Colliers International enhances EMEA comms team
Global commercial real estate service Colliers International has appointed Helen O’Reilly to the newly-created role of comms and marketing manager in its Dublin office. [...]
Bloembureau Holland hands European brief to Weber Shandwick
Dutch flower promoter Bloembureau Holland has handed a three-year pan-European PR brief to Weber Shandwick, following a five-way pitch. Bloembureau Holland is an independent [...]
The Gorkana Weekly Industry News Brief: 26 March to 1 April 2016
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 [...]
Belize Tourism Board hands brief to Brighter Group
The Belize Tourism Board has handed a European PR brief to the Brighter Group, following a competitive pitch. As Belize looks to grow its presence internationally, the [...]
Rooster tees off with Topgolf UK brief
Rooster has been appointed by Topgolf UK, which has entertainment venues in Surrey, Essex and Watford, to raise its profile across the UK. Topgolf claims to combine the “fun [...]
Powerscourt hires European Commission media specialist
Powerscourt has brought in David D’Arcy, former international press and comms manager at the European Commission, as a senior consultant. D’Arcy has some ten [...]
Harris Tweed briefs Portas
The Harris Tweed Authority has appointed creative comms agency Portas to work on a project for the Milan Design Triennale, which runs from 31 March to 12 September 2016. [...]
Citigate appoints James Bishop to corporate team
Citigate Dewe Rogerson has hired Weber Shandwick’s James Bishop as a director in its corporate team. Bishop will work primarily with Citigate’s banking, insurance, [...]
Next 15 acquires marketing agency Twogether
Communications business Next 15 has acquired the B2B creative technology marketing agency Twogether for £6.6m. The acquisition forms part of Next 15’s strategy to act less [...]
Brace of promotions at Whitehouse
Issues-led comms specialist The Whitehouse Consultancy has strengthened its senior team with the promotion of senior consultants Katarzyna (Kasia) Wilk and Chris Rogers to [...]
Cognito to support Money 20/20 Europe launch
Money 20/20, a conference on the future and ‘digitisation’ of money, has brought in Cognito to support the launch of its inaugural Europe event to be held in [...]
Merlin hires Diageo’s Crampton as corporate affairs lead
Merlin Entertainments, which includes visitor attractions Alton Towers, LEGOLAND and Madame Tussauds, has hired Diageo’s James Crampton to the newly created position of [...]
Start-up SalaryFinance expands brief for Clarity
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. [...]
Hartridges hires Fleet Street Communications
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 [...]
Vivino wine app appoints Manifest London
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 [...]
Weber Shandwick adopts Facebook at Work
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. [...]
Wincanton selects Bray Leino for digital brief
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 [...]
Senior digital appointment at FTI Consulting
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 [...]