Gorkana meets…Guido Fawkes
Guido Fawkes’ editor Paul Staines, political correspondent Alex Wickham and tech reporter Jeremy Wilson on the launch of Techno Guido, running a million miles from [...]
Behind the Headlines with Alex Clough
Alex Clough, social media director at Splendid Communications, on using his Nan as a success barometer, why the industry needs to desperately improve on measurement and giving [...]
Lidl hires PR manager
Lidl has appointed Green Row’s Maya Orr as its new PR manager. Maya joins a five-strong PR team, led by Lidl’s acting head of PR, Georgina O’Donnell. She will work alongside [...]
Gorkana meets…LBC
In the first of our Election 2015 special interviews, we speak to Iain Dale, the Drivetime show presenter on LBC Radio, on the importance of broadcast during the campaign, the [...]
Were you fooled?
PRs were busy this morning peddling the annual batch of April Fools’ Day stories.. Tesco is planning to revolutionise shopping with the introduction of [...]
Gorkana meets…Ars Technica UK
Ahead of the launch of Ars Technica UK next month, Conde Nast UK’s first digital-only publication, Gorkana catches up with senior editor Sebastian Anthony on geeky readers, [...]
Metro Bank recruits comms director
Peter Murray joins the challenger bank as director of communications, heading up its growing comms team. Peter, who reports into Metro Bank CEO Craig Donaldson, joins from [...]
Brazen PRs launch #PRLife experiment
Two Brazen employees have pledged to live, eat, sleep and breath the brands they PR during a week-long work/life social experiment. Account executives Sophie Smith (pictured [...]
Brunswick promotes new directors
The international corporate comms partnership has promoted directors across six global offices, including five in London. The London-based promotions include Charlie Potter [...]
Gorkana meets…HuffPost Young Voices
Lucy Sherriff, editor of Huffington Post Young Voices, on launching a new platform for young people and why PRs should use the email subject line to catch her eye. Describe [...]
Gorkana meets…Business Insider UK
James Cook, tech reporter at Business Insider UK, on the launch of the site in the UK, getting readers excited about business tech and the luxury of building good [...]
Gorkana meets…Times Fashion
Anna Murphy, fashion director at The Times, on creating evergreen content, bringing fashion to life in all its bonkers-ness and why there is no one better than a great PR. You [...]
Sunday Times 100 Best Companies named
Four comms companies have been included in this year’s list of Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For. The highest entry is Karma Communications Group, which includes PR [...]
Gorkana meets…Daily Mail’s City Editor
Alex Brummer, City Editor of the Daily Mail and author of Bad Banks, on the failure of comms during the financial crisis, the public’s increased scrutiny of The City and [...]
Gorkana meets…Daily Mail’s City Editor
Alex Brummer, City Editor of the Daily Mail and author of Bad Banks, on the failure of comms during the financial crisis, the public’s increased scrutiny of The City and [...]
Still doing it Frank’s way
While many UK agencies obsess about world domination and flinging open their doors on foreign shores, Frank PR has just opened its third UK office and is finding diversity and [...]
Gorkana meets…Mashable UK
Blathnaid Healy, UK editor of Mashable, on her community of super-sharers, embracing British English and why she’s open to pitches from PRs. You were appointed editor of [...]
Gorkana meets…VICE News EU
Hannah Strange, Managing Editor of VICE News EU, on reporting on the blindspots in traditional media, managing the fastest growing channel on YouTube and how PRs and NGOs can [...]