Manc Frank and artist Mancsy release charity Christmas jumper
Manc Frank and urban artist Mancsy have joined forces to release the ‘Manc-Mas Jumper’ to raise funds for Education for the Children. The agency team and Manduo have [...]
Recollection of negative coverage for charities is falling, shows Gorkana survey
For the third business quarter (July-September 2016) Gorkana’s Charity Attitudes Benchmarking Survey shows that recollection of negative coverage around charities has [...]
Harvester hires Threepipe
Family restaurant chain Harvester has handed a retained PR brief to Threepipe to manage its social media and consumer press office activity, following a competitive pitch. [...]
Webinar: 2016 – a year in PR
Tin Man’s Mandy Sharp and The PC Agency’s Paul Charles will take up Gorkana’s annual challenge today at 3pm (Wednesday 14 December) to identify key PR trends for [...]
Madeleine Thompson briefs The Fashion Digital
British knitwear designer Madeleine Thompson has appointed The Fashion Digital as its social media agency. Madeleine Thompson’s eponymous brand began with a cashmere beanie, [...]
The Star’s digital content editor joins HR Media
Simon Waller, former digital content editor at Sheffield newspaper The Star, has joined HR Media to enhance the South Yorkshire PR agency’s digital offer. Waller is [...]
Two wins for Mercieca
Mercieca has won two new PR briefs from food-to-go business Adelie Foods and the Licensed Trade Charity (LTC), which provides debt advice, free support and care for the [...]
PR Agency One pledges to subsidise EU membership for employees
James Crawford, the managing director of Manchester-based PR Agency One, pledges to offer employees up to £1,000 per annum if they wish to opt into the ‘associate EU [...]
W promotes Sophie Raine to deputy MD
Sophie Raine has been promoted to deputy managing director, a new role at W Communications. Raine, who joined W in early 2014, previously served as a director at the agency, [...]
The key to pitching more visual stories
Visual communication is leading the way in the media and journalists are urging PRs to send strong still images, video or infographics. Gorkana asks four agencies what’s [...]
M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment names new entertainment lead
M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment has promoted Jodie Fullagar to head of entertainment, 10 years after she first joined the agency’s entertainment division as its [...]
60 Seconds with Peter Sutton, PMW
Peter Sutton, MD at PMW, talks to Gorkana about his decision to launch an agency, the current comms climate, his passion for mountain-climbing and his work with the Dame Vera [...]
Most read people news on Gorkana News
Your bitesize update on the latest People News and Moves featured on Gorkana News: Financial and corporate communications consultancy Capital Market Communications Limited [...]
Former BBC Sport journalist joins Rule 5
PR and comms agency Rule 5 has brought in former BBC Sport journalist Jimmy Smallwood as senior account manager. Smallwood re-located from London to Salford to join the BBC [...]
This week’s top trending features on Gorkana News
Your bitesize update on the best PR opinion, interviews, events and insights on Gorkana News this week: Event: Media briefing with BBC Radio 4 Today Programme At Gorkana’s [...]
Opinion: ‘Why measurable content-led comms is gaining our agency recognition’
Remarkable Content was one of three PR-focused agencies to be nominated for this year’s International Content Marketing Awards and the only one – with a sliver in the [...]
Piracy Corporation handles Welsh soda re-launch
Piracy Corporation has won the consumer PR, trade PR and social media account for Lurvill’s Delight, a craft-style botanical soda that was originally popular in Wales between [...]
Energy drink Boost hires Hatch
Hatch Communications has been chosen by UK-based energy drink brand Boost to handle a social media and experiential campaign. The agency has been briefed to help Boost [...]