British Cycling hires Cogent Elliott
Cogent Elliott has been chosen by British Cycling, the governing body of cycle sport in the UK, to handle film and online digital activity for two of its national programmes, [...]
Joe Barnes joins W as head of digital
W has enhanced its digital division with the appointment of Deep Focus London’s Joe Barnes as head of digital. Barnes will work alongside W’s senior leadership team, which [...]
Behind the Headlines with Fever’s Jo Chappel
Jo Chappel, creative director at Fever, on finding those eureka ideas during the most menial of tasks, launching a “Culture Vulture” programme to enhance [...]
Cunard appoints Samsung’s Rachel Lloyd
Luxury travel brand Cunard has appointed Samsung’s Rachel Lloyd as head of PR. Lloyd will be responsible for driving the company’s PR and social media strategy globally. She [...]
News coverage drives charity campaigns, finds Gorkana survey
Gorkana’s first Charity Attitudes Benchmarking Survey shows how positive and negative media coverage can affect charity campaign success and, in particular, how positive media [...]
Sunfly Karaoke appoints Quite Great PR
Sunfly Karaoke, provider of karaoke hardware and music tracks, has appointed Quite Great to handle its communications. In addition to handling Sunfly’s PR, Quite Great [...]
Virgin Holidays appoints Kelly Grindle as PR lead
Virgin Holidays has appointed Kelly Grindle as a PR lead as it looks to refresh its external communications. Grindle will be responsible for overseeing all PR and external [...]
Gorkana meets… Metro Features Desk
With the launch of a new daily Eat & Drink section in today’s Metro UK, commissioning editor (features) Jenny Stallard talks to Gorkana‘s Caleb Greenland about [...]
Zakti drafts in PR support
Claire Etchell, founder of marketing and PR industry blog NakedPRGirl, has been brought in by fitness fashion brand Zakti to launch its SS16 menswear range, as well as promote [...]
Hospice charity Care2Save hires Refresh PR
The Care2Save Charitable Trust has brought in Refresh PR, alongside brand and comms firm Thrive Creative and digital agency Reason Digital, to lead a number of creative [...]
PR Case Study: #directfix
When car and household insurance company Direct Line wanted to enhance its “fixing” proposition, Unity took on the challenge to see just what the company could [...]
Crowne Plaza hires HSE Cake for global campaign
Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts has chosen HSE Cake as its retained global PR agency, following a four-way competitive pitch. Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts, which [...]
Carousel wins PR brief for new Digital Kids Show
Manchester-based PR agency Carousel has been handed a PR and social media brief to launch the first Digital Kids Show, which takes place in October. The show, which [...]
TotallyMoney.com briefs Citypress on consumer PR
Credit comparison site TotallyMoney.com has brought in Citypress as its retained PR agency, with a brief to raise the profile of the brand among consumers. Founded in [...]
The BIG Partnership wins Glasgow Science Centre brief
Glasgow Science Centre has appointed The BIG Partnership to help promote the scientific institution and the benefits of science to a range of audiences over the coming year. [...]
Ketchum hires Red’s Saska Graville
Red deputy editor Saska Graville has joined Ketchum London as director of consumer lifestyle. Graville was previously deputy editor at Red, where she worked on the [...]
Unity hires ad veteran Caroline Blainey
Caroline Blainey, advertising industry veteran and former senior art director at the Guardian, has joined Unity as creative director. Blainey will take overall [...]
BISSELL chooses Speed
Carpet cleaning specialist BISSELL has appointed Speed Communications to handle its UK brand comms, following a competitive pitch. Speed has been retained to help BISSELL [...]