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 Financial Times handed Golin a brand reputation brief, with a focus on digital advertising. Center Parcs brought in Hope&Glory as […]
This week’s World Retail Congress (12-14 April) emphasised the need for retailers to create an all-encompassing experience for consumers as global sales slow and brand loyalty becomes a thing of the past. Speaking to experts at agencies Bottle and Portas, Gorkana looks at how PR can help retailers to engage consumers further. Attending the event, brands […]
Carpet cleaning specialist BISSELL has appointed Speed Communications to handle its UK brand comms, following a competitive pitch. Speed has been retained to help BISSELL educate consumers on the importance of carpet cleaning in order increase brand awareness, generate consumer demand and drive product sales, and support wider category growth. The account will be led […]
Lara Leventhal, Ogilvy PR’s deputy MD, has left the WPP-owned agency to take on the newly-created role of MD at Spider PR. Leventhal (pictured left) joins Spider after an 18-month stint at Ogilvy PR, where she was deputy MD. Before that, she was MD at Eulogy. Spider PR has created the MD role as it reports over 30% […]
Chandos Communications, the Havas backed financial PR agency, has promoted Teresa Wincrantz to Partner. Wincrantz co-founded the firm with Louise Tingström, Chandos’ managing partner, in April 2015. Prior to founding Chandos as associate partner, Wincrantz was a director at CNC Communications. She has also held senior roles at M: Communications and Brunswick, working in both Europe and […]
The Chartered Institute of Public Relations has promoted Koray Camgoz to PR manager, as Andrew Ross departs to become media relations manager at the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry. Camgoz (pictured left) joined the CIPR in November 2011 and held several development roles before being named PR and policy offer in February 2014, reporting to Ross […]
Walbrook PR, a financial PR and investor relations firm specialising in small cap and AIM listed companies, has been appointed as financial PR advisor on two separate businesses: Motif Bio and Surgical Innovations Group. Motif Bio is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing antibiotics to fight serious and life-threatening infections. Surgical Innovations designs and manufactures innovative devices for minimally invasive […]
Brands2Life has been handed an energy PR brief by online price comparison and switching website uSwitch, with a remit to enhance the brand’s position as a “consumer champion”. The agency will develop campaigns to encourage more people to switch energy suppliers to save money, with a particular focus on reaching new audiences of energy consumers, with different needs. […]
Financial and corporate PR firm Hudson Sandler has been appointed by VTB Bank, Russia’s second largest bank, to support its international communications. The agency will manage VTB’s strategic communications across EMEA and Asia. VTB Bank provides financial services across retail, corporate, and investment banking markets globally. Its shares are listed in London, New York and Moscow. Andrew Hayes, Hudson […]
Buchanan, the WPP-owned financial and business comms consultancy, has hired three new team members to strengthen its strategic communications offer. Hannah Brandstaetter and Chris Judd join as account directors. Also, Patrick Hanrahan joins as account executive. Brandstaetter joins Buchanan from Media Zoo; Judd arrives after working at BP and Hanrahan left Tulchan Communications for his new role. Richard […]