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 […]
Tulchan hosts PR charity football tournament
Tulchan, the London-based communications agency, has organised a five-a-side charity football tournament for journalists and PR agencies on 11 September 2016. The Engie City [...]
CribMaster appoints Shooting Star
Global industrial technology specialist, CribMaster, has enlisted Shooting Star to deliver its PR in the UK and mainland Europe. Sarah-Jane Freni, PR account director at [...]
Saturday Kitchen regular Olly Smith joins Clarion’s advisory board
Clarion has added to its advisory board, with the appointments of wine expert, TV personality and Saturday Kitchen regular Olly Smith, Condiment Junkie co-founder Scott King, [...]
LEWIS chosen for Exact’s EMEA brief
LEWIS will provide Exact, a cloud-based business software provider for SMEs, with Europe-wide PR services. LEWIS and Exact aim to increase brand awareness across EMEA, with a [...]
W briefed to help Camden Town Brewery go global
Camden Town Brewery has appointed W following a competitive pitch to handle its UK PR as it looks to move from a London brewery into a global brand. W’s brief will include [...]
Quintin Keanie returns to MSLGROUP
MSLGROUP has strengthened its UK corporate team through the hiring of Quintin Keanie as associate director. Keanie rejoins Publicis Groupe’s strategic communications agency [...]
Gorkana meets… Little White Lies
Adam Woodward, digital editor of Little White Lies, the bi-monthly print magazine which champions great movies and the people who make them, talks to Gorkana‘s Niall [...]
Alexander PR promotes artist Gary Card
Global management agency Streeters London has brought in Alexander PR to raise the profile of artist Gary Card’s inaugural exhibition. Card studied Theatre Design at Central [...]
Cognito appoints Tilleray as non-exec chair
Cognito has appointed ex-Huntsworth chief operating officer, Sally Tilleray, as non-executive chairman and member of the board. Based in London, Tilleray will work with [...]
The Co-op Bank announces McPherson as director of comms
Lesley McPherson has taken up the position of director of communications at The Co-operative Bank and is based in its Manchester head office. McPherson joins the bank from [...]
Weber Shandwick Manchester boosts corporate team
Weber Shandwick Manchester has boosted its corporate team through the hiring of Amy Hopkinson as senior account director, and two internal promotions. Following a series of [...]
PR Case Study: The re-launch of Virgin Radio
To mark the re-launch of Virgin Radio this year, Wireless Group’s in-house PR team partnered up with Virgin Trains to transform a Manchester to London train into a live [...]
Pier expands marine PR portfolio
East Anglian PR agency Pier has been chosen to raise the profile of independent marina Suffolk Yacht Harbour. The agency has been briefed to help build awareness of Suffolk [...]
Kindred uses Instagram for ‘creative’ recruitment
Kindred has launched an Instagram portfolio to give creative marketing professionals the chance to learn more about the agency and apply to join its team, as part of Kindred’s [...]
BritainThinks expands education practice with new hire
BritainThinks has hired Hannah Kilshaw as an associate director, in order to expand its education practice. Currently, the strategy and insights business works with clients [...]
Unilever’s Geoff McDonald joins Burson-Marsteller with corporate purpose remit
Burson-Marsteller has appointed Geoff McDonald, Unilever’s former global VP of HR for marketing, comms, sustainability and global talent, as a senior advisor on corporate [...]
Meggitt appoints FTI as financial PR advisor
Meggitt, the FTSE 250 global engineering group, has appointed FTI Consulting as its retained financial PR advisor. The engineering group specialises in aerospace equipment and [...]
Ex-BBC Breakfast presenter joins CNC
Strategic comms agency CNC, which is part of MSLGROUP, has brought in former BBC Breakfast presenter Dominic Laurie as a senior consultant within its London office. Laurie [...]