This week’s PR News in Brief (5-9 June)
Here’s a round-up of the essential PR stories, features and events news that have broken over the last week (5-9 June 2017). Pitch wins The Shetland Distillery Company has [...]
Grayling wins Women in Rail comms brief
Grayling has been chosen to deliver a wide-ranging integrated communications brief for Women in Rail, following a four-way pitch. Over the next two years, the agency will [...]
Online GP surgery Push Doctor appoints Hotwire
Europe’s largest online doctor consultation service, Push Doctor, selected Hotwire as its integrated comms agency yesterday, following a six-way pitch. Hotwire will raise [...]
Travel PR wins Cinco Jotas brief
Spanish jamón brand Cinco Jotas has appointed Travel PR to position it as the UK’s best producer of Spanish cured ham. Virginia Webb, associate director, will lead the account [...]
London Marriott Hotel County Hall appoints Smarts
London Marriott Hotel County Hall has appointed Smarts Communicate as its PR and content agency on Tuesday (June 6), following a four-way pitch. Smarts will deliver integrated [...]
Grayling launches digital comms title predicting “rise of the robots”
Grayling has predicted the “rise of the robots”, and how communicators might be affected, in Me, Myself and AI, its new digital magazine examining the risks and opportunities [...]
Cision World Tour emphasises innovation’s role in the future of comms
A stellar line up of the industry’s leaders and influencers spoke to a packed audience of PR and comms professionals as Cision’s World Tour event series came to [...]
It’s time for PR to stand up and be counted says Telefónica UK’s comms chief
Communicators finally have the opportunity to stand up and prove how great they are to company executives, Telefónica UK‘s director of corporate affairs Nicola Green [...]
Speed hires Cat Jennings to lead its food and hospitality division
Speed Communications has appointed Cat Jennings as director of its food and hospitality division, following its acquisition of foodservice specialist agency The Splash [...]
Cyprus Tourism Organisation appoints Rooster PR
The Cyprus Tourism Organisation has appointed Rooster PR to manage its press office and deliver a series of creative campaigns. Rooster PR will promote Cyprus as a safe, [...]
Four Rain wins “smart street” brief
Four Rain will spearhead the New West End Company’s consumer comms for its world-first “smart street” concept, set to launch this month. The retail PR specialist will deliver [...]
The Lifestyle Agency adds luxury brands to roster
The Lifestyle Agency has added A Day’s March, The Hideaways Club, The London Cabaret Club, SeaNet Europe and Thomas Clipper to its roster of luxury lifestyle clients. [...]
Guestbooker.com appoints Carla Lockwood as UK MD
US television and radio booking company Guestbooker.com has made ITV’s Carla Lockwood the managing director of its new UK office. Lockwood previously served as the New York [...]
Tin Man becomes first PR agency to win best Marketing Agency at The Drum Marketing Awards
Tin Man was the first PR agency to win best Marketing Agency at The Drum Marketing Awards, earlier this week. The results were unveiled at a black-tie ceremony in [...]
PR agency No Brainer crowned one of UK’s top 100 start-ups
Cheshire-based PR and communications agency No Brainer has been named in the Start-ups 100 2017 Index, a list of the UK’s 100 best new companies. Founded two years ago by Gary [...]
Golin appoints Cohn & Wolfe’s Neera Chaudhary as global president of healthcare
Golin has appointed Neera Chaudhary as the global president of healthcare where she will work with both Golin Health and Virgo Health departments. Chaudhary will report to [...]
Rhizome Media hires LBC’s Rupert Bhatia
Rhizome Media, an SME-focused PR, content and social media agency based in central London, has appointed award-winning senior broadcast journalist Rupert Bhatia as account [...]
Moshulu hands consumer brief to Energy PR
British shoe retailer Moshulu has appointed Energy PR to raise awareness of its brand and encourage younger generations to re-evaluate its offering. Lead by Susannah Morgan, [...]