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Westminster honour for PA Coop’s Rachael
Rachael Clamp, a member of the PA Cooperative team, has been named as one of the 100 most influential Women in Westminster (WiW100) for 2025. The #WiW100 recognises outstanding female leadership in...
Follow the money: What Scotland’s latest budget tells us about power at Holyrood
Neil Cuthbert breaks down what's really happening in this year's Scottish Budget.The budget has become a major set-piece of the year, particularly now Scotland faces a minority government following...
The Perils of Political Betting
Political betting hasn't been far from the news headlines of late. This was mostly due to some spectacularly badly-advised Conservative MPs placing bets on the date of the general election that drew...
The Upcoming General Election: A Look at the Polls and Historical Parallels
The blog this month really has to be about the general election on 4th July. But the challenge is what to say? With a relatively long campaign and a lack (some would say) of real debate between the...
Scottish Politics
Scottish politics is rarely dull, but the last 2 weeks were exceptional even by our standards. A combination of missing climate change targets, the SNP terminating its power-sharing agreement with...
How to handle a PR crisis
'PR' and 'crisis' are one of those inseparable duos, like 'bread and butter' or 'fish and chips.' A PR crisis is a situation that threatens the reputation or public image of a business or...
What will a post-nationalist Scotland look like?
When Labour won the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election last October, it described the result as 'seismic'. So are we on the cusp of a political earthquake in Scotland that might cause a sudden...
Treading Carefully: Privacy Laws and Pre-election Sensitivities for PR
In the ever-changing world of public relations, the lines between public transparency and personal privacy are increasingly blurred. Recent high-profile cases have highlighted the need for...
Labour in London is listening to business
It was great to visit London this week for Bill Esterson MP's Business Dinner - a networking evening bringing together business leaders and Labour representatives. I was there with a group mainly...
Can You Ethically Use Ai in Public Relations?
Here in Scotland, 30 November is celebrated as St Andrew's Day and is now an official public holiday. However the date will be marked by many for other reasons. It will mark exactly one year since...
Starmer steers Labour toward election success at Liverpool conference
Sir Keir Starmer speaks to the Labour Conference, 7 October. Photo via Flickr By Neil Cuthbert Chart.PR, Director, PA Cooperative Ltd. I’ve been reflecting on the five days the PA Cooperative team...
What is going on in Scotland?
Summary Neil Cuthbert asks what’s going on in Scotland and shares his thoughts on how each of the parties may perform in the next general election. What is going on in Scotland? By...