Why it’s time for CMOs to embrace PR and comms
What you’re about to read might sound like bad news. But for businesses that arm themselves with the right tools, it actually represents a huge opportunity just waiting to be realised. You see, consumer trust is falling across the board. Global research firm Nielsen reports that consumers now trust print, TV and radio ads less […]
Aspectus appoints Michael House as account director
Aspectus, the B2B agency specialising in financial services, technology, energy and engineering, has appointed Michael House as an account director on its technology team. [...]
Europe’s SEC Group buys a stake in Newington
Italy’s SEC Group has announced a formal partnership with UK-based Newington Communications. SEC has taken a 60% stake in Newington Communications, and its international [...]
Manifest hires branding and design director
Manifest has named IlK’s Martin Farrar-Smith as branding and design director, as the agency further bolsters its executive committee for growth and international expansion [...]
Ketchum unveils ‘Break Through Advisory Board’
Omnicom-owned global comms firm Ketchum has appointed a ‘Break Through Advisory Board’ following its formation of a Global Leadership Council (GLC) and Barri [...]
Weber Shandwick’s former tech MD launches content business
Peter Ross, former MD and EVP of Weber Shandwick’s EMEA tech practice, is launching a content writing business Ross Content Writing & Consulting to support corporate, [...]
Teneo integrates UK businesses under Teneo Blue Rubicon
Global CEO advisory firm Teneo has integrated its entire UK strategic comms businesses, including Blue Rubicon, under the new name Teneo Blue Rubicon. The move follows Teneo’s [...]
Ian Middleton joins Celicourt Communications
Ian Middleton has today joined Celicourt as a partner and co-investor in the company. Middleton joins Celicourt from Powerscourt, where he was head of industrials, energy and [...]
Virgin Media PR joins Rooster
Virgin Media’s former consumer PR lead Joe Thomas has joined Rooster as the PR and digital comms agency’s first creative director. Thomas, who led consumer PR at Virgin Media [...]
Opinion: Make video streaming work for your budget
Rory Green, videographer at broadcast PR agency Shout! Communications, talks about video streaming as a valuable tool for PR campaigns and explores live streaming options for [...]
Lansons appoints Rollo Crichton-Stuart
Lansons has hired Rollo Crichton-Stuart as board director to strengthen the consultancy’s financial comms remit. Crichton-Stuart joins from an associate partner role at Bell [...]
Walbrook PR retained by IPPlus
Walbrook PR, which provides financial PR and investor relations to small cap and AIM-listed companies, has been retained by IPPlus to support its relaunch as a high growth [...]
Newgate advises on Autins Group IPO
Newgate Communications advised Autins Group, a manufacturer for automotive companies, on its AIM IPO on 22 August 2016. The Newgate team, led by partner Adam Lloyd and [...]
The Gorkana Weekly Industry News Brief: 3 – 9 September 2016
Missed out on this week’s PR News? Get your handy round-up of the essential highlights of PR and media stories, features and events content over the last seven days on Gorkana [...]
Bell Pottinger appoints Ian Shackleton to financial and corporate team
Nomura MD Ian Shackleton has been appointed principal of Bell Pottinger’s corporate and financial team. Shackleton has worked for a number of investment banks including James [...]
Two PR briefs for The Lifestyle Agency
The Lifestyle Agency has won PR briefs from Vail Resorts and boutique Croatian hotel The Admiral Zaton. Following a successful campaign last season, Vail Resorts has [...]
Mercieca appoints social media manager
Mercieca has brought in Sameer Ahmed from The Earned Agency to join its growing social media team. Previously, Ahmed was a social media manager at The Earned Agency, which is [...]
Opinion: How to pitch to broadcast media
Good Broadcast this week welcomed BBC journalist Jack Baine onto its team as a consultant. Working on programmes including BBC World News TV, BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat and BBC [...]
Twitter appoints Kristin Binns as senior comms director
Twitter has brought in Kristin Binns, VP for comms at health insurance firm Anthem, as senior comms director. Binns will handle all consumer and corporate PR activity for the [...]