PR, social and content agency Intelligent Conversation has won three health and social care sector briefs from charitable trust Life Leisure, the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care devolution project and the NHS Stockport Clinical Commissioning Group. The agency has been briefed to provide media relations, content marketing and social media support to raise the […]
Well Hello, an independent PR agency set up by WE Communications’ Nick Woods and Cow PR’s Lisa Taylor in February, has been hired by Great Little Grains to launch its new cereal brand Sown & Grown. Great Little Grains was founded in 2015 by former Cereal Partners UK marketing controller Phil Toms and former Weetabix […]
The UK Government Communications Service will host a Government Reception with industry body AMEC at the end of the first day of this year’s AMEC International Summit on Wednesday 15 June. The Reception, which will be hosted by Alex Aiken, executive director of government communications, HM Government UK, will provide a networking opportunity for AMEC […]
The British Olympic Association (BOA) has appointed Hill+Knowlton Strategies (H+K) to help unite the nation in support of Team GB, as Olympians prepare for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in August. Centred around the campaign of “Bring on the Great,” H+K will launch a five month programme to drive sign ups to the official Team GB […]
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 Morrisons has named Shine @ The Academy as its retained brand PR agency following a competitive pitch. Sky Betting & Gaming, the […]
In an exclusive Gorkana webinar this week, Maria Darby-Walker, Citigate Dewe Rogerson director, and Tim Metcalfe, Investor Focus Communications‘ co-founder and MD, explained how the changing business world, and other factors, are evolving and expanding the role and remit of the financial PR. Both financial PR agencies and in-house comms operators have a greater sphere of influence and are […]
Beam Suntory, the world’s third largest premium spirits company, has appointed LDR CREATIVE to enhance awareness of its Global Travel Retail brand portfolio and support the growth of the GTR business unit. The agency, which won the account following a four-way pitch, will raise the profile of Beam Suntory, which is owned by Suntory Holdings Limited, and […]
Manchester PR agency Refresh PR has been appointed by the Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) to create a national campaign to discover Britain’s best ‘Window with a View’. Previously appointed by the GGF to help launch MyGlazing.com, a consumer advice website for homeowners, Refresh PR created the concept and strategy for the Window with a […]
London PR agency PHA Media has been chosen by luxury men’s watch brand Christopher Ward to handle its UK PR. Christopher Ward was established in 2004 by Mike France, Chris Ward and Peter Ellis, who wanted to provide premium, quality Swiss made timepieces at affordable prices. It sells the collection worldwide through its e-commerce site and […]
Victoria Sheridan Consulting (VSC) has launched a financial PR division after handling the comms around wealth manager Harwood Wealth’s IPO announcement earlier this month. Caroline Villiers joins the property-focused comms firm to expand its financial division over the next 12 months. Villiers has some 15 years’ experience in IPO, M&A and corporate restructuring communications. She has previously worked with Lehman […]