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 […]
Seven Dials wins Charles Heidsieck brief
Seven Dials has won a UK consumer comms brief from premium French champagne brand Charles Heidsieck. The agency has boosted its luxury credentials with the appointment of Tash [...]
H+K London boosts data analytics offer
Hill+Knowlton Strategies (H+K) London has hired The Social Partners’ Vinay Chhana and Ebiquity’s Thomas Jackson to bolster its data capabilities. Chhana joins as a [...]
Vision Express briefs Launch PR
Vision Express UK has appointed brand PR agency Launch PR to help raise awareness of its range of glasses frames. Launch PR has been briefed to create media experiences to [...]
Cognito picks up cloud-based fintech brief
Lanware, a provider of cloud-based, outsourced tech for financial services firms, has hired Cognito to raise its profile in the fintech community. Cognito is working with [...]
Stonegate Pub Co expands Lucre’s PR brief
Lucre has had its PR brief with Stonegate Pub Company expanded to include the company’s entire branded bar division, which includes Yates and Flares, following the agency’s [...]
Kwittken adds to management team
Kwittken London, the UK arm of international PR agency Kwittken, has appointed David Taylor, formerly the head of communications for Orange-France Telecom Europe, and Gary [...]
Costcutter Supermarkets briefs MCG
Retail business Costcutter Supermarkets Group, which owns the Costcutter and Kwiksave brands, has appointed MCG to deliver an “extensive” trade and corporate PR [...]
White Paper: Business issues fuel PR
Business news is no longer confined to the City pages or niche publications. In recent years, it has become a ‘mainstream’ concern and is increasingly popular. A new Gorkana [...]
Tali Robinson joins Farrer Kane
Communications agency Farrer Kane has appointed Tali Robinson, formerly of Spada, as associate director. Robinson has more than 15 years’ experience advising clients across a [...]
Taylor Herring briefed to celebrate Beatrix Potter
Penguin Random House has hired creative brand comms agency Taylor Herring to help celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Beatrix Potter, British author, illustrator [...]
Mike Love steps down as chairman of Burson-Marsteller
Burson-Marsteller has announced today that its chairman, Mike Love, is to step down with immediate effect. It is understood that Love is stepping down from his role as [...]
How #charitytuesday boosts PR
Every week large charities such as Dementia UK, the Big Lottery Fund, Heritage UK and WaterAid, use #charitytuesday to promote their causes via Twitter. As a hashtag, it [...]
Richmond Towers promotes New York Bakery Co
The UK’s biggest bagel brand, New York Bakery Co, has brought in Richmond Towers to raise awareness and educate consumers on the benefits of its baked goods. Designed to [...]
Kitman Labs hands European brief to Macesport
Sports PR and sponsorship agency Macesport has been handed a European PR brief by Silicon Valley-based sports tech company Kitman Labs, which includes partnerships with UK [...]
TenderSpace brings in Yellow Jersey
TenderSpace, a website that allows anyone involved in the construction industry to find resources for projects, has retained Yellow Jersey to manage a media relations brief [...]
Pagefield launches training academy
Independent comms consultancy Pagefield has launched The Pagefield Academy to offer “bespoke training courses” to its clients across a range of subjects, from [...]
60 seconds with Tim Snowball, PHA Media
Tim Snowball, head of political strategy at PHA Media and former Lib Dem director of political comms, tells us about how he hid, with Nick Clegg, from a TV helicopter, his [...]
FleishmanHillard Fishburn launches training course
FleishmanHillard Fishburn has partnered up with the PRCA to launch FUSE, the first PRCA-accredited training programme developed by a UK PR agency. Under the CPD-accredited [...]