The Ascott Limited appoints Allison+Partners
Allison+Partners has been named the UK agency of record for The Ascott Limited, a global serviced residence owner operator, following a competitive review. Ascott’s UK brands [...]
PR sees growth in M&A activity worldwide for 2016
M&A advisor Results International has revealed that PR M&A activity grew globally last year. In 2016, there were 77 deals in total which is up from 75 in 2015. In [...]
The Portuguese Cork Association hands UK PR brief to Clarion Communications
The Portuguese Cork Association (APCOR) has brought in Clarion Communications as its UK PR agency, following an international tender for the promotion of cork stoppers, which [...]
P&C PR promotes Schools OUT UK and LGBT History Month
P&C PR is handling the PR, on a pro bono basis, for Schools OUT UK, the UK charity behind LGBT History Month, which is currently taking place. The charity is marking [...]
4mediarelations reappointed for World Travel Market London
4mediarelations has been named the official broadcast partner for World Travel Market London 2017 for the 5th year running. Its reappointment comes after it secured more than [...]
Mystudenthalls.com hires Rooster
Mystudenthalls.com has chosen Rooster to enhance its position as the UK’s first and “most comprehensive” student halls search engine. Mystudenthalls.com allows [...]
Scott Storey Outdoor Living and James Grace hire The Lucre Group
The Lucre Group has won two PR briefs from Scott Storey Outdoor Living, which launches this year, and James Grace, a specialist in bespoke staircases. Scott Storey Outdoor [...]
Tommee Tippee appoints Kindred to handle UK PR
Tommee Tippee, the UK’s largest baby-feeding brand, has appointed Kindred to handle its PR, following a competitive pitch. Kindred has been briefed to raise awareness of [...]
The power of flexible working in PR
Timewise has selected the top 50 most powerful part-time workers in 2017 featuring a host of in-house and agency comms pros. Gorkana asks how flexible working has empowered [...]
EMERGE to handle Huel’s media relations in Germany
After launching nutritional powdered food brand Huel into the UK market last year, EMERGE has had its brief extended to work on its brand strategy in Germany. Initially EMERGE [...]
Luxury shaving brand OneBlade appoints Yellow Jersey PR
Yellow Jersey PR has been appointed by OneBlade, a luxury men’s wet shaving brand, as its strategic communications agency. The brief includes establishing the company’s UK and [...]
Stand Agency briefed to encourage consumers to buy British tomatoes
Stand Agency has been appointed by The British Tomato Growers’ Association to help encourage consumers to buy more British tomatoes. The Association, which represents 90% of [...]
We Buy Any Home hands comms and content brief to PHA Media
PHA Media has been appointed by home-buying company We Buy Any Home to handle its UK comms activity and content marketing strategy. Founded by real estate entrepreneur Elliot [...]
Ready10 promotes TV presenter Emma Kenny and helps launch dating app “Shinder”
Ready10 has been brought on board by TV presenter and psychologist Emma Kenny and product designer, performer and “ideas man” Shed Simove, who has just launched a new dating [...]
Seven ways to make the most of broadcast media
Good Broadcast‘s Phil Caplin shares some advice from Sam Taylor, executive editor of the BBC News Channel and BBC News at One, and Tom Bateman, BBC News correspondent, [...]
TransPennine Express hires Havas PR
Havas PR UK has been handed a PR brief by TransPennine Express, the Manchester-based train operating company which runs intercity rail services throughout the North of England [...]
RBS Group hands media relations brief to BIG Partnership
RBS Group has brought in BIG Partnership to deliver regional media relations for its NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland, Lombard and Invoice Finance brands across the UK, [...]
Ex-Grayling CEO joins Beattie Group
Alison Clarke, the former UK CEO of Grayling, has joined Beattie Group as chairman of its specialist marketing brand, Only Marketing. Clarke, a former PRCA chair and CIPR [...]