In the fifth episode of the season, Dean Connelly, founder of Latte Recruitment is joined by Nyree Ambarchian, co-founder at Jack and Grace and Ella McWilliam, co-founder and CEO at Full Fat to discuss the We Show The Salary pledge and the practicalities of making wages transparent in a PR agency.

Many thanks to our podcast sponsors the PRCA

1 min: Dean and Elizabeth say hello and introduce the We Show The Salary pledge

4 min: "it's about progression, not perfection"

5 min: Dean introduces of Ella McWilliam, co-founder of Full Fat and Nyree founder of Jack and Grace

6 min: Nyree discusses why salary transparency is important

8 min: Ella descirbes it as a "no brainer"

14 min: "there's this shadiness in dark corners where inequality is flourishing."

20 min: A framework and a scorecard for salary brackets would help eliminate unconscious bias

"It would help to eliminate inflated salaries."

24 min: "These things tend to reveal themselves one way or another, you get an inkling that you're not being paid fairly."

27 min: agency leaders need to be "open to feedback" and create a culture when feedback is welcomed.

28 min: What are the steps involved in becoming transparent with salary?

Welcome to our review of PR pitches and mergers & acquisitions in the UK PR scene with Andrew Bloch. Here we discuss the biggest pitch wins and mergers & acquisitions that the PR sector has seen in July 2025

Andrew is the lead consultant - PR, Social, Content and Influencer at the new business consultancy firm AAR and a partner at PCB Partners, where he advises on buying and selling marketing services agencies.

The PRmoment podcast will be taking a more relaxed approach over the summer. We won’t be doing weekly shows but as and when pressing PR issues occur that need discussion we’ll hop back on the pod.

Also, thanks so much to the PRmoment Podcast sponsors the PRCA.

PITCH WINS

Mars global snacking and pet care appoints Weber Shandwick Collective.

Pladis appoints Headland

Tin Man – Double win – Bella and Duke, pet wellness and nutrition, premium raw pet food. Lelo – sexual wellness brand, tasked with shifting the narrative around pleasure without shame.

Global Flower Services appoints Finn partners

Hisense appoints Ranieri

Salesforce appoints Harvard

Xplora appoints Brand Nation

Anker Innovations appoints Red Consultancy

Equinox appoints MHP

Glyde appoints Stacked/Munch PR

Asda appoints Smarts

Fish ‘N’ Chips (Fox’s Burtons savoury snack brand) appoints Frank.

Guatemala Tourism appoints PC Agency

St Pancras Hotel appoints Palm PR

Ordnance Survey appoints Diffusion

Global Brands (VK and Hooch) appoints Hatch

Just Eat appoints Earnies

Prep Kitchen appoints Words + Pixels

Royal Ballet and Opera appoints Hope & Glory

St Mungo’s homeless charity appoints The Academy

Sweaty Betty Foundation appoints Fanclub

Debenhams Group appoints Threesixty

TK Maxx appoints Burson

M&A Activity

Inkling merges with Eight&Four

Supermetrics (leading marketing intelligence platform) acquires Relay 42 (real time customer data platform)

Brave Bison acquire Mark Ritson MiniMBA

Welcome to the latest PRmoment podcast.

On this week’s show we chat to Rebecca Cradick who is vice president, Global Communications at Armis and leads a sizable in-house team alongside multiple agency teams.

Rebecca gives us an in-house perspective in the state comms as we reach the half way point of 2025.

Before we start, it’s your final chance to get your ticket for our PR in AI Masterclass coming up on July 2nd. I’d urge you not to miss this event if you’re interested in the future use of AI in PR. There’s lots of AI insight out there, but speaker wise, this event really does separate the wheat from the chaff. The bluffers from the doers.

Check out the microsite PRMasterclasses.com for all the details including the speaker line-up.

Here’s a summary of what Ben and Rebecca discussed:

What are the responsibilities and objectives as a modern in-house corporate communications leader?

Who are the key stakeholders for in-house public relations professionals?

How does Rebecca see the in-house communications position changing over the next few years?

What is the risk: reward spectrum of the comms environment for brands currently?

Have PR budgets become a problem? Are in-house communicators being asked to do more with a similar budget?

Does the always on nature of a senior comms role make getting a good work life balance difficult?

When Rebecca talks about why WhatsApp has become her most important stakeholder negotiation tool.

Rebecca on why she believes: “Covid changed the expectation of employers. They expect their people to work harder.”

How does Armis use agency support?

Why Rebecca believes the unwritten rules of socialising in a professional environment have changed.