An interview with Karl Flinders, Chief Reporter at Computer Weekly

As part of our 25th birthday celebrations, we’ve sat down and recorded interviews with some of the journalists that we have worked with for over two decades.

In our first interview, Karl Flinders, Chief Reporter at Computer Weekly shares how the tech media has evolved over the years, alongside an...

Book Review – The Coming Wave, Mustafa Suleyman

At Spark we value the importance of really absorbing ourselves in technology trends, to gain a deeper understanding of what is impacting our clients and to help us build stories that resonate with the contemporary zeitgeist. And there’s no better way to do that than by reading which is why we are in...

Spark Steps Challenge: Ten million steps in solidarity with the NHS

We walked almost ten million steps in June for our annual steps challenge – which this year was undertaken in solidarity with NHS staff. Now the challenge is complete, and the paces tallied, Spark is very happy to donate £500 to Kingston Hospital Charity

Our challenge was inspired by the fact that...

Spark Summer Team Building Day 2024: Hooking platypuses, not journalists

I’d heard the rumors – Spark’s annual Summer Team Building Day is the stuff of legend, at least within the four walls of our Oxford Street office. Joining the team just in time to miss archery and pasta making last summer, I couldn’t wait to see what was in store this time round. Lovers of small s...

Spark Steps Challenge: Walking in the shoes of NHS A&E staff

Off the back of walking (virtually) all the way from the Spark office to New York, for this year’s challenge we’re going to walk a mile (and more) in the shoes of NHS staff.

I was amazed to read recently that NHS A&E staff can walk as far as 11 miles on a busy shift. That’s more than double t...