the will to live. Is the world of PR so obsessed with itself that others lose the will to live? At our best PR people are relentlessly positive. It’s a great attribute. Go getting, finding…

Public sector comms leading the way

Public sector communicators gathered in the West Midlands this week for a GCS local event and the private sector can learn much from their collaborative and inclusive approach. This sector has been much maligned in the past. It has been branded as either ineffective or a waste of taxpayers money, or gets confused with party…

Finding words when there are none

The horrific events of Monday evening in Manchester have torn lives apart for countless families and in the middle of this but in the background, unseen communicators will face their own battles. While the ranks of media fill their schedules, and the country wants to find out more and more, public sector press officers representing…

“What’s your best piece of advice for someone starting their career in PR?”

Final year PR students across the country are currently tightening up their research, polishing off their dissertations and prepping for their finals at the same time thinking about entering the profession for the first time. It’s a daunting time but one of the key objectives of the CIPR is help and support those coming into…