APT brings PR in-house and names UK PR manager
Travel operator APT has appointed Zoe Palmer as its UK PR manager. She is re-locating back to the UK from Melbourne, where she spent three years managing comms activity for [...]
ŠKODA appoints Frank as UK PR agency
ŠKODA UK has appointed Frank to handle the PR for what the brand says is its biggest ever launch, following a competitive pitch. The announcement of ŠKODA’s large [...]
Good Relations launches influencer marketing division
Good Relations has launched a specialist influencer marketing division, Good Influence, that it says will enable clients to identify, deliver and measure influencer marketing [...]
MHP/Engine and Pegasus among PRCA National Awards winners
MHP/Engine and Pegasus, with three awards each, were the big agency winners at last night’s PRCA National Awards. In addition, Direct Line Group took home the largest share of [...]
Is PR struggling to effectively communicate tech trends in retail?
Bringing together consumers’ online and offline experiences will be a key theme at WIRED RETAIL 2016 next week, according to the event’s curator Nick Compton. But how [...]
2016 Suzy Spirit Award winner Henry Playfoot joins 2017 judging panel
Henry Playfoot, the winner of the 2016 Suzy Spirit Award, has joined the panel of judges in their quest to find two exceptional PR and comms professionals for 2017. Now in its [...]
Coffee brand The New Black appoints Redleaf
Coffee brand The New Black has appointed Redleaf Communications to manage its UK launch and raise awareness. Redleaf Communication’s senior account manager Rishi [...]
Opinion: Did Trump create the perfect PR campaign?
Back in July, Lord Sugar’s former publicist, David Fraser, said Trump’s campaign for the US presidency was arguably one of the greatest PR campaigns in recent [...]
W offers job to creator of fake John Lewis Christmas ad
Nick Jablonka, the 18-year-old A-Level student whose online Christmas video made thousands of internet users believe it was this year’s official John Lewis Christmas advert, [...]
Sauce Communications appoints Sarah Canet to international director role
Spoon PR founder Sarah Canet has joined lifestyle comms agency Sauce Communications to build its international division and brought four new clients onto its books. Canet, who [...]
The Pool calls in Exposure
The Pool, the multi-media platform for women “too busy to browse” launched by magazine editor and author Sam Baker and broadcaster Lauren Laverne in 2015, has appointed [...]
Video becomes the main driver for brand loyalty
Well over half (59%) of consumers say they are more likely to develop loyalty to a brand if they watch a video about it that they like, according to new research from video [...]
FSCS hands PR and public affairs retainer to Hanover
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) – the UK’s statutory compensation scheme for customers of UK authorised financial services firms – has [...]
Betfair appoints CAA Sports to activate FC Barcelona and horse racing partnerships
Betfair has chosen CAA Sports Consulting, a division of entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA), to activate its global partnerships – including PR [...]
Clarion appoints Tom Fender to advisory board
Convenience retailing expert Tom Fender has joined Clarion’s advisory board. He joins TV personality and Saturday Kitchen regular Olly Smith and Condiment Junkie co-founder [...]
Anthony Barnes named comms director for UK Music
Former news journalist Anthony Barnes has been appointed director of communications for lobby group UK Music. Barnes worked for many years as head of showbusiness, media and [...]
Splendid creates VIP Greggs WhatsApp group for pasty lovers
As part of the Greggs Christmas campaign, Splendid Communications has teamed up with the UK’s largest bakery chain to launch an exclusive Greggs WhatsApp group. The ‘Festive [...]
Opinion: 10 reasons why working in PR is like fatherhood
Lee Bassin, senior producer at TVC Group, has downed his broadcasting PR tools for five months to tackle the most challenging of roles and take on full-time care of his two [...]