FlyClubAir, a “members-only” airline which will run flights from London to Manchester and Edinburgh, has hired Rooster PR. Rooster’s brief will be to raise brand awareness through PR and social media in order to build a membership base in the lead-up to the services’ launch this September. FlyClubAir’s benefits are time-saving and the ability to avoid the […]
In the third part of our series looking at the future of the press with board members of the London Press Club (LPC), Gorkana’s Ronan George talks to Robert Jobson, director of the LPC, joint chairman of London Press Club Ball 2016 and royal editor at the London Evening Standard, about organising the LPC ball, the […]
Directa Plus, an Italian manufacturer of graphene-based products, is using Luther Pendragon to handle PR as it pursues an initial public offering on AIM. Graphene is an ultra-thin, but strong material, derived from graphite and Directa Plus has developed a proprietary, scalable manufacturing process to produce engineered graphene materials, which have found end-use applications such […]
Property developer Ziran Land has appointed Gough Bailey Wright to carry out public consultations for a range of schemes. The appointment follows a redesign of Ziran’s corporate website, which GBW undertook, and adds another developer to its portfolio. Gough Bailey Wright’s specialist property PR team, which works closely with the agency’s creative, digital and production departments, […]
A 20 year-old public relations professional from South Yorkshire has become the youngest ever accredited member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), the UK’s professional body for PR practitioners. Chloe Staniforth (pictured), from Rotherham, started work at Barnsley-based PR agency Cream when she was just 17. Since then, she has been promoted twice […]
The Communications Store has been appointed by The Crown Estate as the retained comms agency for London’s Regent Street. Since 2002, The Crown Estate’s £1 billion investment programme in Regent Street has involved the redevelopment of historic blocks to create retail and office space behind the street’s facades. “The world’s first shopping street” is known […]
Rule 5 has won a competitive pitch to promote the Cycle Show, the UK’s “premier event for the cycling industry”, which takes place at Birmingham’s NEC from 22 to 25 September. The Cycle Show showcases the latest bikes and accessories from leading bike brands, alongside a dedicated area for cycling holidays and a large retail […]
4media Group agencies Stature PR and 4mediarelations have been selected by Tourism Fiji to handle its UK press office and promote the launch of a new exhibition showcasing Fijian art and culture. Stature PR will be Tourism Fiji’s retained agency, with a brief to engage with journalists and bloggers, and encourage visitors to the islands. […]
Travel PR agency Little Black Book Creative has relaunched under the new name Traveltappers, marking a shift in focus to SEO PR, and brought in British Airways’ former consumer PR manager, Tracy Long, as a PR specialist. Traveltappers’ catchline, “Travel PR for the Google age”, is part of a shift in focus to the role […]
Planning ahead is key, particularly when it comes to anticipating corporate and other crises and impact on reputation, as Gorkana’s recent White Paper on Crisis Communications showed. John Orme, Senior partner and EMEA crisis counsellor with Porter Novelli, thinks that war gaming, Game of Thrones and the ever-resourceful Chinese warlord Sun Tzu have useful lessons […]