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This week, Jacki and Lyle are joined by the absolutely brilliant Matthew Buxton! Matt is the CEO and Co-founder of Mystic Games, a brand new game studio created in July last year that specialises in creating unique and exciting multiplayer mysteries. He has previously been the Game Design Director at both Rovio and MAG Interactive, and was also the Ideation Lead at the latter. Matt is a director,...

This week, Jacki and Lyle are delighted to be joined once again by published author and Political Editor of The Sunday Times - Caroline Wheeler. Caroline returns to discuss the release of her new book, 'Death In The Blood', which tells the story of the NHS infected blood scandal through the eyes of the victims themselves, with references to government documents and court transcripts from the scand...

This week, Jacki and Lyle discuss a topic that they have occasionally covered in passing in previous episodes, but never fully delved into. Namely - what makes a great leader? In a brilliant and wide-reaching discussion, Jacki offers some context on why this topic was chosen. She describes the drama that has unfolded around video game software development giant Unity Technologies, creator of cross...

This week, Jacki and Lyle digest one of the most watched documentaries of the year so far. You guessed - this week the podcast is talking about all things Beckham! The documentary, from filmmaker Fisher Stevens and available now on Netflix, saw a record-breaking 3.8 million viewers tune into it in its first week, and it has been performing similarly well ever since. Jacki and Lyle break down their...

GB News is once again in the spotlight, this time due to the controversial events surrounding Laurence Fox and his comments about political commentator, Ava Evans. This week, Jacki and Lyle digest yet another week of controversy for the broadcaster - a week which saw Dan Wootton suspended from the channel and dismissed from the Daily Mail, Laurence Fox suspended and ultimately dismissed from GB Ne...

This week, Jacki and Lyle are joined by the wonderful Helen Neal. Helen is the founder and CEO of HN Communications, which is an award-winning specialist sustainability communications agency. A small consultancy with global reach, HN Communications work with some of the world's most well-known brands including Bosch and Asahi, as well as NGOs such as The Climate Group, leading the way on the road...

This week, Jacki and Lyle delve into yet another scandal which has rocked the media and broadcasting world. In recent weeks, comedian, TV presenter, movie star and self-professed wellness influencer Russell Brand has been accused of sexual assault. Four women allege that Brand assaulted them between 2006 and 2013, a period where he was considered to be at the height of his fame. This was while he...

This week, Jacki and Lyle are joined by the fantastic Hannah O'Donoghue-Hobbs. Hannah is a freelance Social Media Manager & Trainer, with experience in helping businesses put their best foot forward online. She has previously been the Social Media Coordinator at Cosatto, working to create and implement their social media strategy across the UK, Ireland, Spain and Germany, and prior to that she...

This week, Jacki and Lyle are joined by the absolutely incredible Chloe Davies. As Lyle's introduction to Chloe in the episode suggests, she really has had an incredible career so far. She is a global inclusion and belonging consultant, a chef, and an entrepreneur, as well as being an incredibly committed campaigner for inclusion and equality across all spaces. Chloe is also a member of Badassery,...

This week, Jacki and Lyle are back and discussing an industry that has dominated the global news agenda for all the wrong reasons over the last 3 weeks. That's right, it's time to talk about THAT moment after the Women's World Cup Final, and the behaviour of the now suspended President of the Spanish FA - Luis Rubiales. In the first recording after her incredible wedding day, Jacki discusses how f...

This week, our dynamic The Rest Is PR duo tackle a story that dominated headlines in the United Kingdom towards the end of July, and has continued to spark debate as it has rumbled on. You guessed it - Lyle and Jacki get stuck into Nigel Farage vs. Coutts Bank! In an episode that takes one or two surprising turns, Lyle opens up with an admission that while he is by no means Farage's biggest fan, e...

This week, Jacki and Lyle discuss something which, as Lyle mentions very early on, the duo have flirted with discussing for some time now. Namely - the broadcasting enigma that is GB News, and the rise of new, somewhat provocative broadcasting platforms. In an incredibly interesting episode, Jacki discusses how, for all the controversy surrounding it, GB News is a station that she has admiration f...

This week, Jacki and Lyle are joined by the wonderful Camilla Purkis-White, who happens to be the latest member of the exceptional Dimoso team to appear on the podcast! Camilla is the Metaverse Marketing & Gaming Partnerships Director at Dimoso, and she is also a Digital, Content & Social Marketing Director in her own right. She has previously worked for the likes of Dove, COTY Beauty, McD...

