Aduro to celebrate anniversary of Mr. Men
Aduro Communications has been chosen to deliver an anniversary campaign around this year’s 45th birthday of the Mr. Men family brand. The brief from Sanrio, owner of the Mr. [...]
Trainline names European comms lead
Trainline has appointed MSLGROUP London’s Victoria Biggs as European director of comms. She takes on her new role in August with a brief to drive brand awareness in the UK and [...]
The Gorkana Weekly Industry News Brief: 18 to 24 June 2016
Missed out on this week’s PR News? Get your handy round-up of the essential highlights of PR and media stories, features and events content over the last seven days on Gorkana [...]
Gorkana meets… DiscerningGent.com
When Amit Chakravarty, co-founder of men’s lifestyle title Elysium Magazine, came up with the idea to create a digital offering dedicated to men’s fashion and [...]
Promote PR wins sports event account trio
Sports and fitness agency Promote PR has been appointed by three clients including British Triathlon, the Windsor Half Marathon and Running4Women. British Triathlon has [...]
PR Case Study: Disastrous Best Man Speeches
When wedding accessory and stationery supplier Bride & Groom Direct wanted to enhance its online visibility and SEO, PR agency Search Laboratory devised [...]
MHP to handle Kleenex UK’s social media
Kleenex has briefed MHP Communications, its retained PR agency, to handle its social media. The agency will now manage all aspects of Kleenex’s social channels, content [...]
Behind the Headlines with Guinness World Records’ Jakki Lewis
Jakki Lewis, PR director at Guinness World Records for the EMEA and APAC regions, on helping Ben Stiller break the record for longest selfie stick, her “weird” [...]
Launch PR appointed by ‘Gut Week’ partners
Launch PR has been appointed by Gut Week’s partners to raise awareness of the importance of digestive health and educate the public. The month, the agency will start work on [...]
10 Yetis appointed by tattoo studio offering charging innovation
10 Yetis Digital has been appointed NR Studios to promote it as the only tattoo studio allowing customers to pay in regular instalments. The agency will carry out a PR [...]
Gorkana meets… DadblogUK
Ahead of Father’s Day on Sunday, Gorkana’s Ebunola Adenipekun caught up with John Adams, founder of one of the UK’s most influential dad blogs, DadblogUK, to [...]
Threepipe wins care marketplace brief
SuperCarers, an online business helping people to find vetted carers, has appointed Threepipe to boost enquiries from families. SuperCarers was founded last year and is [...]
PPR Worldwide hires UK head from Weber Shandwick
David Lawrence has left Weber Shandwick, where he was a senior director, to lead the UK division of international integrated marketing agency PPR Worldwide. The newly created [...]
Hotwire names creative director
Hotwire has appointed Jamie Readon as its new creative director, with a brief to help the agency deliver more integrated campaigns. With more than 15 years’ experience in [...]
British Wool Marketing Board appoints Wolfstar
Leeds-based PR and social media specialist Wolfstar has been appointed by the central marketing organisation for UK fleece wool, British Wool Marketing Board, to deliver an [...]
Citypress names social media lead
PR, digital and creative comms agency Citypress has brought in Golin London’s Ruth Clifford as director of social media. Clifford joins Citypress’ Manchester HQ from Golin [...]
The FA’s Joanne Budd to join Crystal Palace FC as PR head
Crystal Palace Football Club has appointed The Football Association’s Joanne Budd as head of PR and media relations. Budd is currently head of media operations at The Football [...]
The Brandman Agency adds La Mamounia to UK portfolio
Luxury travel and lifestyle comms agency The Brandman Agency has been chosen to handle the PR for luxury Marrakech-based hotel La Mamounia in the UK and Ireland. Located in [...]