PRmoment Podcast

This week the PR News Review panel of Angie Moxham, Mark Borkowski and Ben Smith explore Nigel Farage's data-driven political stunt, the gossip surrounding Zendaya and Tom Holland and finish with a discussion about Banksy's identity reveal. Farage's political stunt Nigel Farage's action of paying an entire street’s electricity bill was deemed a clever stunt to draw attention to...

Welcome to the News Review on the PRmoment podcast . In this weekly show I’m joined by Angie Moxham and Mark Borkowski. In the PR News Review we look at the biggest news stories of the week from a PR perspective and this week we're talking: Starmer, Mandelson and the Iran War Musk, Tesla and Ofgem  PR Ethics, Lobbying Rules and why PR firms need to be increasing careful in choosing their clie...

In this week’s show Ben Smith and Michael Kempner discuss the current US political climate.  Michael Kempner talks us through the organic growth of MikeWorldwide from a garage in 1986 to a “$70 million turnover”, crediting early success to "intentional serendipity," a strong network, and a focus on problem-solving outside of traditional PR conventions.  The discussion also covered Michae...

Ben Smith, Angie Moxham, and Mark Borkowski discuss the Greens' bi-election win in Gorton and Denton, attributing the success of the candidate, Hannah Spencer, and Zack Polanski's  effective communication campaign that provided a message of hope, local authenticity, and leveraged identity politics against Labour.  On the show we also discuss the language of war in the Iran conflict, wher...

Ben Smith and Andrew Bloch reviewed the UK PR pitch and M&A market in February, noting that the pitch market was "steadier" with clients taking longer to decide, while agency M&A was "booming" with high demand and competition driving up prices for agencies around the £20 million enterprise value, especially those leveraging AI.  PR pitch wise we saw significant client w...

 Ben Smith moderated a discussion between Howard Kosky and Lynsey Barry about the effectiveness of virtual versus in-office PR teams, with an emphasis on how both agency culture and leadership styles are impacted by physical location.  Howard founded and ran Markettiers for 30 years and built the group to a £38m + turnover. Like most businesses it was office based until Covid and then developed a...

Ben Smith, Mark Borkowski, and Angie Moxham discussed several key topics including the difficulty of the Downing Street director of communications role and the need for a fresh perspective, Jim Ratcliffe's controversial "colonialisation" comment, and the emergence of fake AI experts. Angie Moxham and Mark Borkowski analysed the Washington Post redundancies, attributing reduced war c...

Elizabeth Giles and Ben Smith of PRmoment introduce its latest PR Masterclass: The intersection of PR and GEO , and large language model (LLM) optimisation, scheduled for February 25th in London with virtual attendance available.

Welcome to the News Review on the PRmoment podcast . In this weekly show I’m joined by the dream team which is Angie Moxham and Mark Borkowski. In the PR News Review we look at the biggest news stories of the week from a PR perspective and this week there’s really only 1 story in town, Peter Mandelson and whether he’s going to bring down Sir Keir Starmer's government. Before we start, check o...

Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast. This is our quarterly bonus podcast where we chat about Rajar’s latest results. For those of you who aren’t aware of Rajar - it was established in 1992 and operates the single audience measurement system for the radio industry in the United Kingdom Raja publishes the listenership figures each quarter, which is good for insight for PR, curious about how the public e...

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 the last month 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...

Welcome to the News Review on the PRmoment podcast. This week I'm joined by Angie Moxham, founder of Fourth Angel. In the PR News Review we look at the biggest news stories of the week from a PR perspective and this week we’re talking about Fake experts and SEO masquerading as PR firms, Brand Beckham takes a "don't explain, but you can complain approach" and The relaunch of Dav...

Ben Smith introduced Sam Corry, CEO of Taylor Herring, discussing the agency's history, evolution from media focus to consumer PR with an "entertain or die" mantra, and its recent internal shifts following the departure of founders Kath and James Herring after 24 years. Corry emphasized that Taylor Herring’s current strategy focuses on integrated, long-term brand building, and annou...

Ben Smith welcomed Angie Moxham and Mark Borkowski to the weekly PR news review on the PRmoment Podcast. On this week's show our panel discuss Farage and Jenrick, Grok's explicit AI images and alleged Wikipedia edits by Portland. Mark Borkowski criticised the Reform party's recruitment of Robert Jenrick as a "massive PR own goal," which Angie Moxham agreed was simply to ge...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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 m...

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...

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 informat...

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...

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...

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 PRmome...

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...