Leading the profession – the LG Comms Academy sets the benchmark

Local government communicators from as far north as Shetland to the depths of Cornwall and all points in-between descended on Yorkshire this week for their first national conference since before COVID. In Steel City, Sheffield, they found a conference, learning and networking event as sharp as a Cutler’s Company knife. BakerBaird were one of the…

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Levelling up public relations

How do we ‘level up’ public relations? This is the subject of an exciting new CIPR sponsored project and your chance to have your say. The profession employs nearly 100,000 people across the UK and contributes £16.7bn to the economy. Despite its consistent growth, the issue of diversity has been a concern for decades. The…

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Award dedicated to NHS staff

BakerBaird scooped its ninth PR award in six years from the Chartered Institute of Public Relations this month and dedicated it to the staff of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR). Co-producing a campaign with the NHS LLR team, the project was to promote a £2m funding scheme to kick-start staff or patient inspired projects which…

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Confident messages in uncertain times

We are fortunate to live in such a vibrant region with so much going on: surrounded by fantastic people who know their onions and want to give something back to others. So we are delighted to get the New Year off to a great start by supporting Invest in Nottingham help other companies scale up.…

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JDRF & T1 diabetes: charity of the year

On worldwide diabetes day, we’re delighted to announce our media training partner HayesCollins media have adopted Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund (JDRF) as its charity for the year. BakerBaird and HayesCollins have been working together for the last five years including work for the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, the NHS, the University of Derby, Stagecoach and…

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Welcome Gaby: our brilliant new hire

Nottingham based public relations agency, BakerBaird Communications, has added to its roster of  staff by bringing in an experienced NHS director of communications. Gaby Taylor (nee Insley) has 16 years’ public and third sector communications expertise, with a specialism in health. She has worked on national campaigns for the Department of Health, regional NHS projects…

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Experienced NHS communicator added to BakerBaird team

BakerBaird, a strategic communications and public affairs agency based in Nottingham has added to its roster of staff by bringing in an experienced NHS communicator and former journalist. Sarah Matthews was news editor at the Nottingham Post, before spending several years working in NHS communications for Nottingham University Hospitals. She was responsible for both internal…

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Experience drives expansion at BakerBaird

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A communications and relationships business set up by a former head of communications for the Government and a senior journalist has appointed two new associates. BakerBaird, run by Richard Baker and Stuart Baird, moved into new premises during the summer, taking space in Accelerate Places Nottingham, the co-working hub launched by the leading venture builder…

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Chris joins BakerBaird

Experienced communicator Chris Child is the latest addition to the BakerBaird family, delivering superb work for our clients already. Chris has been a communicator for over 40 years, more than half as a journalist and latterly in public relations for the Government and the charity sector. An award-winning journalist, he was health correspondent and a…

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