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 […]
Pollen + Grace hires Hope&Glory
The founders of nutrition business Pollen + Grace has brought in Hope&Glory to help build the brand after securing new retail distribution. London-based Pollen + Grace was [...]
GK Strategy and sister agency onefourzero hire Justin Ash as chairman
GK Strategy and sister agency onefourzero have appointed Oasis Dental Care’s Justin Ash as its new chairman. Current CEO Emily Wallace and onefourzero MD Fleur Hicks will [...]
LV= hands PR brief to Kindred
Financial services provider LV= has named Kindred as its PR agency, following a competitive pitch against six other agencies. The brief is to promote the brand’s new purpose [...]
Zambuni PR promotes Burlington Arcade
Zambuni PR has been appointed to manage the PR and social media for England’s oldest and longest shopping arcade, the Burlington Arcade. Open since 1819, the Burlington [...]
Ultimate Products appoints Powerscourt
Ultimate Products, the owner, manager, designer and developer of a range of value-focused consumer goods brands, has appointed Powerscourt as its UK financial and corporate PR [...]
Chameleon undergoes management buyout
Chameleon’s founder, Helen Holland, has sold the PR firm she founded in 1998 to CEO Tom Berry and MD Tom Buttle. Holland, who most recently served as chair of the company, [...]
Opinion: The Big Story vs The Big Idea
Emma Hazan, MD of consumer at Hotwire PR, on the creative idea and why it’s the research and insight behind it which dictates campaign success. Author and storyteller [...]
Electronic learning toys company VTech hands PR and social brief to Threepipe
VTech, the electronic learning toys company, has brought in Threepipe to handle the PR and social campaign activity for its VTech and LeapFrog brands in the UK. The [...]
Borkowski wins NOW That’s What I Call Music! comms brief
Borkowski has been appointed to create an influential campaign for UK music brand NOW That’s What I Call Music!, the biggest series compilation albums in the country. Since [...]
Former Sky comms director Julian Eccles joins Travelport as VP for PR and corporate communications
Travel commerce platform Travelport has appointed former Sky communications director Julian Eccles as vice president for PR and corporate communications. Eccles replaces Kate [...]
Angus Energy appoints Abchurch
Angus Energy has hired Abchurch as its retained financial and corporate communications adviser. Senior partner Tim Thompson will lead the Abchurch team. Angus listed on AIM in [...]
MHP appoints Barnaby Fry as head of crisis
MHP Communications has enhanced its crisis comms offer with the appointment of Barnaby Fry as head of crisis. Fry, currently an MD at MHP, has 20 years’ experience in [...]
PR Case Study: Knocking Ed Sheeran off the #1 Spot
Find out how new consumer PR agency MUNCH took on the challenge to raise the profile of Youtube sensation Daisy Clark, push her into the mainstream music market and, [...]
Quill PR appointed by British Empire Trust PLC
Quill PR has been appointed by the £977 million British Empire Trust PLC as its retained media relations consultancy with immediate effect. As part of its brief, Quill will [...]
PR M&A activity drops in the UK as agencies eye European clients
The number of PR M&A deals have fallen in the first quarter of 2017, according to research by Results International. Volumes are down in the UK but rose in Western Europe. [...]
Beattie hires B&Q’s Fflur Sheppard
Beattie has hired B&Q’s Fflur Sheppard to its corporate, B2B and crisis management team as associate director. The agency has 18 corporate, B2B and crisis specialists [...]
Loyalty specialist Paytronix appoints Milk & Honey PR
Corporate brand agency Milk & Honey PR has been appointed by Paytronix to launch its UK operations as the company expands globally. Milk & Honey PR is responsible for [...]
Rabobank appoints Citypress to pan-European brief
Rabobank, the global leading food and agriculture bank, has appointed Citypress to handle its European wholesale banking brief following a competitive pitch. The consultancy [...]