Higginson partners with Precipice
Precipice Design has appointed Higginson PR to promote its “Meaning-Centred Design” concept and assist the design agency in promoting the idea via UK and international media. [...]
Sophie Taylor-Roberts to set up Good Relations Health and Wellbeing
Good Relations PR has appointed Sophie Taylor-Roberts as executive director, tasked with setting up the agency’s Health and Wellbeing practice. Taylor-Roberts will oversee all [...]
Alex Birch joins Clarity as director of client services
Clarity PR has appointed Alex Birch as director of client services. Birch will oversee client delivery across Clarity’s B2B and consumer accounts to maintain client [...]
Senior BBC correspondent joins Stonehaven
John Moylan, one of the BBC’s most senior journalists, has joined Stonehaven as a director to bolster the consultancy’s reputation and media practice. He will work alongside [...]
Barclays appoints new director of external communications
Barclays UK has promoted Louise Pancott to director of external communications. She will oversee all external comms and media relations for the bank’s wealth and investments, [...]
Former Nationwide comms head to lead MRM digital offering
Financial consultancy MRM has recruited Paul Beadle, Nationwide’s former head of social media and digital communications, to lead its digital offering. As a member of [...]
Milk & Honey PR to launch HomeRenter
HomeRenter has appointed Milk & Honey PR to launch its online lettings service with a ‘Happy Renting’ campaign this November. The corporate brand agency will target [...]
Kate O’Neill joins Jupiter as head of corporate development
Jupiter Asset Management has appointed Kate O’Neill as its head of corporate development, a position which includes oversight of the company’s corporate comms programme. [...]
This week’s PR news in brief (23-27 October)
Here’s a round-up of essential PR news stories that have been announced over the past week – featuring Munch, Fusion Media and William Murray Communications. Account wins [...]
Peppermint Soda acquires Forever Creative
Marketing communications agency Peppermint Soda has acquired digital and creative consultancy Forever Creative. The acquisition will strengthen the Peppermint Soda’s digital, [...]
No Brainer to increase brand awareness for Certas
Certas Energy, the UK’s largest fuel and lubricants distributor, has appointed No Brainer to help generate publicity for two of its divisions. The Cheshire-based agency has [...]
Clarion to handle Conviviality’s comms
Drinks wholesaler and distributor Conviviality PLC has appointed Clarion Communications as its retained UK agency. Clarion has been tasked with creating and implementing [...]
House wins Thursford museum’s Christmas Spectacular
Thursford, a museum in Norfolk which boasts the world’s largest collection of steam trains and organs, has signed W-owned agency House to support its “Vegas-style” [...]
Ex-Times journalist among 10 Pagefield new hires
Corporate PR agency Pagefield has recruited 10 new members to its team, as a part of an expansion process which started last summer, writes Mario Cipriano. The hires include [...]
Text100 appoints new creative directors in APAC and North America
Comms consultancy Text100 has appointed Lee Devine and Adam Selwyn as creative directors for its Asia Pacific and North America hubs, respectively. Devine (pictured [...]
Foco appoints Amy Rowe as partner
Brighton-based consultancy Foco has recruited Amy Rowe as its third partner, to lead the firm’s content proposition, build its fintech unit and nurture the business’ own [...]
Tin Man to promote It’s A Monthly Thing’s subscription boxes
It’s A Monthly Thing, home to menstrual product subscription box brands Pink Parcel and bettybox, has appointed Tin Man as its PR and comms agency for 2018. Tin Man is tasked [...]
Ex-Brands2Life duo launches Fourteen Forty
Former Brands2Life directors James Boyd-Wallis and Guy Corbet have launched a communications consultancy called Fourteen Forty. Named after the year the printing press was [...]