Financial PR and IR consultancy Vigo has been retained by Coms plc – a provider of technology and services for ‘smart’ buildings and commercial spaces – to advise on capital markets communications. Vigo’s Jeremy Garcia, Ben Simons and Fiona Henson will lead the account team. Garcia, director at Vigo, said: “Coms is at the forefront […]
British luxury glove brand Gizelle Renee has selected Publicasity to represent its AW16 collection within the UK market. Publicasity will work with Gizelle Renee to promote its hand-crafted products through media engagement and press events. The agency aims to drive brand awareness and sales by promoting the quality of product, the hand-crafted message and […]
Flood Re, a national reinsurance scheme which enables those in high flood-risk areas to access more affordable flood insurance, has brought in Hanover Communications to handle its PR and public affairs. Hanover has been briefed to work closely with Flood Re’s chairman, chief executive and senior business representatives to ensure a high degree of public […]
Joules, the British clothing designer and retailer, is using Hudson Sandler to handle PR as it pursues an initial public offering on AIM. The company was founded in 1989 and has 96 stores in the UK and Republic of Ireland as well as a growing presence in North America and Germany. It is expected to […]
As Aspectus explores a service model incorporating more animated videos, infographics and cartoons, Alastair Turner, the agency’s Global CEO, explains how delivering PR is driven by three major factors and continues to grow and evolve. PR is all about engaging an audience and changing people’s attitudes or behaviour. To achieve engagement, we persuade through creative communications. That […]
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. Pitch Wins The Lifestyle Agency has been appointed to handle the PR for Roger Daltrey’s limited edition Champagne, which is being launched to […]
Gay Collins, one of the three founding partners of Montfort Communications, on what she loves about her job, her advice for people looking to get into financial PR and the role of The 30% Club. What’s the highlight of your working week? There’s so much to choose from. Nothing beats coming into the office and getting […]
Merger and acquisition (M&A) deals in the global PR sector have risen by 54% in the first quarter of 2016, according to research by Results International. RI’s director, James Kesner, told Gorkana what this means for the industry and which specialisms are attracting investment. Results International’s report shows that 20 M&A deals have been initiated in the first quarter of […]
The Lifestyle Agency has been appointed to handle the PR for Roger Daltrey’s limited edition Champagne, which is being launched to celebrate 50 years of rock band The Who. It has been briefed to raise the profile of Daltrey’s new offer, targeting a cross-section of media, including news features desks, music and arts correspondents, and food and drink press. The Who […]
TV vocal coach and chair of the UK’s judging panel for The 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, CeCe Sammy, has taken on Tin Man to help raise her profile as “one of the world’s top singing and musical educationalists”. A former backing singer for Diana Ross, CeCe has previously worked to develop artists such as the Spice […]