Capital Access Group wins accounts for aircraft leasing company Avation and animal pharma brand Eco Animal Health Group

Investor relations specialist Capital Access Group has won briefs to work with commercial passenger aircraft leasing company Avation and animal pharmaceuticals developer Eco Animal Health Group. Capital Access Group will help Avation, which leases aircraft to Thomas Cook and Air France and others, to target investors including under-serviced institutions, regional pension funds and private client […]

Ryanair recruits Uber’s Cristian Samoilovich to newly-created public affairs lead role

Ryanair has hired Uber’s Cristian Samoilovich as its first head of public affairs as the airline continues “to work with the EU to increase the competitiveness of the European air transport industry”. Samoilovich will lead Ryanair’s public affairs engagements with EU institutions and European governments. He most recently managed European public policy at Uber. Previously, […]

Iranian bank Turquoise Partners appoints Tancredi as corporate adviser to provide international PR support

Iranian investment bank Turquoise Partners has appointed financial comms agency Tancredi as its corporate communications adviser. Tancredi will provide all corporate and financial communications advice to support the growth and development of Turquoise Partners in London and internationally. Salamander Davoudi, managing partner and co-founder of Tancredi, will lead the team. Rouzbeh Pirouz, executive chairman, said: […]

Rostrum wins pitch to advise maritime security specialist MAST on international PR strategy

Corporate PR and comms agency Rostrum has been appointed to advise global security provider Maritime Asset and Security Training (MAST) on its international PR strategy.  Rostrum will deliver international, national and industry media coverage for MAST. It will also develop creative content campaigns and provide guidance on social media strategy. The agency’s team will be […]

How brands can adapt a successful food and drink PR strategy in the wake of the Government’s latest healthy eating push

Food and drink brands, particularly those aimed at children, are in the spotlight for what they put in their products and how they market them to the public. With the government raising awareness of health issues related to food high in sugar and fat, comms experts agree that food brands have to evolve their messaging […]

Headland Consultancy brings in Fishburn’s Del Jones

Independent financial and corporate comms agency Headland has hired Del Jones as an associate director. Jones led the financial practice at Fishburn. Previously, he had been associate partner at Insitinctif Partners, as well as a researcher for the Conservative Party. He has advised a range of businesses including challenger and investment banks, infrastructure companies and […]

Case Study: Positive Living Around the World

Find out how Threepipe launched a social media campaign to raise the profile of Standard Chartered Bank’s Positive Living HIV/AIDS education programme with the help of professional footballers Emre Can, Philippe Coutinho and Jordon Ibe from Liverpool FC. Campaign: Positive Living Around the World Client: Standard Chartered Bank PR Team: Threepipe Timing: November Overview Launched […]

MHP Communications promotes trio including former News of the World political editor Ian Kirby who becomes corporate affairs MD

MHP has promoted Ian Kirby to a managing director role within its corporate affairs practice and has made Christian Pickel and Simon Hockridge directors within its financial practice. Kirby (pictured) provides senior counsel across the firm’s portfolio of clients and manages the company’s media training offer. He also hosts MHP‘s political panel events. He joined […]