Latest News - Hughes PR, Adelaide, South Australia

13 February 2012|

“It was 20 years ago today ...”So go the lyrics to the Beatles song “Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”. Twenty...

IKEA Adelaide Soft Toy campaign raises over $23,000 for UNICEF and Save the Children

8 February 2012|

Customers of IKEA Adelaide have raised over €19,200 (approximately $25,000) to help fund education programs for disadvantaged children around the...

Waugh in the West to launch new St Clair Oval

8 February 2012|

Australian cricketing legend Steve Waugh will join players from the Woodville District Cricket Club and reigning SANFL premiers Woodville West Torrens...

150+ South Australian wineries?one cellar door

7 February 2012|

South Australia’s wine industry will once again come together under one roof for the second Cellar Door Wine Festival in Adelaide in February. ...

Construction ramps up on $350 million Adelaide Convention Centre expansion

7 February 2012|

The Construction work will ramp up on Stage One of the $350 million expansion of the Adelaide Convention Centre from today (February 7) following the ...

Hughes blog post: What Woody Harrelson’s Reddit disaster can teach us about social media

6 February 2012|

Today I wanted to touch on another "social media gone wrong" story - but this time it highlights personal branding, not company branding (al...

Clarendon vineyard sold

2 February 2012|

The Hickinbotham family has sold its internationally acclaimed Clarendon Vineyards to a privately-owned US-based wine company. The sale of the 184 ...

Hughes blog post: Beware the perils of Address Book Importing

1 February 2012|

Ever received an odd friend recommendation on Facebook and wondered how and why Facebook thought you knew each other? Or received a LinkedIn invitatio...

Generational change at Hansen Yuncken

20 January 2012|

Mr David Beslich has been appointed Chairman of Australia’s largest private construction company, Hansen Yuncken following the retirement of for...

Win a VIP Fringe experience with BankSA

16 January 2012|

BankSA, the Principal Partner of the 2012 Adelaide Fringe, is giving South Australian residents a fabulous chance to be treated like a VIP through the...

A clear view for new Royal Adelaide Hospital

12 January 2012|

All South Australians from city and country can now watch the construction progress of the new Royal Adelaide Hospital via the Internet, through a web...

Back to school for budding circus stars

11 January 2012|

Dozens of local youngsters will make an early return to the classroom next week for an education of a different kind – circus school at Cirkidz&...

Hughes blog post: Trials and tribulations in search for a name

6 December 2011|

Last week we were musing about how choosing a business name has changed in many ways since the rise of digital media. While many years ago you might d...

Hughes blog post: To QR or not to QR?

5 December 2011|

QR codes – abbreviated from Quick Response codes – are a type of barcode that started out as an invention for manufacturing tracking, but ...

Hughes blog post: Truth, lies and aeroplanes

30 November 2011|

Why do so many companies invest significant time and money on risk management strategies, yet overlook the fact that media-driven public perception, f...

Hughes blog post: Walking the tightrope of healthcare communications

1 November 2011|

Today, we’re looking at the use of public relations by the healthcare industry, and how it can be highly effective if used well, and how it can ...

Hughes blog post: Three social media stuff-ups

29 September 2011|

Earlier in the week, we shared some classic examples of where media interviews or press conferences have gone wrong. Today it’s social media&rs...

Hughes blog post: Three classic media stuff-ups

26 September 2011|

Today, we’re sharing some classic examples of where media interviews or press conferences have gone wrong. If you’ve ever had media train...