Virgin Sport appoints Gregory and Posner to handle its UK PR
Virgin Sport has appointed Daniella Posner and Julian Gregory to handle its UK PR and media relations and communicate its brand ethos. They have been briefed to deliver a [...]
PHA Media wins Curvissa’s UK PR brief
Plus size retailer Curvissa has enlisted PHA Media to handle all of its press office and campaign activity for 2018, following a competitive pitch. PHA Media’s brief includes [...]
Black Diamond to promote Tuolumne County
North Californian destination Tuolumne County has appointed Black Diamond as its UK agency for 2018. Black Diamond will use its position as the destination’s first [...]
Quill PR appoints Emma Murphy as director
Quill PR has appointed Emma Murphy, a former director of Citigate Dewe Rogerson’s corporate practice, as a director. At Citigate, she worked with a range of financial services [...]
Ketchum launches executive committee and appoints corporate MD
Ketchum has created an executive committee reporting to recently appointed London CEO Jo-ann Robertson. The committee will be responsible for talent development, client [...]
Rule 5 wins Merlin Entertainments brief
Merlin Entertainments has appointed Rule 5 as its retained comms agency for its Sea Life Manchester and Legoland Discovery Centre Manchester venues. The agency has been tasked [...]
Madano launches new technology practice
Strategic communications consultancy Madano has launched a new technology practice and appointed Dominic Weeks as head of technology. Weeks joins Madano from its sister [...]
Newgate Communications wins LRI Group brief
Luxembourg-based investment services company LRI Group has appointed Newgate Communications as its European comms adviser. Newgate partner Alistair Kellie and Byron Ousey, a [...]
Citypress hires senior social media manager
Citypress has appointed Sam Elmidoro as senior social media manager. Elmidoro will help to deliver campaigns and provide strategic advice to clients across the agency. She [...]
The end-of-year PR news round-up (11 December 2017 – 5 January 2018)
Catch up on the essential news, events and thought leadership you may have missed over the festive period with this end-of-year PR news round-up. Thought leadership [...]
End-of-year round-up: PR account wins (11 December 2017 – 5 January 2018)
The comms industry ended 2017 with a flurry of PR account wins from Frank PR, Newgate Communications, Hudson Sandler and many more. See the full round-up below. Consumer PR [...]
This week’s PR news in brief (4-8 December)
Here’s our round-up of essential PR news stories and features from the past week, including an interview with National Geographic Food’s Maria Pieri, account wins for [...]
Mercieca hires Jade McCartney as senior account manager
Mercieca has appointed Jade McCartney as a senior account manager to its client services team. She joins from Clarion Communications and will work across a number of [...]
Adele Breen joins Hotwire as director of corporate strategy
Hotwire has appointed Adele Breen as its first director of corporate strategy, responsible for overseeing the agency’s focus on emerging sectors and delivering specialist [...]
Claire Etchell wins Fredrick Jackson brief
British watchmaker Fredrick Jackson has appointed Claire Etchell as a PR consultant to promote its lifestyle brand to the press, influencers and bloggers in the UK. “Fredrick [...]
Launch names Juliet Cameron “chief operational launcher”
Launch has promoted Juliet Cameron to chief operational launcher, making her responsible for the day-to-day running of the business. Joining the agency as director of people [...]
LOTUS to manage comms for Spanish Tourist Office
The Spanish Tourist Office has appointed LOTUS to handle its PR, events and digital campaigns in the UK market following a competitive pitch. The agency has been tasked with [...]
Manifest adds three creatives to its senior team
Manifest has appointed Andrew Soar, Saxony Goodwin and Woody Anderson as creative communications director, senior brand strategist and senior account director, respectively. [...]