Merlin hires Diageo’s Crampton as corporate affairs lead

March 31, 2016 in /by

Merlin Entertainments, which includes visitor attractions Alton Towers, LEGOLAND and Madame Tussauds, has hired Diageo’s James Crampton to the newly created position of corporate affairs director. Reporting into Alistair Windybank, the group’s IR and corporate affairs director, Crampton will have primary responsibility for media relations and internal comms across the group. He will also manage wider non-financial stakeholder relationships. Windybank said: […]

Start-up SalaryFinance expands brief for Clarity

March 31, 2016 in /by

FinTech company SalaryFinance, which was co-founded by former Google UK MD Dan Cobley, has brought in Clarity PR as its retained agency to raise awareness of its service. SalaryFinance allows working people to consolidate existing personal debt into a low cost loan, with repayments made via salary deductions. The company initially engaged Clarity PR to support the […]

Hartridges hires Fleet Street Communications

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Fleet Street Communications has been appointed by soft drinks family business Hartridges to launch its new brand positioning, re-design and packaging. The agency has been briefed to raise the profile of the business to UK on-trade media, drive sales and promote the brand’s heritage and credentials. Fleet Street is to build brand awareness through a programme of tailored […]

Vivino wine app appoints Manifest London

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Vivino, which claims to be the world’s most downloaded wine app, has brought in Manifest London to handle its UK PR. The Vivino app was created to “take the guesswork out of wine” and it allows people to benefit from a crowd-sourced database consisting of opinions from wine lovers at all level of expertise. Users can take a […]

Weber Shandwick adopts Facebook at Work

March 31, 2016 in /by

Weber Shandwick has become the first global PR firm to adopt Facebook’s business platform Facebook at Work, after a successful pilot programme that began late last year. Facebook at Work lets staff create a work account, separate from their personal Facebook account, allowing them to interact with coworkers and share work, visible only to other […]

Wincanton selects Bray Leino for digital brief

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Logistics company Wincanton has hired creative comms agency Bray Leino to support the transformation of its digital assets and redesign its web presence. Bray Leino will aim to improve client journeys on the supply chain giant’s website. It will also raise the brand’s visibility and awareness online. Jon Hexter, Wincanton marketing director, said: “We were […]

Senior digital appointment at FTI Consulting

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FTI Consulting has hired Hanover’s Viv Jemmett as senior director in its digital team, reporting into MD and head of digital Ant Moore. Jemmett joins FTI’s 12-strong corporate digital team from Hanover where he was head of digital. He was previously head of online reputation management at Bell Pottinger, where he advised governments, international organisations and high-net-worth […]

Behind the Headlines with Launch PR’s Johnny Pitt

March 30, 2016 in /by

Johnny Pitt, CEO of Launch PR, on roaring success, a very public penchant for chocolate and the worst thing anyone has said to him. Before I reach the office in the morning, I’ve already… Exercised. You’ll mostly find emails about…in my inbox. Ideas, results and people. I know I’ve had a good day if… I roar. My first […]

Bell Pottinger appoints three partners

March 30, 2016 in /by

Bell Pottinger has made a number of senior appointments across its global network, including, in its London office, the promotion of Philip Pank (pictured) and Paul de Bendern, and the appointment of Hotwire’s Claudia Bate, to partner. Most recently, Bate was financial services and corporate lead at Hotwire, taking responsibility for its growth in the FinTech sector. Pank, […]

Rich Leigh & Company partners with Foodinate to tackle food poverty

March 30, 2016 /1 Comment/in /by

Consumer PR agency Rich Leigh & Company is providing pro bono PR support for new social enterprise Foodinate, which provides free meals to the homeless by working with local restaurants. Foodinate is a social enterprise designed to make a reduction in UK food poverty “as easy as dining at your favourite restaurants”. Every ‘Foodinate’ branded meal sold results in […]