Is PR for me? A deep dive with the Spark team – Part 1

I’m one of many Spark team members who moved to PR from a different industry. I used to work at a public affairs agency specialising in planning and development – but realised PR would give me more of an opportunity to get creative.

Don’t get me wrong, some of the Spark team have had PR in their b...

Power up and take note – Five tech tools for remote working success

In flexible workplaces, technology has been playing an increasingly important role in recent years. This goes just beyond video calls and sharing files, however – many of us are increasingly drawing on the power of tech to drive everything from background noise to the way we think. Here are five tec...

Spark Communications wins PR brief with cloud native core banking platform, SaaScada

We’re excited to announce that SaaScada, the cloud native core banking platform provider, has appointed Spark to manage its UK PR programme.

We will be helping define and refine SaaScada’s company story and core messaging. This will establish key thought leadership themes to guide SaaScada’s ong...

Welcome to New York! Spark steps challenge 2023

I can’t quite believe I’m typing this, but here goes – we’re all off to New York. And we’re getting there by foot. Thankfully the trip won’t be quite as brutal as it sounds – let me explain.

For our ‘Welcome to New York’ steps challenge, we’ll be using a step tracker app on our phones in March, ai...

Juggling nappies and news pitching – how flexible work helps first time parents cope

2023 will see my daughter turn two. I’m not quite sure how it’s possible for so much time to have flown by. But as I struggle to comprehend how we are going to cope with the terrible twos, I’ve also been reflecting on how flexible working has helped my wife and I cope as first-time parents.

Having...