UKTV, the UK’s largest multichannel broadcaster, has promoted its comms director, Zoë Clapp, to chief marketing and comms officer. Clapp has been briefed to lead UKTV’s 85-strong marketing and comms team, and will work closely with controller Emma Tennant to grow the viewership and reputation of its network of brands, which include Dave, Drama and W. She will also oversee UKTV’s […]
“Creativity is the standard that sets people in PR apart”, says Sophie Chadwick, account director at PR and creative agency Peppermint Soda. With the majority of PRCA members citing creativity as one of the most important factors when it comes to winning new business, Chadwick offers four top tips to ensure you don’t lose your “creative […]
Following the separation of the PRCA’s South West and Wales Groups, the Wales Group has appointed Sharon Flaherty as its new chairman. Flaherty is the founding director at BrandContent, a Cardiff-based agency, and her previous positions include a journalism role at the Financial Times, followed by marketing roles at organisations such as Confused.com and Moneysupermarket.com. […]
Watch an exclusive video from Gorkana’s media briefing with IB Times UK which was attended by a packed audience last week (May 26) at the Blue Fin Venue on London’s South Bank. In the video, UK editor-in-chief John Crowley and managing editor Julian Kossoff talk about the appointment of several top flight journalists to strengthen IB Times UK’s news team […]
Weber Shandwick has been chosen by Virgin Atlantic as the airline’s new retained agency for UK consumer PR and social media, following a competitive pitch managed by CreativeBrief. Weber Shandwick’s brief will include strategy and creative development for PR and social campaigns to support this new brand positioning. Virgin Atlantic, which was founded in 1984 Sir Richard Branson, […]
The awards programme by IBP (International Building Press), which recognises outstanding communicators and campaigns within the built environment sector, has announced the shortlist for 2016. Shortlisted in the Best Business Communications Campaign category is the in house team for Colliers International and agency Goodfellow Communications. Other categories are: Integrated Campaign, In House Communications Team, Young Communicator of […]
10 Yetis Digital has been appointed by UK gift and home accessories retailer Red Candy to handle its PR, as part of a marketing drive to raise awareness of the brand’s offering and slogan, ‘Shut up, beige!’. Red Candy launched in 2009 as the world’s first “red-only” website, with every product sold coloured red. The retailer now […]
Highland festival Brew at the Bog has appointed the Scottish arm of Frank PR, McFrank, to promote its summer event, which takes place on 3 and 4 June and features Scottish indie band Idlewild as the headline act. Set against the backdrop of the Scottish Highlands, Brew at the Bog aims to showcase the best in Scottish music, […]
Joe Mitton, former adviser to the London Mayor, is joining the top team at PLMR, the London-based agency specialising in political lobbying and media relations. Mitton joins from the Mayor’s office where he acted as special adviser for business and science until the recent mayoral elections. He will join PLMR as a senior consultant in London and begins his new […]
Jason Nisse, partner at Newgate Communications, which advises Third Energy, explains what it was to like to work behind the scenes in the run up to its landmark planning success as it got the go ahead for its fracking operation. Challenging planning projects mean it is essential to cover “all the bases”, he writes. In the […]