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An insight Into Public Relations Work Experience- By Rachel Boulter

As I am currently studying Journalism at Nottingham Trent University, I wanted to gain experience in as many aspects of the field as possible. After spending time in a news room, I felt the next place to look should be Public Relations. Walking into the office of Poppy PR on Monday, with no knowledge of […]

Read About Our New Contract in the North West

Poppy–PR has been appointed to carry out PR for Palace Chemicals Limited- A signing, which will see the agency working in the North West for the very first time. The appointment will see the Derbyshire based PR agency devising a PR and social media strategy, for the company based in Liverpool. Palace Chemicals was founded in 1978 and has seen continuous growth throughout almost 40 years. This has been backed by significant investment in […]

We Have The ‘Skills’ To Take Holiday Firm Forward

Derbyshire based PR and Communications agency, Poppy PR has proved it has the skills required to secure a contract with Skills Holidays, the iconic coach travel company. The Ilkeston based agency will be providing PR support to the firm based in Bulwell, to drive the company’s three main brands- Laver, Coach Style and Skills Holidays. […]

Bake offs, fashion designers and creating campaigns

Bradd Farnsworth on his week spent with the Poppy team I have recently been studying for my masters degree in journalism at Nottingham Trent University and whilst the course proved valuable I wanted to enhance my skills in a practical workplace environment and so I contacted Tina at Poppy PR in Ilkeston to enquire about […]

Our First Client Says ‘You’re Hired’ Once Again

Poppy-PR has proved its relationships are built to last by once again joining forces with its first ever client. The PR agency, founded by Tina Clough , 32, originally carried out a full PR campaign for IPS Estates back in 2010. It has just secured a contract to once again engage with the firm based […]

GDPR- When PR Becomes Even More Valuable

Tina Clough is managing director of Poppy-PR. Tina has seen many changes to the face of PR over the last seven years- some making life more difficult to carry out effective media relations, and some which have transformed the industry for the better. Here she outlines why PR could see a boost amidst these latest […]

Never a dull day!

It’s been a busy old week for the Poppy PR team, we can hardly believe it’s Friday already. We started the week by meeting with Craig from Your IT Department, who won our competition for a free press release. The company are doing great at the moment and we have written the story, ready to […]

Devastating Diagnosis Sparks Charity Fundraiser For Poppy-PR

With more than half of its workforce being affected by cancer, and one of its PR managers announced as one of the top fundraisers for Macmillan, the team at Poppy-PR has revealed that it will be holding a very special networking event on September 29 for charity. The event will see the PR agency located […]

Tina experiences what it’s like for people living with Dementia

Tina recently underwent a personal crusade to find out more about a disease which affects 850,000 sufferers in the UK alone. Putting herself in the shoes of a Dementia sufferer, here she unveils why we all have a responsibility towards education about the life-changing illness. Like many of us, the word Dementia means very little […]

Cloughie’s Conundrum: Don’t Be Left Up The Creek With No Paddle In A Crisis

Poppy-PR has been flexing it’s crisis communications muscles of late, and adding a new string to its proverbial bow of services. Now a little unknown fact- All of our team have been trained with the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) and as part of that training, we all hold media law qualifications- […]