PRmoment Podcast
The PRmoment Podcast is a series of life story style interviews with some of the leading lights of UK PR.
Episodes
457 episodes
PR, AI and jobs: Is the PR jobs market in crisis?
The episode explores whether the PR jobs market is in crisis, how AI and economics are reshaping recruitment, and what candidates and employers should do next.Ben Smith frames the discussion by noting a “complex scene” where firms are st...
The most important financial KPIs for PR agencies in 2026
This episode distils the six most important financial KPIs PR agency leaders should track, with Rachael Marshall, founder of specialist accountancy firm Magic Digits.Market contextRachael describes the ...
The PR News Review: Musk the trillionaire, John Healey's resignation and Trump's World Cup
In the latest PRmoment Podcast news review, host Ben Smith sits down with PR heavyweights Mark Borkowski and Angie Moxham to dissect a packed agenda covering political downfalls, tech trillionaires, and sports geopolitics. Before diving in, Smi...
The PR pitches and M&A highlights for May, with Andrew Bloch
In the May 2026 edition of the PRmoment Podcast, host Ben Smith sits down with new business maestro Andrew Bloch (AAR, PCB Partners) to dissect a shifting UK communications landscape. The overarching theme of the month highlights a widening div...
The integration of artificial intelligence technologies into PR teams
In this episode of the PRmoment Podcast, Ben Smith and Will Hart, CEO of PRmoment Leaders, engage in a timely debate surrou...
The PR News Review: An analysis of Nicola Sturgeon’s interview with Laura Kuenssberg
In this week's edition of the News Review on the PRmoment podcast, host Ben Smith, is joined by industry heavyweights Mark...
Hope&Glory co-founder James Gordon-Macintosh on Nils Leonardgate
On this PRmoment podcast today we're chatting about the Nils Leonardgate.Is comparing earned media creativity and paid media creativity pointless?I normally have this debate internally in my...
The biggest leadership challenges in PR - right now!
In this episode of the PRmoment Podcast, host Ben Smith sits down with Will Hart, CEO of PRmoment Leaders, to unpack the four most pressing leadership challenges facing senior agency executives. As agencies navigate an era characterized by unpr...
The News Review: Spygate - The PR approaches of Saints & 'Boro compared and Swatch CEO Nick Hayek Jr's less sanitised approach to comms
Stay Ahead of the Comms Curve! As discussed in this week's news review, modern public relations requires a bold, adaptive approach to narrative building and corporate communication. To ensure your skills remain razor-sharp in an evolving...
PR News Review: AI journalism, Back to the Future PR and the UK's political brand war
In this episode of the PRmoment Podcast, host Ben Smith sits down with the industry’s veteran commentators, Mark Borkowski and Angie Moxham, to dissect the shifting boundaries of media integrity, agency w...
AI integration in public relations
This latest PRmoment podcast with Grayling's Tom Symondson explores AI integration in public relations.Tom simplifies the process into 3 themes:AI Integration and StrategyAgencies will implement AI by prioritizing int...
April’s review of PR pitches and mergers & acquisitions in the UK, with Andrew Bloch
This PRmoment podcast looks at the PR pitch market in the UK and the PR M&A activity for April 2026.PRmoment founder Ben Smith interviews Andrew Bloch.Andrew also runs the advisory firm Andrew Bloch & Associates.Pi...
The PR News Review: Starmer's local election troubles, while Nigel, predicably, loves it!
Welcome to the News Review on the PRmoment podcast. In this weekly show I’m joined by Mark Borkowski and Angie Moxham. Here's the agenda for PR Masterclass: ...
The burgeoning consumer PR market of the last 20 years
We probably don’t talk about it enough but we’ve all benefited from the increased depth and breadth of public relations which has developed over the past 20 odd years. This change has probably been most vividly illustrated in consum...
The last rites of Starmer's premiership: The only question now, is when?
A PRmoment Podcast discussion analysing Sir Keir Starmer's failing leadership.Starmer's leadership critiqueAngie Moxham and Mark Borkowski identify poor messaging and lack of decisiveness as fundamental failures in Starmer's ...
Does public relations have the skills it needs for its future?
Today we’re chatting to Zeno’s Sarah Ogden and Thomas Bunn about its Clarity 2030 report. The report identifies a fundamental shift in the PR sector suggesting we are moving from the "Information Age" (where PR focused on distribution and volum...
The potential sale of Burson is not a story about the future of PR but a simple story about the future of 1 company: WPP
Welcome to the PRmoment podcast and on the show today we’re chatting to Jim Donaldson about the news that WPP might sell Burson.Previously Jim was CEO UK and Middle East at Fleishman and held senior roles at both Weber Shandwick and Hill...
The PR News Review: Trump and his axis of chaos, NASA's PR masterclass and Melania
This week's PR News review covered Donald Trump's foreign policy, the resulting and global chaos before moving on to disucss NASA's Artemis mission for its public relations.Trump's foreign policy rhetoricMark Borkowski and Be...
PR agency paralysis is sector wide problem, claims Spint Partners founder James Thomlinson
SummaryThis PRmoment Podcast discussion with James Thomlinson centered on the theme of agency paralysis within the PR industry due to economic pressures and the increasing complexity - of both the PR market and the PR agency busin...
The PRmoment Awards shortlists 2026
Welcome to this special podcast to celebrate the shortlists for the PRmoment Awards.In this show we're going to be talking in detail about the shortlist for the PRmoment Awards in London and we'll be talking about the shortlist for the N...
The PR News Review: Huw Edwards' publicist Barry Tomes, Meta and Google gets a big tobacco moment and the BBC appoints Matt Brittin as DG
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 ...
The PR pitch wins and M&A run down for March
Our March review highlighted a resilient M&A market and increased pitch activity with specialist agencies dominating wins.Pitch and M&A Market HealthThe PR pitch market is good with high agency confidence, but client ...
What does great agency leadership look like?
Host: Will Hart, dean of school, PRmoment LeadersFeaturing:Victoria Usher, CEO and founder, GingerMayDavid Phillips, co-founder and CEO, PangolinThis is a special one-off edition of t...
The PR News Review: Farage’s latest political stunt, Zendaya's married or not and Banksy sad reveal
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....
