Hair tool brand Cloud Nine hires Brandnation

Brandnation has picked up the UK PR brief for hair tool brand Cloud Nine, which was launched by ghd founder Robert Powls in 2009. Brandnation’s beauty PR division, which won the account following a competitive pitch, has been briefed to increase brand awareness across all target UK media channels, as well as manage an extensive […]

Promotions at JFL Search & Selection

Comms recruitment consultancy JFL Search & Selection has promoted Poppy Green and Millie Santry to senior consultant and consultant respectively. Green first joined JFL in 2013, while Santry took on her first role at the recruitment firm in 2015. Both Green and Santry will continue to use their knowledge of the comms market to provide […]

Gorkana meets… Reorg Research

Kent Collier, founder and CEO of Reorg Research, explains the power of its online editorial in the global distressed debt and high yield market. What content does Reorg Research produce and how often? Reorg Research produces real-time news, commentary, and analysis on the distressed debt and leveraged finance markets, producing somewhere between 30 and 70 […]

Stone Junction to spearhead Gough Engineering’s PR

Staffordshire industrial equipment-maker Gough Engineering has appointed local technical agency Stone Junction to lead its PR activity. The two companies will work together closely to enhance Gough’s presence in engineering publications as well as the local and national press. Gough Engineering has an extensive portfolio of process and production equipment, providing bespoke solutions to household […]

Social Communications wins Liberty Retirement Living’s PR brief

Liberty Retirement Living has enlisted nationwide PR consultancy Social Communications promote its accommodation, lifestyle and care services for the over-55s. Social Communications will provide PR, planning consultancy, brand development and in-house digital and creative services to support the fledgling company. Liberty Retirement Living said it was impressed by Social Communications’ detailed understanding of housing development and […]

50cycles hires Sugar PR as part of northern expansion plans

Electric bike retailer 50cycles has appointed Manchester-based Sugar PR to handle its PR and content marketing. So far, 50cycles has sold more than 25,000 electric bikes and already has four other stores in London, Brighton, Bristol and Loughborough. The appointment comes as 50cycles targets five northern UK cities for new stores and earmarks a £10m turnover within the next 18 […]

JustGiving calls in Rooster PR for crowdfunding push

JustGiving, the UK’s biggest social fundraising platform, has brought in Rooster PR to handle its UK crowdfunding press activity. Activity will focus on the placement of human interest stories in the national and regional UK media to drive press coverage for the website and its fundraisers. Rooster’s press office function will include monitoring the news […]

Quill PR appoints Peakon’s Nick Croysdill

Specialist financial services consultancy Quill PR has appointed Nick Croysdill as an account director. At Quill, Croysdill will work across a range of clients within the asset management and wealth management sectors. Croysdill has more than seven years of agency experience, advising financial and professional services organisations. He has most recently been working as PR consultant […]