Independent comms agency firstlight has expanded its team with six hires, including Anna Price who joins as associate director from Cohn & Wolfe‘s corporate team. Price has experience in the integrated corporate and public affairs space and has worked across a range of sectors including food and drink, financial services, retail, education, energy and tech. Account director Sam […]
Construction company Watkin Jones has appointed Buchanan to advise the group on its AIM IPO, which is the largest AIM IPO fundraising this year, and its ongoing financial communications needs. Watkin Jones, which focuses on developments in the student accommodation sector, joins the AIM market today and has successfully raised some £131.3 million since March 11 […]
Tim Willliamson, MD of Cognito‘s APAC region, on the challenges of communicating in different countries, how his journalistic ‘nosiness’ led to a career in PR and why localisation can make or break client relationships. What is your remit at Cognito? I am MD of Cognito’s APAC region (Asia-Pacific) based in Singapore. We cover Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and […]
Hill + Knowlton Strategies (H+K) Chicago’s Jessi Langsen has joined the agency’s London office to lead the Content + Publishing approach for its Healthcare sector business. Langsen was previously vice president of social at H+K Chicago, where she led digital and social media campaigns for consumer, corporate, B2B and public affairs clients. Before H+K, she managed […]
HAUD, a telecoms security business, has hired Tangerine to increase brand awareness and engage key influencers as part of a global brief. The company works with mobile operators to increase consumer security and network efficiencies by eliminating fraud and spam traffic, maximising network performance and reducing subscriber churn. Tangerine will drive a content-led comms strategy to increase HAUD’s profile in […]
Belfast-based Smarts Communicate has opened a new London office and brought in Good Relations’ Helen Rainford to head it up. The PR and content agency, which currently works with clients across more than 20 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas, has a client portfolio that includes British Airways, BT, Lidl, Johnnie Walker […]
LightBrigade MD Alan Twigg has joined global comms agency Way to Blue as head of consumer. Twigg left Fishburn Hedges’ consumer arm, Seventy Seven, as managing partner four years ago to set up his own PR operation, LightBrigade. During his time there, LightBrigade secured clients including Dominos, Hamleys, Harper Collins, YO! Sushi, Café Rouge and Highland […]
Montfort Communications, the financial and strategic PR agency, has appointed TLG founder and former FTI Consulting senior MD Malcolm Gooderham to lead its new corporate and political relations offer. Alongside Montfort co-founders Nick Miles, Hugh Morrison and Gay Collins, Gooderham will deliver corporate affairs counsel and campaigns, complementing the company’s existing financial and strategic offer. Monfort’s corporate and political […]
Ruojun “Cecilia” Yan, head of PR and social at Chinese speciality consumer engagement agency Wei-UK Consulting, on aligning Western and Chinese media objectives for clients, her days working 24-hour shifts as a journalist and why she loves Wei-UK’s “We Love Cake” mantra. Before I reach the office in the morning, I’ve already… Been up working for about three hours because of […]
Sky Betting & Gaming, the independent online gambling firm, has appointed FTI Consulting as its retained corporate comms adviser, following a competitive pitch process. FTI will support the company in developing relationships with stakeholders and raising its corporate profile. It will do this by positioning the Leeds-based company, which employs some 850 people in the region, as […]