Pre-heat your ovens – it’s time for Spark Bake Off 2023

Now we’ve seen the last of the late summer/autumn heatwave, many of us will be spending evenings curled up on the sofa. At this time of year, TV schedulers roll out the big guns – including Great British Bake Off. Now the show is back on our screens, that means it’s also time for us to launch anothe...

The Hungry Games – Archery and Pasta galore at the Spark Summer Teambuilding Day 2023

Throughout my first few months at Spark, I’ve heard numerous stories of previous social events and had learnt to expect big things from the Summer Teambuilding Day. Luckily for me, it appeared that I arrived just in time for what has been dubbed ‘the Oscars of the Spark social calendar’, and the pla...

Spark Communications wins PR brief with AI-powered modern learning platform provider, CYPHER Learning

We’re excited to announce that Spark has been selected by CYPHER Learning, a modern learning platform provider, to manage its UK PR programme. We will help CYPHER define its PR and content strategy, developing creative campaigns and thought leadership to drive UK media relations.

CYPHER Learnin...

Q&A with Charles Orton-Jones, freelance business and technology writer: Part 2

In the second part of our media Q&A with freelance business and technology writer Charles Orton-Jones, he shared his thoughts on the PR industry and gave us his advice for anyone looking to pitch stories to him.

What is your biggest frustration with the PR community?

Photography. Many British PR...

Q&A with Charles Orton-Jones, freelance business and technology writer: Part 1

In the latest of our media Q&A series, we invited freelance business and technology writer Charles Orton-Jones into the hotseat. In this first part, he shares his thoughts on journalism, his work as a freelancer, and what makes him tick.

How did you get into journalism?

By accident! I was 18 and...