I was recently contacted (proactively) by Jay Rayner from The Observer, who provided some very candid feedback on whether ‘rejection was killing the PR industry’. He has kindly agreed that we can share this feedback.

Synapse, The Stories Marketplace, has continued its rapid growth by announcing a new hire this week. Caitlin Whyte, former PR Account Director at FleishmanHillard, has been appointed the new Head of Growth.

Today, Synapse- The Stories Marketplace announces two new appointments to it’s board to help steer the business through its’ next phase of growth.

Lloyd Embley, who spent 30 years at Reach PLC, one of the UK’s biggest newspaper groups, including almost a decade as editor-in-chief, has joined alongside PR titan, Mark Borkowski, whose decades long career has included authoring a book and founding his own PR agency.