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The 2026 Independent Impact 50 Awards – final call for entries! 🚨 For anyone in my amazing freelancer network thinking of applying, the deadline is this Friday, 20 Feb ⏳ These awards were created… |... The 2026 Independent Impact 50 Awards – final call for entries! 🚨 For anyone in my amazing freelancer network thinking of applying, the deadline is this Friday, 20 Feb ⏳ These awards were created to...

The 2026 Independent Impact 50 Awards – final call for entries!

For anyone in my amazing freelancer network thinking of applying, the deadline is this Friday, 20 Feb ⏳. Read more tinyurl.com/5n6hwbym

The 2026 Independent Impact 50 Awards: Entries are open!
Last year, I was pretty chuffed -and still am!- to be named one of the UK’s Top 50 Independent PR Practitioners.
To hear more about the experience and how to enter this year tinyurl.com/bdfnth6d #freelance #PR

Crystal Ball: How IPOs and dealmaking will shake out in 2026 | Fortune Term Sheet readers sounded off on how they think the state of exits in the private markets will evolve through 2026.

In case you missed it: Crystal Ball: How IPOs and dealmaking will shake out in 2026 fortune.com/2026/01/06/c... via @fortune.com by @agarfinks.bsky.social. #CrystalBall #IPOs

🎤 What does Halloween, and #standupcomedy have to do with confidence and community? Turns out - quite a lot! Last night’s Open Mic Stand up brought together digital nomads for an evening of laughter, music & shared courage tinyurl.com/2ncdnjnn #standup #womenincomedy

Take a look at today’s Daily Brief for the latest sci-tech news, such as:

💰 Overhaul raises $105m
🥽 Dublin’s MixRift appoints former Meta VP to board
💷 NI gets £30m for sci-tech industrial strategy

...and more!
mailchi.mp/siliconrepub...

In case you missed it - 🗞️ Good journalism is hurting - and it’s personal. In the past few months, we’ve seen incredibly talented reporters, editors, and photographers - across major outlets and small publications - facing layoffs, closures, and uncertainty. How can we support? shorturl.at/tEeSE

🗞️ Good journalism is hurting – and it’s personal.

In the past few months, we’ve seen incredibly talented reporters, editors, and photographers - across major outlets and small publications - facing layoffs, closures, and uncertainty. These are people who’ve dedicated their careers to telling…

✨ A training session for CEOs, founders & execs blending confident speaking, presentation skills and media insight, with just the right dose of comic relief - especially important in these pretty grim times. If you end up behind a mic-at a panel, pitch, networking event or all‑hands-this is for you!

🌊 Greetings from Elafonisi, and ‘secret’ Kedrodasos beach! | Maria Loupa 🌊 Greetings from Elafonisi, and ‘secret’ Kedrodasos beach! How can I not bring this clarity and energy back with me? A nice reminder of the perks of freelance life that I’m grateful for. Amid a whirlw...

🌊 Greetings from Elafonisi & ‘secret’ Kedrodasos beach! Back in the ‘office’ after a mini-break – hit me up if you're a founder, startup or VC - especially with LLMs pulling from earned media - smart, strategic PR is more valuable than ever. Full post shorturl.at/VfD3c.

Wagestream acquires pension technology provider Zippen With this acquisition, Wagestream expands its financial wellbeing platform, addressing unclaimed pensions and supporting the long-term financial health of workers.

Wagestream acquires pension technology provider Zippen tech.eu/2025/07/16/w...

👀 Spotted yourself in Google’s new AI-powered search yet? Love it or hate it, it's here to stay - while there's no guaranteed way to feature prominently, here's some practical steps to increase your chances…without breaking the bank. 💸
tinyurl.com/3b3kz759 #FridayPR101Day

Wagestream secures £300M debt financing to expand its alternative to high-interest loans Wagestream’s solutions are offered to over three million people through 2,000+ brands, helping employees make better financial wellbeing decisions.

Wagestream secures £300M debt financing to expand its alternative to high-interest loans tech.eu/2025/05/07/w...

