FleishmanHillard Fishburn has appointed Lyndsay Haywood as director of business development in its London office. Haywood will support new business opportunities across all of the agency’s practices. She was previously a partner and director at Lansons. In her 17 years at the agency she directed its corporate, crisis and B2B accounts. She was also responsible […]
Digital photo service Photobox has appointed Frank PR to support the launch of its The Crown from the Crowd photo project. Frank will work with the company to compile a photographic biography of the royal family using pictures taken by the public. Its campaign will help to crowd-source images for the project. Timed to coincide […]
Brighton & Hove Energy Services Co-operative (BHESCo) has appointed NeoNodal to support its comms, marketing and branding strategy. The comms consultancy will use its skills and experience to help the green energy group develop its digital presence and comms tactics to support its strategic plan. NeoNodal will help the group to refine its key messages and […]
Maggie Semple OBE, founder of Semple magazine and The Semple Edit, discusses the latter’s launch, the difference between the two publications and how PRs can work with her team. Can you provide a brief overview on The Semple Edit? In 2012 we published our first Semple magazine and for the next five years, we presented thoughtful […]
Here’s a round-up of the week’s essential PR news, featuring a story that changed Microsoft’s corporate comms forever an interview with Esquire style director Charlie Teasdale and news from the PRCA. Thought leadership In 2013, Steve Clayton, Microsoft’s chief storyteller, did something that changed its corporate comms forever. Click here now to find out what. Kaizo director Steph […]
Relevance International has appointed Anita Gryson as associate director and Alice Lacey as account director in its recently launched London office. Gryson has 11 years’ experience in luxury comms and has worked with brands including The Leading Hotels of the World, Raffles Hotels & Resorts and The Lanesborough London. Lacey is an experienced property communicator who has worked with UK […]
Home and fashion retailer Laura Ashley has appointed Halpern as its retained PR agency. The agency will support on special projects to help the brand celebrate its 65th anniversary this year and it will also run press offices for both the company’s home and fashion divisions. Nick Kaloyirou, joint chief operating officer at Laura Ashley, […]
Issa PR founder Viet N’Guyen discusses the agency’s London expansion, the brands she’s worked with and which influencers she’d most like to collaborate with. What made you found your own agency? After a decade at Edelman in London and New York working with global brands like Tiffany & Co., Heineken, Volkswagen, Dove, Maserati and others, […]
Middle East restaurant group Ghia Holdings has appointed Mason Williams Communications to manage comms around the launch of its Abd El Wahab Lebanese restaurant in London. The agency will manage an integrated campaign accessing both traditional and social channels across the UK. It will run a series of familiarisation dining events with leading London hotel […]
Virtual reality training programme Zwift has appointed Brandnation to handle UK PR and comms for its new running platform, Zwift Run, following its global launch. Brandnation will create a number of campaigns to help support the company’s launch period in the UK, including leveraging the brand’s ambassador portfolio. The brief will be led by Joe Murgatroyd, account director […]