M&C Saatchi PR has enhanced its UK senior management team with the appointment of Dan Cooper, the man behind the PR launch of the Movember Foundation across Europe and, most recently, comms strategy lead at Three Mobile. Cooper joins the global agency’s London hub to work across key global and European accounts, including Footlocker, Deezer […]
Gorkana Jobs is launching a new dedicated PR alert this week and to mark the occasion Gorkana jobs manager Ashley Richardson gives us an insider’s view of the PR jobs market and shares three tips for job hunters. The PR job market is thriving. We have seen a steady increase, at Gorkana, in the number of PR related jobs over the last […]
DONG Energy, the Danish oil, natural gas and renewable energy company, has engaged Powerscourt to handle international communications around its planned IPO in Denmark. Powerscourt was appointed earlier this year following a competitive pitch process. Managing partner Victoria Palmer-Moore and head of industrials, energy and natural resources Ian Middleton lead the team with support from director […]
The Professional Convention Management Association has appointed UK-based tourism and business events communication specialists Davies Tanner as its official public relations company. The PCMA, which is developing its brand globally, is headquartered in Chicago and has 17 chapters throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico with members in more than 35 countries. Davies Tanner will […]
Financial PR agency Buchanan is advising oil and gas exploration and production company SDX Energy on its forthcoming flotation on AIM. SDX is expecting to its common shares to start trading on the London market on or around 20 May. This is in addition to its existing listing on Canada’s TSX-Venture Exchange. The admission to […]
Dee Cayhill, director of Cayhill Partners, explains how communications directors can secure non-executive director (NED) and other leadership roles and why doing so matters. The need for boards to better manage their company’s reputation and identify risks has never been more critical. Yet when looking at the make-up of boards, particularly those in the FTSE, […]
Way to Blue has been appointed to handle the UK consumer and trade PR launch for Super Bock, which claims to be the world’s best-selling Portuguese beer. Owned by Unicer, the largest beverage company in Portugal, Super Bock, which was first brewed in 1927, sold over 3.4 million hectolitres across 50 countries in 2014. The […]
Britain’s largest TV shopping channel, QVC UK, has appointed Gant UK’s Jayne Bristow as brand and comms director, with a brief to focus on PR and internal comms. Bristow will serve on QVC’s global comms and community affairs leadership team, working closely with Colleen Rooney, VP global comms and community affairs at QVC. Previously, Bristow […]
Christen Thomson, former deputy CEO of the Alternative Investment Management Association and head of communications for private equity firm Terra Firma, has joined Citigate Dewe Rogerson’s financial team as a senior director. Thomson is also a former journalist who spent 12 years at the BBC but is best-known for his six-year spell at AIMA, the […]
Brandnation has promoted its head of health and beauty, Eva Frankel, to deputy MD, eight years after she joined the London-based agency as an account manager. Working alongside Brandnation co-founder and MD Mary Killingworth, Frankfel will continue to oversee the agency’s Health and Beauty division, as well as undertake new management responsibilities, including PR operations and […]