The technologies accelerating R&D breakthroughs during COVID-19 and beyond

A lot has changed since our previous life sciences blog was posted this time last year. Back then, if you’d have told the Spark team that the world would have a COVID-19 vaccine in less than 12 months, we’d have had a hard time believing you. But the last year has proved that collaboration and lev...

Four reasons why we’re loving the Cycle to Work scheme

Over the last year, the number of people riding bikes has skyrocketed by 200%. Personally I’ve been making more journeys on two wheels after getting bored of pounding the same old streets on my runs during the pandemic. Riding a bike makes it possible to get much further and see different things,...

Q&A with Simon Quicke, MicroScope

We recently caught up with Simon Quicke, editor of MicroScope to find out how he got into journalism and how he works with the PR community.

How did you get into journalism? I originally did a politics degree. However, it became clear I don’t have the scheming or lying ability to be a politicia...

Keeping up with journalists during lockdown

Soho pubs packed shoulder to shoulder, huge crowds of people filing into in an overheating Kensington Olympia, busy labyrinthine corridors that lead to plush hotel meeting rooms – during a pandemic, these staple meeting places seem more like petri dishes than the ideal place to catch up.

With so m...

Q&A with Alex Saric, Chief Marketing Officer, Ivalua - Part 2

In the second part of our two-part client Q&A, Alex Saric, Chief Marketing Officer at Ivalua, outlines what he looks for in a PR agency and provides advice on how organisations can get the most from their PR.

The first part of our interview with Alex can be found here.

What role does headl...