Montfort Communications to advise Panmure Gordon
Investment bank Panmure Gordon has appointed Montfort Communications as its comms adviser following a competitive pitch. The strategic comms agency will work closely with the [...]
Raw London wins 2018 Creative Shootout
Specialist branded content agency Raw London was crowned the winner of the 2018 Creative Shootout at BAFTA’s Piccadilly venue last Thursday. The agency emerged victorious [...]
This week’s PR news in brief (22-26 January)
Here’s our round-up of essential PR news stories and features from the past week, including an interview with olive’s Laura Rowe, account wins for Red Lorry Yellow Lorry [...]
Golin to develop Merck’s corporate narrative
German science and technology company Merck has appointed Golin to develop its global corporate narrative following a competitive pitch. The agency has been tasked with coming [...]
Grayling Birmingham appoints associate director
Grayling has appointed Lee Southen as associate director in its Birmingham office. Southen will oversee the office’s business development strategy while also providing client [...]
Benchmark Holdings hands financial comms brief to MHP
MHP Communications has been appointed as the retained financial PR adviser to Benchmark Holdings, an aquaculture health, nutrition and genetics business, following a [...]
Trio of client wins for Shooting Star
Three businesses – Tanglewood Care Homes, NK Academy and insolvency and company recovery specialist Forbes Burton – have appointed Shooting Star to handle their PR [...]
Former Sun journalist Rob Beasley joins Newsline PR
Newsline PR has appointed former The Sun and News of the World chief sports correspondent Rob Beasley as a PR account manager. Beasley will work with the Newsline team to [...]
Former UK ambassador’s adviser to lead Cicero’s Dublin office
Cicero Group has appointed Robert O’Reilly, a former special adviser to the last two British ambassadors to Ireland, as a director to lead its new Dublin office. O’Reilly will [...]
Jessie Allen joins MWWPR as associate director
MWWPR has appointed Jessie Allen as an associate director in its London office. Allen will help the agency to expand its media and entertainment portfolio, strengthening its [...]
Foco wins NOMO content marketing brief
Payment technology provider NOMO has enlisted fintech PR and marketing agency Foco to create its B2B content, following a competitive pitch. NOMO, a new product from DOCOMO [...]
This week’s PR news in brief (15-19 January)
Here’s our round-up of essential PR news stories and features from the past week, including Good Relations’ Huw Morgan, account wins for Kaizo and Skout, and new [...]
Vested appoints former FTI Consulting MD as UK CEO
Vested has appointed Elspeth Rothwell, a former FTI Consulting MD, as its UK CEO. Rothwell will run the firm’s European operations following Vested’s acquisition of Templars [...]
Greentarget hires Jamie Brownlee as director
Financial services comms specialist Greentarget has appointed Jamie Brownlee as director. Brownlee will work alongside the consultancy’s existing directors to help [...]
Stand Agency to create campaign for children’s charity
Charity SOS Children’s Villages UK (SOSUK) has appointed Stand Agency to develop a campaign for its 50th anniversary. The agency has been tasked with creating a PR and social [...]
Mason Williams Communications wins IMC Toys brief
Toy manufacturer IMC Toys has appointed Mason Williams Communications to handle its UK PR and media relations, following a competitive pitch. The agency will target trade and [...]
Faith PR adds secure communications specialist to its client roster
Faith PR has added Adare SEC, a technology-led specialist in securely printing and distributing documents, to its client roster following a competitive pitch. The firm has [...]
Ketchum CEO joins PRCA Board of Management
The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) has appointed Jo-ann Robertson, Ketchum’s London CEO, to its Board of Management. Robertson, who assumed the role of [...]