The World Health Organisation (WHO) has appointed Bloomberg’s European healthcare reporter, Makiko Kitamura, as communications officer for the Health Data Collaborative. Kitamura will be responsible for communicating with the collaborative’s various stakeholders including donors such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and international agencies such as USAID and the World Bank. She will report to […]
Christine Murray, who was appointed editor-in-chief of The Architects’ Journal and The Architectural Review in February, talks to Gorkana’s Niall Davies about her new role, the two business titles and how to pitch to them. Can you describe your new role and your career history? I edited The Architects’ Journal for five years before taking charge […]
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 Dutch flower promoter Bloembureau Holland has handed a three-year pan-European PR brief to Weber Shandwick, following a five-way pitch. Towergate Insurance has appointed Powerscourt as its […]
Next week’s World Retail Congress and the recent Retail Week Live are just two of the many annual retail trade shows PRs can attend throughout the year. But is there enough value in attending or using the media value created by big retail events? Gorkana looks at the pros and cons with comment from Launch PR, Beattie, Escapade and Mason Williams. […]
Towergate Insurance has appointed Powerscourt as its retained financial and corporate communications adviser. Towergate is the UK’s largest independently-owned insurance intermediary and is an important distribution channel for a significant range of specialist insurance products, including home, boat and caravan insurance. Its business offer to the UK SME market, ranges from care and medical to […]
Agency or in-house? This is a common fork in the road for careers in communications and Sarah Leembruggen, MD and owner of PR recruitment specialist and executive search business The Works, says both environments have much to offer. There has always been an interesting dynamic between the demand for PR and comms professionals who want […]
Boxed Energy, a specialist heating supplier to the social housing industry, has appointed Sale-based agency Social Communications to handle its PR. The agency will help launch Boxed’s low-carbon communal heating systems to the social housing sector through media relations, case studies and social media. Managed by Tim Niblock, Social Communications’ B2B PR specialist, the team […]
Consumer sport and lifestyle PR agency GUNG HO Communications has acquired London-based Coffin on Cake PR for an undisclosed figure, in a move that will double the size of the agency’s team. Coffin on Cake PR is a consumer-focused comms agency, which focuses on the fashion and lifestyle sectors. Its clients include Lee Cooper Selvedge, Farah and Roxy. GUNG HO is based in Birmingham […]
Packaging giant Tetra Pak has appointed Brands2Life to manage its B2B PR and public affairs in the UK on a three-year contract. After a three-stage competitive pitch process, the agency will start work immediately on campaigns for buyers within the juice, dairy, retail and restaurant markets. The team will report to Samantha Edgar, communications manager […]
Blue Rubicon has promoted Peter Fitch to managing director with immediate effect. He replaces Chris Norton, who recently joined Facebook as EMEA director of comms. Fitch has been on the corporate and consumer PR agency’s board of directors since joining in 2014, after spending nearly four years as global head of communications at Lloyd’s of […]