Edelman has appointed Boris Johnson’s former chief advisor Will Walden as managing director, public affairs, and has promoted Gupreet Brar to general manager, Brussels. Walden joins the PR firm in January 2017. Most recently, Walden was the chief advisor and communications director to Foreign Secretary and former Mayor of London Boris Johnson. He ran Johnson’s transition team […]
Tin Man’s Mandy Sharp and The PC Agency’s Paul Charles will take up Gorkana’s annual challenge today at 3pm (Wednesday 14 December) to identify key PR trends for 2017. Register now. It may sound like a cliche, but it’s important to take a moment at the end of every year to see if you can learn any lessons […]
British knitwear designer Madeleine Thompson has appointed The Fashion Digital as its social media agency. Madeleine Thompson’s eponymous brand began with a cashmere beanie, which led to a collection of luxury cashmere ready-to-wear items, with stockists including NET-A-PORTER, Harvey Nichols Selfridges. The Fashion Digital has been briefed to shape Madeleine Thompson’s social media identity across […]
This month marks the eighth year of a partnership between comms agency for the financial services, energy, engineering and technology sectors, Aspectus, and Fidessa, the trading technology firm. Aspectus was appointed Fidessa’s media relations agency in 2008, following its takeover of a business that was previously a client of Aspectus. Since then, Aspectus has supported Fidessa […]
John Graham, chairman at FleishmanHillard, is the most recent Fellow to be appointed by the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA). Graham joined FleishmanHillard in 1966, was elected vice president, director and senior partner in 1970, president and CEO in 1974 and chairman in 1988. During his career, Graham has worked across many aspects of […]
Multi-disciplinary professional services firm, MJ Hudson, has appointed Cubitt Consulting to advise on its communications advisory services across Europe. Matthew Hudson, CEO at MJ Hudson, said: “Cubitt shares our ambition to build the preeminent consultancy in alternative assets. The team’s knowledge of both the alternatives and professional services sectors was critical in our decision to […]
Oliver Roll is joining US-based technology conglomerate Cisco as SVP and chief communications officer. In his new position, Roll will lead analyst and public relations, executive and employee communications and office of the CEO communications. Roll joins from VMWare, where he was chief communications officer and led brand communications work. He’s held senior leadership roles in […]
Simon Waller, former digital content editor at Sheffield newspaper The Star, has joined HR Media to enhance the South Yorkshire PR agency’s digital offer. Waller is experienced in video, media and design, starting his working life at a Sheffield-based design agency before joining The Star in 2001. In his new role at HR Media, Waller will […]
Jim Martin, the editor of tech magazine PC Advisor talks about the the title’s unique relationship with digital and ecommerce, and gives an insight into its most popular content and the ways in which it is consumed. Who reads PC Advisor, and what do they get from the title that they cannot find elsewhere? The ‘average’ PC Advisor reader ranges […]
Mercieca has won two new PR briefs from food-to-go business Adelie Foods and the Licensed Trade Charity (LTC), which provides debt advice, free support and care for the licensed trade industry. Adelie Foods has briefed Mercieca to handle PR activity for the company and its URBAN eat brand, following a competitive pitch. John Want, marketing […]