A number of UK PR heavyweights have issued a “call to arms” on diversity to the PR industry following the closure of diversity networking group Ignite.

Tanya Joseph, a former press officer to former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, and ex-Edelman UK CEO Robert Phillips have put their weight behind a PRCA drive to ensure efforts to promote diversity do not stumble.

Joseph, the director of business partnerships at Sport England, will be chairwoman of the organization's Diversity Network and Phillips ...