When I first blogged at the start of the lockdown, along with everyone, I longed to be free to hit the high street and shop till I dropped. But that is not how I feel today now that I can. In trying to analyse where the urgency has gone, I think there are a several […]

As the human equivalent of a hamster who has been (happily) turning her wheel for a very long time, one of the worst prospects when lockdown was announced was wondering what I would do with all the inevitable spare time. Who was I kidding! All those household jobs I had mentally lined up, remain undone. […]

Dawn is breaking over our new world.  Soon we will see who has survived the lockdown winter and who has adapted to the new order of things.  For those privileged enough to have survived (and thrived) it is a very exciting prospect. But for many it is still a time of fear for the outcome […]

Spider have been appointed by Sons, an exciting new online men’s healthcare brand, to help launch their new range of men’s hair loss products.  Healthcare is one of the many areas Spider specialise in, with knowledge of the media, the consumer and practitioners.   ‘Hair loss affects 6.5 million men in the UK and there is often still a taboo associated with talking openly […]

What we’ve learnt in 7 short weeks We’ve learnt to live at home and make it our social hub We’ve learnt to cope without cars, buses, and tubes We’ve found our feet and walked, cycled, and scooted We’ve noticed the blossom, the birdsong, and the silence We’ve learnt new etiquettes of waiting in line, of […]

A strong year for Team Spider has seen us climb 11 places to 78th place from 89th in PRWeek’s Top 150 PR Consultancies for 2020. The announcement serves as another milestone for Spider’s upwards trajectory after several high-profile new business wins this year including clients such as itsu, British Apples And Pears and The Mushroom Bureau.  Reading […]

Survey shows we all just want to go down the pub In this odd world of lockdown latest figures show that time spent on Instagram is up 32% and 53% on Facebook, as we post nostalgic images of past freedom and pine for those we miss. However, a survey* from PR and digital marketing agency Spider, has […]

Luxury low-cal ice cream brand, Oppo Brothers, appoints Spider to handle summer campaign Spider is delighted to announce that it has been appointed to deliver a summer campaign and European toolkit for luxury low calorie ice cream brand, Oppo Brothers. The agency will handle consumer and trade PR as well as influencer engagement to help […]

I wrote a blog four weeks ago at the start of the lockdown. My main observation – more gut reaction than fact – was that we should expect, and prepare for, a new ‘normal’ when we were free to make choices again. It was my view that the world would change and adapt in unforeseen […]

In common with most people, it is hard to recall a more extraordinary period in my life. 3 weeks ago, we were packing up the office and closing the door for an indeterminate time. Something that was unthinkable a month or even a week earlier. The uncertainty of how to run the business at distance, […]

Eeeek! I’ve shrunk… One week in from starting WFH and I realise I am only a quarter of the person I once was.  I get up in the morning, shower and I do my make-up. I tease my hair as best I can. I get dressed and with the dog, my incomparable friend, head off […]

Post lockdown what sort of world awaits? For sure it is never going to be the same again. We will all carry the scar of this extraordinary time in our lives and we will have to learn to live a new ‘normal’. Critically, crisis-buying patterns during the outbreak will inevitably speed adoption of new, permanent […]

It’s exactly a year to the day since I took the plunge and moved to the ‘dark side’ – otherwise known as agency life.  For many years I’ve been working with PR and digital agencies, struggling to truly understand the return on investment; what my budget was buying and what tangible difference, if any, it […]

Spider appointed PR and Influencer Agency for launch of PharmaCare Europe’s CBD product, Naturopathica. There’s a buzzword being muttered about the place recently and for good reason. You may think CBD is the latest trend (recently likened to ‘Avo on Toast’ by the NY Times) but no! There’s more to this product than you may realise. Only […]

PR Week, the industry’s leading trade title, has just published its annual PR Week Top 150 UK agencies list. Based on trading figures for 2018, Spider is a new entrant at number 85. This follows an exceptional year for the agency – 17% year on year growth – and was achieved by a combination of significant new business wins and organic […]

Spider, the PR and Digital agency, has announced the new appointment of a Chief Operating Officer. Michelle Butler, who has spent the last seven years as General Manager of the UK office of Bord Bia (Irish Food Board), brings to Spider considerable experience working directly with FMCG businesses, specialism in sustainability having led the acclaimed Origin Green […]