City Against Hunger Mud Challenge open for entries
Financial PRs are invited to enter teams into the City Against Hunger Mud Challenge, which will take place on Friday 15th September. The afternoon sees a maximum of 75 [...]
EAST VILLAGE. wins raft of food and drink brands
Birmingham-based EAST VILLAGE. has secured a raft of food and drinks accounts including Ian Macleod Distillers, which has enlisted the agency to drive media coverage for its [...]
Portland launches strategic planning function
Portland has hired Tanya Sandler, a former Ogilvy & Mather New York creative strategist, as its first strategic planner. Sandler will help Portland’s communications [...]
Franco Manca owner appoints Hudson Sandler
UK restaurant company The Fulham Shore has appointed Hudson Sandler as its retained financial and corporate communications adviser following a competitive pitch. The Fulham [...]
Calacus to run cycling union president’s international election campaign
International Cycling Union president Brian Cookson has appointed Calacus to run his campaign communications as he stands for a second term at the helm of cycling’s governing [...]
Morgan Rossiter wins financial services clients LGB & Co and SteelEye
Financial services companies Lesmoir-Gordon, Boyle & Co and SteelEye have chosen Morgan Rossiter to handle their corporate communications briefs. The London-based [...]
Buchanan advises on Domino’s Pizza franchisee float
Buchanan has helped DP Eurasia, the master franchisee of the Domino’s Pizza brand in Turkey, Russia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, to list in London. The financial PR agency [...]
This week’s PR news in brief (3-7 July)
Here is a round-up of the essential PR stories, account and pitch wins and people news that has been announced over the last week. Account wins Diffusion has been selected by [...]
Fleet Street Communications wins Be At One brief
Cocktail bar group Be At One has appointed Fleet Street Communications to handle its consumer PR. Established in 1998 by ex-bartenders Steve Locke, Leigh Miller and Rhys [...]
Catherine James and Lord Feldman join Tulchan
Financial PR consultancy Tulchan has unveiled four recruits, including former Diageo director of investor relations Catherine James and former Conservative Party chairman Lord [...]
Rolls-Royce recruits Barney Wyld to lead corporate affairs
Barney Wyld, group director of corporate communications at Network Rail, is to join Rolls-Royce later this year. The appointment follows the decision of Rolls-Royce’s director [...]
Grayling brings in Andrew Ferguson as creative director
Global PR firm Grayling has hired Andrew Ferguson as a creative director. Ferguson joins the company after five years at consumer PR agency Unity and, more recently, Ketchum. [...]
Commission publishes six principles of charity PR
A group set up to address concerns about charity fundraising exploiting donors has published a set of six principles to help PR and communications staff. The Commission on the [...]
Smoking Gun PR wins Les Mills brief
Fitness brand Les Mills has appointed Smoking Gun PR to deliver a 12-month campaign. Les Mills workouts are licensed by 17,500 partners in 100 countries around the world and [...]
Redleaf hires Laura Westmacott as associate director
Redleaf Communications has strengthened its property team with the appointment of luxury, Middle East and broadcast expert Laura Westmacott as associate director. She will [...]
Hudson Sandler oversees £6.5 billion Polyus flotation
Hudson Sandler’s work advising Polyus, Russia’s largest gold producer, on its latest IPO has today culminated in a £6.5 billion flotation on the London Stock Exchange. [...]
W launches corporate comms division W Enterprise
W has launched a new corporate communications division, W Enterprise, which combines its media, tech, corporate, B2B and BrandLab clients under a single umbrella. The [...]
Greentarget appoints new director
Financial services specialist Greentarget has appointed a new director, Mark Foxwell, as part of its plan to expand into wealth management and professional services. He will [...]