Blog: how to get canapés at a PR party

PR parties are meant to be an opportunity for journalists, PRs and industry figures to network and discuss some of the hot topics of the moment. But every conversation I had at the Mainland party seemed to be dominated by canapés. Even if I got into a conversation about something vaguely related to personal finance it would be interrupted by someone shouting, “Canapés two o’clock – grab the waitress!” I know journalists are generally out to get all the freebies they can, but it can’t be giving us a good name to moan about how starving we are or how cold/hard to eat/small/unrecognis...