Global comms agency Way to Blue has been handed a retained consumer PR brief for baby wipe brand WaterWipes, following a competitive pitch. Way to Blue has been briefed to launch a series of brand campaigns to support and extend the reach of a national UK TV, print and digital advertising programme, which includes […]
Cogent Elliott has been chosen by British Cycling, the governing body of cycle sport in the UK, to handle film and online digital activity for two of its national programmes, ‘Breeze’ and ‘Ride Social’. ‘Breeze’ is British Cycling’s biggest programme to get more women into riding bikes for fun, and aims to help women […]
W has enhanced its digital division with the appointment of Deep Focus London’s Joe Barnes as head of digital. Barnes will work alongside W’s senior leadership team, which includes CEO Warren Johnson, MD Richard Tompkins and strategy director Adam Leigh, with a brief to oversee multimedia output for clients including Unilever, Gruppo Campari, Levi’s and […]
Jo Chappel, creative director at Fever, on finding those eureka ideas during the most menial of tasks, launching a “Culture Vulture” programme to enhance creativity at the agency, and growing to love pitching to the press. Before I reach the office in the morning, I’ve already… Had a cup of builders tea and fed my cats. We’re […]
PR agency Spreckley has been engaged to launch Copper 88, a range of copper-embedded compression garments, in the UK through trade and consumer media relations. The client is VSL, a Hong Kong-based trading company, which is offering Copper 88 products to retailers in the UK. VSL director Peter Eldon said he believed consumer demand for […]
Cancer detection specialist Oncimmune has retained Consilium Strategic Communications to handle its corporate and financial communications. Last week Oncimmune filed an ‘intention to float’ document with plans to list its shares on AIM in the middle of next month. It hopes to raise approximately £11m in a placing which could value the whole company at £66m. Oncimmune […]
Luxury travel brand Cunard has appointed Samsung’s Rachel Lloyd as head of PR. Lloyd will be responsible for driving the company’s PR and social media strategy globally. She will report to Angus Struthers, Cunard’s marketing director. Otherwise, the current global PR team for Cunard will remain unchanged. Michael Gallagher and Ruth Harrington will report to […]
Airline group Monarch has appointed David Page as its new group head of communications. Page’s brief covers internal and external communications and CSR. He will report to chief people officer Pauline Prow. Page joins from consumer and corporate PR agency Freuds where, over a three-year period, he was business director on its Mars and Asda Walmart […]
Corporate and financial PR agency Temple Bar Advisory is working for Upham Group, a pub operator with its own craft brewery, as it plans to raise up to £12m through an AIM listing. Today Upham announced its intention to float in a bid to raise funds to grow its pub portfolio. It currently manages a […]
Digital marketing and PR firm Threepipe has won a competitive pitch to develop a social strategy to promote Fire! Fire!, the Museum of London‘s next major exhibition which will mark the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London. Fire! Fire! will run from 23 July 2016 – 17 April 2017 and all visitors to […]