Andy Poole, former deputy managing partner at Weber Shandwick, and Kate Macnamara, Goodyear Dunlop’s communications manager, are joining Citypress as director and associate director, respectively. Macnamara will also co-head the Birmingham office of Manchester-based Citypress. She joins from Goodyear Dunlop where she was the UK & Ireland communications manager. She is a former PR director and head […]
Exhibition Pub17 has appointed Fleet Street Communications (FSC) as its PR agency after a four-way pitch. A dedicated event for the pub industry, Pub17 is in its third consecutive year, and attracts more than 200 pub suppliers. The show will feature more than 20 free seminars – delivered by industry experts – and a Beer Writers Bar will […]
Mason Williams Communications has been chosen to represent Amieira Marina on the Great Lake Alqueva in Portugal – Europe’s largest man-made stretch of water, situated between Lisbon and Faro. The Amieira Marina, which opened in 2006, has rarely been visited by guests from the UK and Mason Williams has been briefed to introduce UK families, couples and groups to the marina […]
Party conference season is in full-swing and this week’s Labour Party Conference has attracted PRs from both agencies and in-house teams. Gorkana asks attendees from FleishmanHillard Fishburn, MHP, Burson-Marsteller and London Communications Agency about the value of these events in PR. Inevitably, party political conferences – with a range of key players from politicians and journalists to […]
Instinctif Partners, which was crowned ‘Best IR agency or PR consultancy’, and Redleaf Communications, runner-up in the category, were among those recognised at the Corporate & Financial Awards, which took place last night (27 September) in London. Richard Nichols, CEO at Instinctif Partners, said: “To be recognised as the Best PR Consultancy is something that Instinctif Partners would […]
Redleaf Communications has been appointed by Kuflink, a peer-to-peer lending platform and part of The Kuflink Group, to handle its consumer PR. The agency has been briefed to raise the profile of the Kuflink platform, which offers investors the opportunity to invest in specific residential and commercial property opportunities. Emma Kane (pictured), Redleaf’s chief executive, will lead […]
Cold-pressed drinks brand Coldpress has handed a consumer PR brief to Piracy Corporation. Coldpress was launched by its founder, Andrew Gibb, in Australia in 2006, and set up in the UK in 2011. Building on its initial success on fruit juices and smoothies, the company expanded into vegetable-fruit juice blends in January 2015, with the […]
W has opened a full-service office in Amsterdam, in partnership with boutique consultancy roycomm, 12 months after opening its doors in Singapore. W has decided to put down permanent roots in Amsterdam after a series of successful projects, culminating in the launch of the new W Hotel in the city. The W Hotel campaign was […]
Burson-Marsteller has named Mike Fernandez chair of its global corporate and financial practice. Based in New York, Fernandez will spearhead client development, strategy and new service offerings. Most recently, Fernandez led global corporate affairs at food product supplier Cargill and has served as the chief communications officer for five large US-based corporations across different industries, including […]
Next 15, which owns Text100, Bite, OutCast, and MBooth, has acquired tech PR agency Pinnacle for £4.4 million. At the same time, the digital marketing and PR group has reported a 30.3% rise in revenue in the six months ending 31 July 2016, as well as a 47.2% increase in pre-tax profit in the same period. Pinnacle, […]