This week, Jacki and Lyle discuss a topic that is becoming increasingly significant as new technologies come to the fore - what does the future hold for the world of PR? In an intriguing and informative conversation, Jacki outlines how a brilliant conversation with someone she mentors led to her wanting to discuss how the PR industry will evolve in the future, what skills PR professionals will nee...

This week, Jacki and Lyle are joined by the absolutely phenomenal Esther Stanhope, otherwise known as The Impact Guru. Esther is a keynote speaker, and the award-winning author of the incredible 'Goodbye Glossophobia: Banish Your Fear Of Public Speaking', as well as an experienced BBC broadcaster & founder The 80% Perfect Club. She is known throughout The City as The Impact Guru, a phrase coin...

This week on The Rest Is...PR, Jacki and Lyle discuss a news story which has dominated the public consciousness and generated no end of hostile speculation and rumour. Namely - the BBC Presenter Scandal, and the revelation that the individual at the heart of the story is renowned BBC News presenter Huw Edwards. The episode begins with Jacki describing a terrifying experience she went through recen...

This week on The Rest Is...PR, Jacki and Lyle discuss a subject they have been keen to cover for quite some time - drinking, and our relationship with alcohol. In an open and incredibly insightful and vulnerable conversation, Jacki and Lyle both discuss their own experiences of alcohol throughout their lives. Lyle opens up about a recent set of circumstances which led to him taking a break from dr...

This week, Jacki and Lyle are joined by the fantastic Kevin Rye. Kevin is the founder of Think Fan Engagement, which publishes the annual Fan Engagement Index and the Fan Engagement Pod. It advises clubs, organisations and brands on their relationships with fans, strongly advocating a culture of listening. Kevin's career in football began as an activist fan of Wimbledon FC/AFC Wimbledon. He subseq...

This week, Jacki and Lyle are joined by the absolutely wonderful Guy Clapperton. Guy is the founder and owner of Clapperton Media Associates, a media training and mentoring business which has been helping people get something out of their media engagements, whether on video or in written interviews, for over 20 years. Guy also has over 30 years in the press industry, having previously been the Dep...

This week, Jacki and Lyle have awards fever! This is because voting is officially open for the British Podcast Awards, where you, our loyal listeners, can vote for The Rest Is PR for the Listeners' Choice Award! Simply head to https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting and search for this podcast to cast your vote. Voting for this award got Jacki and Lyle thinking about the importance of awards a...

This week, Jacki and Lyle are joined by the wonderful sales extraordinaire - Helen Kensett. Helen is the co-founder and Creative Director of CogniClick - a sales activation agency which partners with growth obsessed technology firms to deliver sales campaigns, content and sales enablement activity. She is also the author of Sales Mind: 48 Tools To Help You Sell, and has previously worked for the l...

4 out of 5 PR professionals are abysmal at their jobs. That is the view of this week's fantastic guest, Charles Orton-Jones, who joins Jacki and Lyle for - as the title suggests - an extremely interesting chat! Charles is the Founder & Editor of Business Age, an online publication specialising in entrepreneurship and revolutionary business thinkers. He is also a business journalist, specialisi...

In Part Two, Jacki and Lyle discuss the latest revelations surrounding Phillip Schofield and his exit from This Morning. Not long after recording what is now Part One of this double header, Schofield released a statement in which he revealed that, during his time working on This Morning, he had been involved in an 'unwise but not illegal' relationship with a young man working on the show. It was a...

This week, in Part One of what is the first ever double-bill for the podcast, Jacki and Lyle discuss how ITV, Phillip Schofield, and Holly Willoughby handled the feud between the iconic presenting duo. This episode was recorded immediately after it was announced that Schofield was leaving ITV's flagship daytime television programme, This Morning, for what at the time appeared to be fairly ambiguou...

This week, Jacki and Lyle are joined by the wonderful Connor Mitchell, a freelance PR and communications consultant, and outright pitching extraordinaire! Connor made his name as one of the industry’s best coverage-getters. Having previously been the UK media lead for pan-European, high-growth tech agency, Tyto, after joining as one of the earliest team members, in July 2021, he decided to go it a...