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Enter Now: Asia-Pacific Consultancy Performance Index 2026 🌏

Enter Now: Asia-Pacific Consultancy Performance Index 2026 🌏

Submissions are now open for the 2026 Asia-Pacific Consultancy Performance Index, our data-driven benchmark that recognises PR consultancies across a range of key industry metrics.
David Blecken 18 May 2026
Nomura names international corporate comms leader

Nomura names international corporate comms leader

Fritz Quinn joins the Japanese bank after 17 years at AMEX.
David Blecken 15 May 2026
Japan's SSU to integrate with entertainment firm Akatsuki

Japan's SSU to integrate with entertainment firm Akatsuki

New entity will combine creative PR and IP management, while privatising the country's second-biggest PR firm.
David Blecken 15 May 2026
Vero acquires majority stake in SEA's Mad Hat Asia

Vero acquires majority stake in SEA's Mad Hat Asia

Deal takes Vero's fee income to $13.5m and deepens its integration of corporate and public affairs with cultural intelligence across the region.
Arun Sudhaman 23 Apr 2026
Presence without performance: Gulf internal comms study

Presence without performance: Gulf internal comms study

Nine in ten Gulf organisations have an internal communications function, but fewer than one in three think it actually works.
Arun Sudhaman 22 Apr 2026
Introducing the Earned First Awards

Introducing the Earned First Awards

Across the profession, awards have multiplied. Recognition for serious communications work hasn’t.
Arun Sudhaman 14 Apr 2026
No ordinary sale

No ordinary sale

WPP's heavily-trailed decision to sell Burson marks another watershed for the public relations sector.
Arun Sudhaman 13 Apr 2026

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