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Burnham’s Building Back Buses blueprint: bringing buses back under public control give cities a chance to reverse one billion lost journeys
Between 1986 and 2019 – the last year before the Covid epidemic hammered public transport – the number of bus journeys in metropolitan areas outside London fell by more than half, from more than two billion a year to fewer than a billion, according to analysis by Be The Best Communications’ People, Places, Policy and…
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Number of people living on the streets of London rises to highest level in at least a decade
The number of people living on the streets of London has risen to its highest level in at least a decade. The latest Combined Homelessness and Information Network (CHAIN) report recorded a total of 2,949 people sleeping rough in the capital in October-December 2021. Of those, 491 were deemed to be living on the streets…
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Integrated Rail Plan: Study of thousands of train journeys shows six worst connected cities are in the north and Midlands
Analysis of more than 3,000 real-life train journeys between Britain’s 20 largest cities shows that London is Britain’s best-connected city while Bradford is the worst followed by Nottingham and Hull. Four of the top six best connected major cities are in the south or Scotland. All of the bottom six worst connected major cities are in…
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What can we learn from Ofcom’s News Consumption Report?
2020 was a significant year in British media and communications. The Covid-19 pandemic meant people’s lives depended on the information they received through the government on the BBC and other platforms. More than 27 million people across six networks watched Boris Johnson announce the first national lockdown in March. It was also a year dominated…
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90% of Britain’s richest tech millionaires are based in London and the South East – How can regional economies retain their talent?
People don’t have to go to university to be successful. People don’t have to live in London to be successful. However, having crunched the data, Be The Best Communications can reveal that the new generation of Britain’s tech entrepreneurs are overwhelmingly choosing to do both – go to university and base themselves in London and…
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Be The Best Communications launches new data-fuelled digital PR service
Be The Best Communications is excited to announce the launch of “Search PR” – its new data-fuelled digital PR and marketing division. This has been launched in response to client demand for digital services after revenue increased by more than 80% in 2020. “Search PR” combines multiple digital disciplines together into one strategic offering, including…
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We are hiring. Are you our next Senior PR Account Manager or Senior Digital PR Strategist?
Be The Best Communications is continuing to grow. Do you want to be the best that you can be? Do you want to join a growing agency with a clear vision of how to do things better for our clients and for our team? Do you have the drive and ambition to help us become…
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We’re recruiting. Do you want to help our growing agency become the best in the North?
Be The Best Communications is growing. Do you want to be the best that you can be? Do you want to join a growing agency with a clear vision of how to do things better for our clients and for our team? Do you have the drive and ambition to help us become the best…
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Be The Best appointed to launch creative writing competition backed by Nobel winner Malala Yousafzai
Be The Best Communications has been appointed to launch a new creative writing competition for secondary school students, backed by the world’s youngest Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, and the National Literacy Trust. New education technology organisation Connected Creatives has appointed In My Experience and Be The Best Communications to launch the 500-word writing competition to…
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Coverage update: Lorna Bithell joins Be The Best
A number of industry and regional publications have covered the news of our latest hire, Lorna Bithell, joining Be The Best Communications. Lorna has joined us as Senior Consultant following more than six years in public relations for a wide range of technology, property, housing, finance, and education clients. The titles that published the story…
