Financial services, energy and technology comms agency Aspectus has promoted Tim Focas to lead its capital markets sub-sector. Focas will be responsible for providing strategic comms advice to existing capital markets clients and driving new business opportunities in the sector. He will report to group director Ellie Jackson, who leads Aspectus’s European financial services practice. […]
Huw Turbervill, managing editor at The Cricketer, discusses the magazine’s loyalty to its readers and the upcoming Ashes series, including a score prediction. You’ve just launched your Ashes preview edition, what do you think will be the main talking point throughout the series? Whether it matters if Australia have pacier bowlers than England. The tourists […]
Electric street racing motorsport series Formula E has appointed CSM Sport and Entertainment to handle its global and local PR following a competitive pitch process. The agency will be responsible for promoting greater brand awareness through consistent sport and lifestyle media coverage in a key markets including the UK, US, Germany, France, Italy and Brazil. Paul […]
Bristol City Council took home two highly coveted gold awards at Friday’s Chartered Institute of Public Relations PRide Awards for the South of England and Channel Islands. At a ceremony which saw gongs spread across teams, the council’s comms team was awarded the gold for Outstanding In-House Public Relations Team, while Joe Ball, one of its […]
Here’s our round-up of essential PR news stories and features from the past week, including the winners of the CIPR Midlands PRide awards, account wins for Hills Balfour and Big Brand Ideas and Cision’s Abe Smith on how print media and television complement each other. Opinion Abe Smith, Cision’s president of EMIA, explores the combination of print and […]
Laureus World Sports Awards has appointed Clifford French to implement a UK comms and influencer strategy to promote its 2018 ceremony in Monaco. Following a competitive pitch, the agency will develop a four-month campaign which focuses on reaching new audiences around the Laureus Awards and promoting the work of Laureus Sport for Good. The earned […]
Tom Ffiske, senior account executive at Porter Novelli London, discusses his role as comms director of the Quidditch Premier League and how he assists QuidditchUK and the International Quidditch Association. Can you outline how the sport works without magic? Quidditch was adapted from the Harry Potter novels almost twelve years ago in the US. It […]
Hotel operator glh Hotels has appointed W as lead global agency for the launch of the new Hard Rock Hotel in London following a competitive pitch. The agency’s creative launch programme will encompass international consumer and lifestyle media relations, trade engagement, talent and influencer activity, digital content and social media. It will run from late […]
Woodworking and joinery trade association the British Woodworking Federation has appointed Speed Communications as its retained PR and comms agency. The agency will deliver a multichannel comms programme focusing on fire door and chair safety, raising the organisation’s profile, promoting its industry accreditation process and driving new membership. The programme will combine film and digital […]
Public affairs and property comms specialist Remarkable Group has appointed Steve Summers as a director. He will play a major role in growing the agency’s client list across the capital and south-east as it looks to expand across the property, infrastructure, energy and transport sectors. Summers joins following seven years at Bell Pottinger, with four […]