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 […]
LEWIS’ Dean Russell launches epifny consulting
Dean Russell, former EMEA creative strategy director at LEWIS PR, has launched epifny consulting, with Bite and the Direct Marketing Association as founding clients. The new [...]
Pitch launches sponsorship division
Sports PR agency Pitch has launched a specialist sponsorship division, Pitch Partnerships, and brought Havas Sport & Entertainment Cake’s Gavin Peters to head up the new [...]
Innis & Gunn hands global comms brief to Manifest
Innis & Gunn has appointed Manifest as its global comms agency following a competitive pitch, as the Edinburgh-based craft brewer embarks on expansion plans in both the UK [...]
Citigate Manchester hires SkyParlour’s Pears
Citigate Dewe Rogerson‘s Manchester office has brought in Matthew Pears, formerly of marketing and PR firm SkyParlour, as an associate director. Pears will work on a [...]
Morrisons hires Shine @ The Academy
Morrisons, the UK’s fourth largest supermarket chain, has named Shine @ The Academy as its retained brand PR agency, following a competitive pitch. Shine @ The Academy is the [...]
Tlou Energy hands PR brief to St Brides
AIM-listed energy company Tlou Energy has brought in St Brides as its retained financial PR. Tlou Energy delivers power in Botswana and South Africa through the development of [...]
Gorkana meets… passportstamps.uk
Freelance travel writer Helen Wright talks to Gorkana‘s Richard Caldecourt about launching consumer travel site passportstamps.uk, why she’s keen to showcase less [...]
Cohn & Wolfe’s Price joins firstlight
Independent comms agency firstlight has expanded its team with six hires, including Anna Price who joins as associate director from Cohn & Wolfe‘s corporate team. [...]
Buchanan advises Watkin Jones on IPO
Construction company Watkin Jones has appointed Buchanan to advise the group on its AIM IPO, which is the largest AIM IPO fundraising this year, and its ongoing financial [...]
60 seconds with Tim Williamson, Cognito
Tim Willliamson, MD of Cognito‘s APAC region, on the challenges of communicating in different countries, how his journalistic ‘nosiness’ led to a career in [...]
H+K London Healthcare boosts Content+Publishing approach
Hill + Knowlton Strategies (H+K) Chicago’s Jessi Langsen has joined the agency’s London office to lead the Content + Publishing approach for its Healthcare sector business. [...]
Tangerine picks up telecoms security brief
HAUD, a telecoms security business, has hired Tangerine to increase brand awareness and engage key influencers as part of a global brief. The company works with mobile [...]
Smarts Communicate opens London office
Belfast-based Smarts Communicate has opened a new London office and brought in Good Relations’ Helen Rainford to head it up. The PR and content agency, which currently works [...]
LightBrigade MD Alan Twigg joins Way to Blue
LightBrigade MD Alan Twigg has joined global comms agency Way to Blue as head of consumer. Twigg left Fishburn Hedges’ consumer arm, Seventy Seven, as managing partner four [...]
Montfort hires TLG founder Gooderham
Montfort Communications, the financial and strategic PR agency, has appointed TLG founder and former FTI Consulting senior MD Malcolm Gooderham to lead its new corporate and [...]
Behind the Headlines with Wei-UK’s Cecilia Yan
Ruojun “Cecilia” Yan, head of PR and social at Chinese speciality consumer engagement agency Wei-UK Consulting, on aligning Western and Chinese media objectives for clients, [...]
Sky Betting & Gaming brings in FTI
Sky Betting & Gaming, the independent online gambling firm, has appointed FTI Consulting as its retained corporate comms adviser, following a competitive pitch process. [...]
Headset maker Jabra appoints LEWIS
Jabra, which develops headsets and audio devices for use by businesses and consumers, has brought in LEWIS as lead communications agency to deliver PR services in the UK, US, [...]