60 Seconds with Redleaf Communications’ Guy Smith
Guy Smith, a former BBC correspondent who recently joined Redleaf Communications‘ corporate team as an associate director, offers his perspective on journalism and PR. [...]
Brands2Life wins Moonpig PR and social media brief
Brands2Life has landed the consumer PR and social brief for personalised card and gift retailer Moonpig following a competitive pitch. The agency’s remit is to drive broader [...]
Virgin Trains appoints Kaper for PR and social media
Virgin Trains has appointed Kaper to handle its PR and social media work following a competitive pitch consolidating the briefs into one agency for the first time. Virgin [...]
Gong signs up for B Corp status
B2B agency Gong Communications has joined the growing global collection of B Corporations, which have met “rigorous standards” of social and environmental [...]
Opinion: How PR campaigns should represent the LGBTQ community
This Pride month, Jeff Ingold, account manager at W Communications, walks us through the “dos” and “don’ts” for representing and engaging the [...]
Tin Man wins Old Pulteney whisky brief
Single malt Scotch whisky Old Pulteney has appointed Tin Man as its new consumer PR agency following a competitive pitch. Tin Man, which recently won Marketing Agency of the [...]
Cannes 2017: PR Lions round-up
Here are our highlights from the 64th Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity which is taking place this week. PR enjoys new rules boost For the first time, the Cannes Lions [...]
Weber Shandwick partners with Tavistock to “disrupt financial PR”
Weber Shandwick and financial comms firm Tavistock have signed a strategic partnership to “disrupt the financial PR market”. Tavistock and Weber Shandwick London’s corporate, [...]
This week’s PR news in brief (19-23 June)
Here is a round-up of the essential PR stories, account and pitch wins and people news that have been announced over the last week. Account wins Australian financial [...]
60 Seconds with RB’s Sejal Sachdev
Following the RB & Lions Health Innovation Hack, we caught up with Sejal Sachdev, RB’s research and development communications manager, about this year’s winning campaign, [...]
Big Partnership in £600,000 new business boost
Glaswegian communications agency Big Partnership is celebrating a raft of new business worth more than £600,000 across the energy, construction, leisure and sports sectors. [...]
60 Seconds with Mercieca’s Pete Calvert
Pete Calvert, Mercieca’s creative director, reveals why he believes media intelligence software is an essential part of the modern PR toolkit, what it means to be a truly [...]
Redleaf hires new capital markets director
Redleaf Communications has hired Robin Tozer, Thomas Cook’s former head of group corporate communications and an ex-senior corporate communications manager at Sky, as a [...]
Clementine Communications wins Il Gusto
Food and gift brand Il Gusto has appointed Clementine Communications to handle its trade and consumer media relations and promote its range of oils, vinegars, spirits and [...]
M&C Saatchi acquires Levergy
M&C Saatchi PLC announced its acquisition of award-winning South African sports and entertainment agency Levergy today. The integrated agency, which offers PR services, [...]
60 Seconds with Hyundai’s Laura King
Autocar named Laura King, Hyundai’s senior manager, brand PR, in its list of motoring’s “rising stars” in its Great British Women in the Car Industry event [...]
Haven Power appoints Bottle
Haven Power, the UK energy supplier to businesses, and part of the Drax Group, has appointed Bottle to lead its external communications and raise awareness of the brand in the [...]
Cannes 2017: Hungary wins Young Lions PR competition 2017
Hungary has won the Gold Prize in the 2017 Young Lions PR competition, which asked teams to submit their campaigns within 24 hours of receiving the brief. The Hungarian team [...]