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 […]
Revolution briefed to promote Silverstone Classic
Revolution Sports + Entertainment has been chosen to provide a consumer and lifestyle PR campaign for the Silverstone Classic, the world’s biggest classic motor racing [...]
Forest Enterprise England tenders £800,000 PR brief
Forest Enterprise England (FEE), part of the Forestry Commission, has put a brief out to tender for a four-year PR contract worth a total of £800,000. FEE manages state-owned [...]
Behind the Headlines with MB Communications’ Maria Boyle
Maria Boyle, founder and director of MB Communications, on gaining a sixth sense for what will and won’t work, why PRs shouldn’t hide behind emails and get on the [...]
Burson-Marsteller appoints The Times’ Clark
Burson-Marsteller UK has appointed The Times‘ Andrew Clark as a director in its public affairs team. Clark was most recently deputy business editor at The Times, where [...]
AVG’s Innovation Labs hires Augur
AVG’s Innovation Labs, the internet security provider’s independent development arm, has hired Augur to raise its global profile. Augur, which calls itself a comms [...]
60 seconds with Claire Maugham, Smart Energy GB
Claire Maugham, director of policy and communications at Smart Energy GB, on effecting national behaviour change around the government’s complete rollout of smart meters [...]
Fairtrade Fortnight cuts through with a simple message
Launched in 1997 by the Fairtrade Foundation, Fairtrade Fortnight is at the heart of the brand’s mission to promote fair pay for farmers in the Third World and it [...]
Iredale Communications wins four accounts
Iredale Communications, founded by former Sunday Times reporter Will Iredale, has won four new accounts, including utility bill divider Dividabill and frozen smoothie company [...]
Lidl names W as its UK PR agency
Lidl, Britain’s fastest-growing supermarket*, has appointed W as its UK PR agency ahead of a major expansion programme. W, which won the account following a competitive pitch [...]
PR firms in Sunday Times Best Companies
Engine and Edelman have made it onto this year’s The Sunday Times’ 100 Best Companies To Work For list. In addition, Bite has been named one of the 100 Best Small Companies To [...]
Tech investor Mercia brings in Buchanan
Mercia Technologies, a business which invests in “disruptive” tech companies such as virtual reality enterprise nDreams, has hired Buchanan as its retained [...]
Newgate’s Watt joins FWD as capital markets lead
FWD Group, which last week announced an MBO by two of its directors, has hired Newgate’s Roddy Watt as director in its capital markets division. Watt will launch and [...]
The Gorkana Weekly Industry News Brief: 20 to 26 February 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 [...]
MWC 2016: three key PR takeaways
A record turnout of more than 100,000 attendees and around 4,000 businesses exhibiting across the four days of Mobile World Congress (MWC) made headlines for brands like [...]
Instinctif wins top agency at PRCA financial awards
Instinctif Partners, Schroders, FTI Consulting and Lansons were among the big winners at last night’s inaugural PRCA City and Financial Awards 2016. At the ceremony, [...]
Thanos Hotels and Resorts hires PCC
Perowne Charles Communications (PCC) has been chosen to handle the UK PR and social media for Thanos Hotels and Resorts, Cyprus’ leading luxury hotel group. The agency has [...]
Splendid hires Gavin Taylor to lead digital team
Splendid Communications has appointed iProspect Enterprise’s Gavin Taylor as head of performance, as the agency looks enhance its digital and creative offer. Taylor will head [...]
BMG hires Steve Redmond to handle global comms
BMG, the world’s fourth biggest music publisher, has appointed music industry veteran Steve Redmond to run its worldwide comms activity. Redmond has been a leading voice in [...]