PRmoment Podcast

In this episode of the PRmoment podcast, Ben Smith and Mark Borkowski discuss British politics, media credibility, journalism, and television. They begin with the Islington by-election and the Green Party. The hosts discuss Labour’s win and Zach Polanski’s campaign, including criticism of his absence from a party vote on a controversial Israel–Palestine policy. Borkowski says Polanski is a strong communicator but argues that avoiding the vote may have damaged his image as a forthright leader...

This week's PRmoment Podcast reviews UK PR pitch activity, agency M&A, and market trends across the summer and September 2026. Overall, the tone is constructive: the market remains busy, clients are still commissioning briefs, and agencies are finding opportunity in both broad integrated mandates and deeper specialist work. The main challenge is not a lack of demand, but converting that demand into higher-quality wins. PR Pitch Market Outlook The episode opens with a positive read on the ...

In this week's PRmoment News Review, host Ben Smith and guests Mark Borkowski and Angie Moxham covered four PR stories: Earl Spencer's book, Harry and Meghan, Andy Burnham's visit to Trump Land, and Ed Sheeran's tour controversy. Charles Spencer's book Mark said Swan Song: Diana, My Sister had huge publicity, helped by the Mail serialisation and a Laura Kuenssberg interview. Still, he felt it had "a nasty smell" and was "a bit of a bank raid". Harry and Meghan Mark described the couple's late...

With 100 Days of 2026 to go, Warren Johnson founder of W Communications and PRmoment Podcast host Ben Smit discuss 2026 so far, and look ahead to Q4 and 2027. The PRmoment podcast is produced in association with the Markettiers Network Warren Johnson's verdict on 2026 so far is blunt: "Indies up, networks down." He argues independents have had a strong year while the big networks continue their "seemingly endless merging and rebranding." Pushing back on the idea that AI and...

This edition of the PRmoment News Review, hosted by Ben Smith with Angie Moxham and Mark Borkowski, worked through four stories that each turned on the same question: what communications can and cannot fix. The Sussexes opened the show, and both guests pushed back hard on the week's dominant narrative. Borkowski said he felt "incredibly sorry" for the couple's comms team and rejected the theory that their PR is incompetent — the problem, he argued, is a client who defines the work and then ca...