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 […]
Text100 wins European Bridgestone PR brief
Tyre manufacturer Bridgestone Europe has appointed Text100 to handle its corporate and brand PR. Text100 will plan and deliver a full corporate comms programme and support on [...]
Cision’s Tom Ritchie to deliver keynote speech at B2B Marketing Expo
Tom Ritchie, Cision EMIA’s product director, will deliver a keynote speech at next week’s B2B Marketing Expo. The B2B Marketing Expo, the leading marketing event in the UK, [...]
Spark Communications to ignite Ivalua’s UK PR
Ivalua, the procurement software company, has appointed Spark Communications to manage its UK PR activity. Spark will look to build the company’s profile in the UK through [...]
Roland Dransfield to launch Manchester regeneration scheme
Integrated marketing agency Roland Dransfield has been appointed to support the launch of the £200 million St Michael’s regeneration scheme in Manchester. Roland Dransfield [...]
WPR cements brief from FTSE 250 housebuilder
FTSE 250 housebuilder Redrow has appointed WPR to support its expansion in the Midlands, following a four-way pitch. The agency has been briefed to promote Redrow’s portfolio [...]
Eulogy shakes up management to drive growth
Eulogy has promoted Adrian Brady and Elisabeth Field to chairman and CEO, respectively, as the agency seeks to build on its most successful year yet. Brady started Eulogy in [...]
Clarity PR to promote ‘conversational marketing’ platform iAdvize
iAdvize, a platform that helps businesses engage customers and prospects with real-time messaging, has appointed Clarity PR as its UK comms agency. The firm has briefed [...]
Frankie Oliver joins Kindred Agency
Integrated agency Kindred has appointed Frankie Oliver as managing partner. Oliver joins from Nexus Communications Group, where she was both MD of Nexus and founder of [...]
60 Seconds with Nobull Communications’ Steve Carman
Steve Carman, director at Nobull Communications, explains why the agency has created its Nobull Tech division, its long-lasting client relationships and the company’s [...]
Hills Balfour acquired by MMGY Global
Integrated travel and hospitality agency MMGY Global has acquired Hills Balfour to expand its offering in Europe. The two firms will begin integrating this year, with Hills [...]
PR Case Study: Kazoo – The Gfinity Elite Series
Kazoo created a media strategy and a wide range of content to help raise awareness around Gfinity’s Elite Series eSports competition through traditional and social [...]
W wins innocent’s consumer PR brief
Innocent has appointed W as its retained consumer PR agency to help drive its continued expansion in the health and wellness sector. W will work with innocent’s marketing team [...]
This week’s PR news in brief (5-9 March)
Here’s a round-up of the week’s essential PR news, featuring Centropy PR, Henman Communications and Cision’s exclusive International Women’s Day profiles. [...]
Celebrating women in rock with Classic Rock’s Sian Llewellyn
Classic Rock editor Sian Llewellyn talks about profiling the world’s greatest female rock stars, her relationship with PRs and how to get up-and-coming acts featured in the [...]
Opinion: The PR industry is (finally) striding towards gender parity
Launch director Niki Wheeler looks back on some of the great women she’s encountered over the course of her career and considers how industry attitudes are changing for the [...]
60 Seconds with LFA and PR Dispatch founder Rosie Davies
Rosie Davies, founder of the Lifestyle & Fashion Agency and PR Dispatch, talks about her experiences as a young female entrepreneur in PR and the future of her agencies. [...]
International Women’s Day: Succeeding as a woman in PR
To celebrate International Women’s Day, Cision spoke to eight industry-leading women, asking them why they went into PR, if they’ve encountered adversity due to [...]
Chris Tuite joins MRM board as director and head of consumer finance
Financial services consultancy MRM has promoted Chris Tuite to the new position of head of consumer finance and made him a director on the agency’s board. He will be [...]