Forget foundation garments and walk-in bathtubs, the over 55s are attracted to sexy brands and over a third will buy into new products before the general population, separate studies published this week show.

Some 70% of communications professionals think the industry’s two trade bodies should merge, according to a pulse check survey conducted exclusively for Communicate by Question&Retain.

Environmental protesters took very different approaches today to highlighting the climate crisis, with Extinction Rebellion (XR) once again dominating the news agenda.

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) will make a formal overture to the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) today to set merger talks in motion, Communicate can exclusively reveal.

The CIPR draft strategy and consultation has drawn fire from comms professionals and been accused of being “too vague and way too timid”.

PR and social media marketing agency 33Seconds has appointed George Hayley as associate director to lead its consumer PR team.