Proud and privileged to announce that I was named one of the UK's top 50 independent PR practitioners, in the Independent Impact 50 awards lnkd.in/d4WutAa9. Massive thank you to 72Point @prca-hq.bsky.social @cipr.co.uk @rodcartwright.bsky.social Nigel Sarbutts Socially Mobile @provokemedia.com

OpenAI's image generator for ChatGPT, AI & sustainability - the 'post doll' era and real-world energy metrics. Bonus visual- image use & other everyday activities vs energy consumption bit.ly/4jBrtV2 #AIinPR *(Pls excuse spelling mistakes, I skipped fixing to keep image generation to a minimum ;))

What better way to kick off the week than a guest lecture
@citystgeorges.bsky.social? I had a blast talking #CrisisComms, #AIwashing & #PR career advice w/ students on the Strategic Communication course; thanks much again for the invite to Dr Shubhda Arora - always a privilege & pleasure!

What is Labour's plan for AI and what does it mean for London? Keir Starmer talks a big talk on AI – but he hasn’t yet convinced the industry, our writer reports

The folks at @standard.co.uk.web.brid.gy asked me to look at what impact the Labour government's plan for AI will have on the tech sector www.standard.co.uk/news/tech/la...

I tried something! Let me know if this works for you.

This is a handbuilt list of journalists, academics, industry figures, activists et al on Bluesky who are focused on tech — especially online platforms, social media and AI. Click "Pin to Home" if you find it worthwhile: bsky.app/profile/will...

OpenAI unveils a new ChatGPT agent for ‘deep research’ OpenAI is announcing a new AI “agent” designed to help people conduct in-depth, complex research using ChatGPT, the company’s AI-powered chatbot platform. Appropriately enough, it’s called deep research. OpenAI said in a blog post published Sunday that…

OpenAI unveils a new ChatGPT agent for ‘deep research’

Open LLMs for transparent AI in Europe - LUMI Europe’s leading AI companies and research institutions combine their forces and expertise to develop next-generation open-source language models in an unprecedented collaboration to advance European ...

🚀 Europe’s leading #AI companies, research institutions and @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social's centers combine their forces to develop next-generation open-source language models to advance European AI capabilities, the #OpenEuroLLM project. Press release: www.lumi-supercomputer.eu/open-euro-llm/
#LLM #LLMs

DeepSeek gets Silicon Valley talking Since Chinese AI company DeepSeek released an open version of its reasoning model R1 at the beginning of this week, many in the tech industry have been making grand pronouncements about what the company achieved, and what it means for the state of AI.…

DeepSeek gets Silicon Valley talking

Thousands protest in #Thessaloniki, #Greece, chanting "I have no oxygen," demanding justice for the Tempe train disaster that claimed 57 lives. Demonstrators nationwide called for accountability and additional reforms in rail safety.
#Tempe

How VCs and investors can amplify their portfolio companies’ success with PR

Busy start to 2025 – nonetheless, the first #FridayPR101Day of the year is upon us, and this week we’re diving into how VCs and investors can amplify their portfolio companies’ success with the power of PR. Whether you’re…

Small studio, big impact: how MixRift is redefining MR gaming Through rapid prototyping and player feedback, MixRift is a strong competitor in a rapidly evolving tech space.

Small studio, big impact: how MixRift is redefining MR gaming

David Lynch smirking in an interview -Believe it or not, Eraserhead is my most spiritual film. -Elaborate on that. -No.

WPP employees push back on return-to-office policy with petition WPP CEO Mark Read informed employees they have to return to the office four days a week from April.

WPP employees push back on return-to-office policy with petition #pr #comms

Artificial Intelligence: Plan to 'unleash AI' across UK revealed Leading tech firms are said to have committed £14bn towards the project, which could create more than 13,000 jobs.

Artificial Intelligence: Plan to 'unleash AI' across UK revealed

Some thoughts about the government’s ambitious new plans for UK AI

The Guardian view on content moderation: Meta did far too little. Now it wants to do even less | Editorial Loosening already limited safeguards on social media platforms is not just damaging. It could ultimately prove deadly Mark Zuckerberg famously boasted that Facebook had a saying: “Move fast and break things”. His product has not just destroyed industry…

The Guardian view on content moderation: Meta did far too little. Now it wants to do even less | Editorial

Facebook and X must comply with UK online safety laws - minister Peter Kyle responds after Mark Zuckerberg confirms changes to how content on Meta is monitored.

Facebook and X must comply with UK online safety laws - minister

Hey, Maybe It's Time to Delete Some Old Chat Histories Your messages going back years are likely still lurking online, potentially exposing sensitive information you forgot existed. But there's no time like the present to do some digital decluttering.

Your messages going back years are likely still lurking online, potentially exposing sensitive information you forgot existed. But there's no time like the present to do some digital decluttering.