Chairman of Burson-Marsteller Africa to lead Maggie Nally lecture
Robyn De Villiers, CEO and chairman of Burson-Marsteller, Africa, is to give this year’s Maggie Nally Memorial Lecture keynote address, the Chartered Institute of Public [...]
Winners announced at the PRCA City and Financial Awards
At the City and Financial Awards last night, Instinctif Partners and Schroders defended their titles as best agency and best in-house team respectively. The award ceremony was [...]
Beattie opens Cornwall office
Beattie has opened an office in Helston, Cornwall to serve the south west of England. Associate director Amanda Fry established the new office to help win business and grow [...]
Hanover hires ex-BT Michael Prescott as group MD
Michael Prescott, the former director of corporate affairs at BT, has joined Hanover in the newly-created role of group managing director, corporate and political strategy. [...]
Vigo makes trio of technology wins
Vigo has added RedstoneConnect, CloudCall and WANdisco to its technology, media and telecom (TMT) client portfolio. RedstoneConnect, a technology and services provider for [...]
Finalists named for the 2017 Suzy Spirit Awards
Seven people have been shortlisted for the 2017 Suzy Spirit Awards, following a record-number of nominations. For the first time, there are two categories – the Suzy [...]
The Cult PR promotes London Evening Standard Food Month
The Cult PR has been chosen to handle the PR for the London Evening Standard Food Month, which takes place in June. Chefs, restaurants, hotels, food trucks, cafés, bars and [...]
Bromium signs six-figure retainer with Spark Communications
Enterprise security company Bromium has selected Spark Communications to handle its UK PR brief and global strategy. The six-figure brief will see Spark develop corporate, [...]
Radioactive PR promotes “the world’s first fully automated Instagram scheduler”
Hopper, “the world’s first fully automated Instagram scheduler”, which allows social media professionals and users to automatically schedule and post on the social [...]
The Romans duo wins UK’s Young PR Lions competition
The Romans’ Ottilie Ratcliffe and Jack Davy have won the 2017 UK Young Lions PR competition for their ‘#TOMHARDYLIVE’ campaign for the British Heart Foundation. The duo will [...]
Middle East-focused investment firm chooses Yellow Jersey PR
Yellow Jersey PR has been appointed as the retained communications adviser to Indigo Holdings, having supported the company’s NEX Exchange IPO. Charles Goodwin, Yellow Jersey [...]
ESPGHAN appoints Spink for children’s healthcare congress
The European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) has appointed healthcare specialist Spink to manage communications for its 50th Annual [...]
The PR Office appointed by Partnerships for Jewish Schools
The PR Office has been appointed by Partnerships for Jewish Schools (PaJes), the largest support network for Jewish schools in the UK. The PR Office will focus on a media [...]
Grayling promotes Joseph Zeratzion
Grayling has promoted Joseph Zeratzion as people and development director for the UK and Ireland. Zeratzion will lead Grayling’s talent strategy, with responsibility for [...]
Fourth Day partners with getcleantech.com
Fourth Day has been appointed to help Canadian company getcleantech.com raise its international profile. Aggregating information from the clean technology industry, [...]
Lexis promotes UK business potential with the Commonwealth
Lexis has been named as the official marketing and comms partner for Maritime Connects, an initiative which aims to drive economic growth, job creation and prosperity [...]
Nava Finance appoints MRM
Nava Finance has appointed financial communications agency MRM as it launches a consumer lending platform. After securing FCA approval last month, the new platform will be [...]
Ministry of Sound appoints Smarts Communicate to launch fitness offering
Smarts Communicate has been appointed to launch ‘Ministry Does Fitness’, a new fitness offering from Ministry of Sound. Smarts’ London office will coordinate a programme [...]