PR Not BS
Fiona Scott is a straight talking PR professional, a former TV journalist who has run a successful PR company for 14 years. Fiona dispels the smoke and mirrors around the world of public relations and instead presents you with practical advice, hints, tips and inspiration.
Episodes
123 episodes
Anita Jaynes talks about building a magazine in a changing world
Hosted by Lauren Roberts, today’s podcast welcomes Anita Jaynes, founder of The Business Exchange magazines which distributes its two editions, Swindon and Wiltshire and Bath and Somerset.Anita joins Lauren to catch up PR Not BS listener...
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Tamsin Welton shares how being there for your clients is never a bad thing!
Fiona’s guest today is Tamsin Welton, the new homes sales manager McFarlane Sales and Lettings.In this episode of ‘PR not BS’ podcast Tamsin dives into her journey to becoming an estate agent and how being a good estate agent is not abou...
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Dave Southby is doing the right thing for his clients and local community!
Lauren’s guest today is Dave Southby, the founder and managing director of Southby & Co Financial Planning. Now in his fifth year of business having started in business alone, there are now a team of six. The team includes anoth...
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Matthew Stafford talks about entrepreneurial networking that’s out of the box
My guest today is someone I hadn’t met until this podcast: Matthew Stafford who like me is an entrepreneur.Matthew is the founder of a business called 9 Others, which is a global network of entrepreneurs. Along with his co-founder, Katie...
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Simon Read talks about selling accountancy businesses
My guest today is a good business friend who I’ve met through networking - Simon Read a business broker specialising in selling accountancy firms. He shares his journey from working in sales to becoming a business broker. He talks ...
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Jo Smyth shares how she fell into PR
Lauren’s guest is someone that we are well acquainted with at Scott Media, Jo Smyth, who runs her own PR business - Word Worker. Jo collaborates closely with Scott Media with a couple of mutual clients, and she also does Scott Media’s PR.
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Looking ahead to insights and trends for 2026
Today I’m my own guest! As you know, my main aim in business is to help people and their business or organisation to become more visible. I’m going to share some PR tips, insights and trends ready for 2026, that I hope will help you to plan and...
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Janet Shreeve helps people to understand their choices in care
My guest today is both client and friend, Janet Shreeve. We’ve both got exciting news to share about a new venture we’re working on together. Firstly though, Janet talks about Shreeve Care Services and how 2025 is ending for her.Janet sh...
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Sam Kaeokon ‘It’s not about winning, it’s about the journey between’
One of my TV guilty pleasures to watch is Master Chef and today I’m thrilled to meet one of this years’ finalists – Sam Kaeokon.Sam has lived in Swindon for just over 10 years, and coming from Thailand, unsurprisingly he loves to cook Th...
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Debbie Gilbert is championing women in business
My guest today is business friend Debbie Gilbert, who runs a marketing agency, the networking company called Businesswomen UnLtd and also runs events including The Best Businesswomen Awards and the Best SME Awards. She is also about to launch a...
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Liz Perkins talks about the busy life of a national journalist
My guest today is a returning guest, Liz Perkins. Liz is the night news editor on the Sunday Telegraph and the Telegraph, plus she also writes freelance stories across the national papers too. She is incredibly busy and always on the go!...
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Gareth Davis from UK martial arts to US real estate!
I’ve known today's guest for many years, and the first thing I asked Gareth Davis to talk about was his memory of first meeting the Scott family.Gareth first met my son David when he was at Westlea Primary School in Swindon. David was ab...
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Lou Muir Sage says if you’ve got a dream – don’t park it!
Today, Lauren is talking to Louise Muir Sage of ‘Something Kind of Woo’, a crystal shop in Royal Wootton Bassett.Alongside crystals, she also sells incense, essential oils, tarot and oracle cards. Plus Lou is a Reiki practitioner and run...
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Sandra Stahl talks about how AI is a fantastic efficiency tool
My guest today, Sandra Stahl is from New York, who like me has worked in PR for many years. She has spent her career working in both New York and in various other places around the globe, including London.Sandra talks about how she start...
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John Lewis has a passion for helping others!
For today’s podcast, Lauren is talking to John Lewis, a mindset and performance coach at JL Mindset Performance.After working as a holiday rep, on building sites and owning a courier company, John went into coaching because it was someth...
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Georgina Fuller is challenging stigmas
My guest today is Georgina Fuller who has been a journalist for over 20 years. She mostly writes for national newspapers, like The Times, The Telegraph and magazines. Her subjects are broadly lifestyle topics, including parenting, travel and ne...
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Gamal Turawa on how being authentic is the key
In today’s podcast, Lauren talks to Gamal Turawa, who prefers to be known as G.G has a fascinating background and story; one that resonates with many others. Born in the early 1960s, his early life was traumatic. He went on to be a...
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Emma Jones: On a mission to make life easier for small businesses
Today’s guest is Emma Jones, the new Small Business Commissioner, so if you are the owner of a small business, this podcast is not to be missed!Before going into details about her new role, Emma talks about starting her own business in h...
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Harvey Boddy is helping people to find a place to call home
My guest today is someone who I only met a few weeks ago at a networking group. Harvey Boddy is the founder of HGP Property Deals. Working with his business partner, Jackie Collier, a multi-award winning property investor, they help peopl...
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Paula Harsley talks about writing as the customer
In today's episode, Lauren talks to Paula Harsley about being a wordsmith. Paula specialises in helping businesses to bring their internal and external business communications to life.Paula worked in banking for many years and then for t...
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Liz Perkins gives a voice to the voiceless and holds power to account.
My guest joining me today is Liz Perkins, a journalist who was involved in my No BS Media Summit at the end of last year.Liz is the night news editor on the Sunday Telegraph, but also she often appears on Time Radio, talking about Welsh ...
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Matt Barbour knows that people always want a good story and that will always be the case!
Today’s episode of PR not BS with Lauren, she talks to national journalist Matt Barbour. He has been writing for national newspapers and magazines since he was in his early twenties.He got into journalism on a whim. Whilst at the Univers...
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Lewis Steeper shares all about Oliver's legacy
Lauren’s second podcast guest is Lewis Steeper, who along with his wife is the founder of the Oliver Steeper Foundation, following the tragic death of their son in 2021.Lewis shares Oliver’s story, and how he went to nursery as a fit, he...
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