Revolut, an app-based banking alternative, has brought in Rocket Internet’s Chad West as its global head of comms. Launched 18 months ago, Revolut allows users to set up a current account in 60 seconds, exchange currencies at the interbank exchange rate, transfer in 23 currencies to any bank in the world, and spend fee-free in […]
Iain Pope, the Daily Record’s former head of digital news, has joined Stripe Communications in the newly-created role of editorial director. Pope has more than 20 years’ experience in print and online executive editorial roles. As well as his head of digital news role at the Daily Record, he was also digital intake editor for […]
Former newspaper and trade journalist Simon Mowbray has re-joined Richmond Towers Communications as food and drink director. Mowbray returns to the Soho-based agency after five years of providing consultancy to a number of agencies, suppliers and FMCG brands, including General Mills, Pernod Ricard, British Soft Drinks Association, Mary Berry’s Foods and Ella’s Kitchen. A media […]
Networking solution provider Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, has expanded its remit with WE Communications to now cover 20 markets across Asia, LATAM and EMEA. Aruba began its relationship with WE Communications – then Waggener Edstrom – in December 2013, with the WE London office carrying out an EMEA content and campaign management brief in […]
M&C Saatchi PR has been named as the retained strategic comms partner for Virgin Active. Virgin Active has briefed M&C Saatchi PR’s UK team to “up the health club’s comms game”, with a mix of social, consumer and corporate PR activity. The account was won following a competitive pitch. Robert Cook, MD of Virgin Active, […]
Your bitesize update on the latest People News and Moves featured on Gorkana News: Grayling UK appoints Sarah Scholefield as CEO Grayling, the integrated global communications company, has appointed Sarah Scholefield as the company’s UK chief executive officer with immediate effect. Infinite Global appoints Cameron Webb as head of branding and creative Infinite Global […]
Johnny Pitt, founder of Launch and The Creative Shootout, on what is driving the agency’s new positioning and why it is dropping ‘PR’ from its name. Central to our being at Launch Towers is a passion for great thinking, and this week sees us focus our agency positioning around what we call ‘real ideas’. Real ideas are […]
CNC Communications & Network Consulting (CNC), the global strategic communications consultancy, has promoted Ben Curson to partner with immediate effect. A former broadcast journalist, Curson is based in CNC’s London office where he advises on corporate affairs, financial communications, and crisis and reputation management across a range of clients and markets. Most recently he has […]
Grayling, the integrated global communications company, has appointed Sarah Scholefield as the company’s UK chief executive officer with immediate effect. Scholefield was previously Grayling’s managing director, UK & Ireland. Paul Taaffe, CEO at Huntsworth PLC, said: “Grayling UK continues to emerge from a transformative period and this is absolutely the right time to promote Sarah to […]
Today, firstlight PR has been named as one of the UK’s top 20 best places to work by Great Place to Work’s Best Workplaces survey. The agency was ranked in the ‘small’ category of the survey which features organisations with 20-49 employees. firstlight is ranked 16th out of the UK’s 70,000 small businesses. The Best Workplaces’ methodology […]