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Business Travel Show Europe 2025 - a year-round PR and social success story
How Big Top helped Business Travel Show Europe 2025 cut through a crowded events landscape with a year-round, integrated campaign.
Kicking off in Singapore style: launching Business Travel Show Asia Pacific
When Big Top landed the brief to support the inaugural Business Travel Show Asia Pacific, we knew we’d be helping to shape something special.
5 reasons why a proactive press office is your secret weapon in 2025
We’re not just saying it: brands can no longer afford to sit back and wait for opportunities to come to them. A proactive press office is the key to staying ahead. Here’s why it should be your secret weapon in 2025.
How to write a killer award entry: a guide
Writing an award-winning entry isn’t just about filling out a form. Read our guide for insider tips – or let us take the pressure off and write it for you!
Our top 10 PR, media relations and social media predictions for 2025
It’s 2025 and we’re back with some brand new predictions for the year ahead. Not saying we’re a team of Mystic Megs, but we made some predictions in early 2024 that we, our clients and the industry as a whole saw come to pass…so maybe we do know what we’re talking about!
New Scientist Live 2024: making science accessible and celebrated across the UK and beyond
New Scientist Live is one of Europe’s most iconic science and technology events. Big Top was excited to manage New Scientist Live’s PR for the second year, delivering a campaign that ticked every objective, expanded awareness and attracted new audiences.
Behind the scenes of IGD’s Mmmake Your Mark Campaign
We had the pleasure of teaming up with IGD for its Mmmake Your Mark social media campaign a fresh, creative push that’s all about showcasing why the UK’s food and drink industry is such an exciting place to work.
A record-breaking show: Brand Licensing Europe 2024
In a fitting tribute to the show’s quarter-century celebrations, 2024’s event was the biggest BLE in history.
Event PR: you need specialists, not generalists
There’s a lot more goes into an event than just the day that’s in it.
How to use social media to launch a brand new event
Create buzz from scratch? We can do that.
The Meetings Show Asia Pacific: using FOMO on social media to launch a new event
What does a brand new event need on social media? BUZZ!
Building a community to launch a new festival
The power of social media when it comes to hyping up a crowd.
How can newsjacking get me coverage?
Newsjacking is the PR superpower you never knew you needed…
Making the UK #RespectRetail - our results
Did you know that 90% of retail workers have experienced abuse? Here’s what we’re doing about it.
AI tools for PR: our top tips
AI in PR - what’s it all about? Our very own Nikki Alvey investigated by attending a course run by the CIPR: Introduction to AI.
Blending physical and digital worlds with Fall Guys x Champion
Combining the virtual world of gaming phenomenon Fall Guys with physical fashion brand Champion, we managed a simultaneous trade launch with Champion’s PR agency in France and the Epic Games PR team in the US.
Repurposing content: getting more out of every piece
Content is king and the pressure is on to stand out. But you don’t need to reinvent the wheel to create something that works for your audience.