Adviser Rankings‘ Financial PR Rankings for Q3 2016 (4 May – 3 August) show that FTI Consulting has added three FTSE 100 clients, as well as two FTSE 250 clients. The firm tops the FTSE 250 list, and Brunswick tops the FTSE 100 client list with 26. FTI also has the highest number of clients in the majority of sectors – ‘Consumer […]
The Smalls, a content marketplace that connects filmmakers with brands, publishers and agencies, has brought in consumer lifestyle PR agency See.Saw to handle the PR for the 11th annual Short Film Festival, which starts on Friday (2 September). Festival highlights include a keynote speech from Jon Drever, executive producer of 2014 Oscar nominated Virunga and […]
Tour operator Red Savannah has handed a European consumer and corporate PR brief to The PC Agency. Established in 2011 by George Morgan-Grenville, Red Savannah claims to offer bespoke tours “underpinned by 21st Century technology”. Its services include “tailor-made” journeys through Australasia, the Indian sub-continent and South-East Asia, safaris and gorilla tracking trips in Africa, […]
Missed out on this week’s PR News? Get your handy round-up of the essential highlights of PR and media stories, features and events content over the last seven days on Gorkana News. People News Lord Tim Bell has resigned as chairman of Bell Pottinger, 30 years after he founded the agency. He plans to set […]
Hanover has re-appointed Daniel Gilbert as a senior policy adviser, following his 14-month period as a special adviser in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). As a special adviser to the Minister of State for Universities and Science Jo Johnson MP, Gilbert worked on government policy development and comms in the higher education, […]
The PRCA has announced the shortlist for the inaugural Burson-Marsteller-backed Reginald Watts Prize for PR Insight, which saw PR professionals aged 25 or under enter essays on their vision for what the industry will be like in 2020 and beyond. Following the passing in April of former PRCA chairman, CIPR president and UK CEO of […]
PHA Media has been handed an awareness raising brief by charity Music Venue Trust and the agency has been hired by 4th Base Cosmetics to launch its new beauty brand NKBb. Launched in 2014, Music Venue Trust is a national charity working to protect, secure and improve the UK’s grassroots music venues. PHA Media has […]
Yellow Jersey has appointed Adam Wurf as consultant in order to broaden its service offering and drive new business activities. Wurf previously worked as chief marketing officer for Crowdmix and, prior to that, for Fourfront Group. He also worked as a communications director for ISS UK, a facilities services provider. While in consultancy at Chime […]
Communicators can deliver content optimised to reach consumers at the right time and in the right format if they put themselves in the driving seat, says Marcus Sorour, general manager at WE UK. My wife and I spent months researching the perfect car to buy for weekend getaways, emergency trips to the vet and the occasional recycling […]
Abchurch has been appointed to handle financial PR and investor relations for Kazakhstan-based oil and gas exploration and production company Roxi Petroleum (Roxi). Roxi is an AIM-listed company which is looking to acquire and develop interests in oil and gas assets in Central Asia, with a focus on Kazakhstan. Abchurch senior partner TimThompson will lead the account. […]