Grayling UK appoints Sarah Scholefield as CEO
Grayling, the integrated global communications company, has appointed Sarah Scholefield as the company’s UK chief executive officer with immediate effect. Scholefield was [...]
Promotions at JFL Search & Selection
Comms recruitment consultancy JFL Search & Selection has promoted Poppy Green and Millie Santry to senior consultant and consultant respectively. Green first joined JFL in [...]
London Design Festival hands global comms brief to Exposure
London Design Festival has chosen Exposure to lead its global comms. The agency aims to develop a long-term comms strategy that will “democratise design” by highlighting its [...]
Social Communications wins Liberty Retirement Living’s PR brief
Liberty Retirement Living has enlisted nationwide PR consultancy Social Communications promote its accommodation, lifestyle and care services for the over-55s. Social [...]
50cycles hires Sugar PR as part of northern expansion plans
Electric bike retailer 50cycles has appointed Manchester-based Sugar PR to handle its PR and content marketing. So far, 50cycles has sold more than 25,000 electric bikes and [...]
JustGiving calls in Rooster PR for crowdfunding push
JustGiving, the UK’s biggest social fundraising platform, has brought in Rooster PR to handle its UK crowdfunding press activity. Activity will focus on the placement of human [...]
Fintech startup Curve names Callum McCaig as its first PR hire
London fintech startup Curve has made its first PR and comms hire with the appointment of Burson-Marsteller’s Callum McCaig, as the business prepares to scale out of [...]
New PR lead for energy provider npower
Energy provider npower has promoted its senior PR manager (consumer), Zoe Melarkey, to head of PR. Melarkey has been at npower since 2005. She started off her career at [...]
PlayStation UK hands PR brief to The Romans
PlayStation UK has appointed The Romans as its retained PR agency, following a three-month competitive pitch process. The brief, which will span both hardware and software, [...]
Engine launches on-site agency NuFu with Oliver’s Sam Broster
Engine has launched a new on-site agency called NuFu in response to increasing client demand for “always-on content and design capability”. The new offer will be [...]
Clarion wins UK PR brief from Electrolux Group
Electrolux Group, which includes home appliance brands Electrolux, AEG and Zanussi, has appointed Clarion Communications as its UK consumer and trade PR agency. The main focus [...]
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Your bitesize update on the latest People News and Moves featured on Gorkana News: LEWIS appoints Daniel Cohen to senior vice president LEWIS has appointed Grayling’s Daniel [...]
Eulogy launches events and experiential service
Eulogy is launching an events and experiential offering to cater for the fast-growing “experience economy”. Cally Sheard, associate director, will lead a team of specialists [...]
Half of charities unclear on Lobbying Act election restrictions
Less than one in five charities and not-for-profit organisations understand the restrictions imposed on campaigning during the General Election, according to research from [...]
60 Seconds with Fox PR’s Lysbeth Fox
Lysbeth Fox, founder and MD of luxury comms agency Fox PR, reveals why she decided to go it alone after two decades in PR, the highs and lows of running your own agency and [...]
LEWIS appoints Daniel Cohen to senior vice president
LEWIS has appointed Grayling’s Daniel Cohen as its senior vice president EMEA brand to expand the agency’s consumer brand and digital businesses. Cohen will begin [...]
Boux Avenue appoints Threepipe to drive online growth
Boux Avenue, the lingerie, swimwear and nightwear brand owned by Theo Paphitis, has appointed Threepipe to help drive further international online growth. Threepipe will [...]
Hotwire joins UK initiative to grow flexible jobs market
Hotwire has teamed up with recruitment firm Timewise to join its Hire Me My Way campaign, an initiative that aims to increase UK jobs that are advertised as open to flexible [...]