Ketchum appoints Jo-ann Robertson as new London CEO
Ketchum has promoted Jo-ann Robertson to CEO of Ketchum London. She replaces current CEO Denise Kaufmann, who is returning to the US to become the agency’s director of client [...]
Milk & Honey partners with Leap Films
Milk & Honey PR is partnering with Leap Films to add a video production and animation offering to clients for both traditional and social campaigns. Meg Dibb-Fuller, the [...]
GK Strategy appoints three associate directors
Strategic comms consultancy GK Strategy has appointed Christine Quigley, Rebecca Lury and Martin Summers as associate directors. The trio will help drive the [...]
Cambridge Wireless appoints three new board members
Technology networking group Cambridge Wireless (CW) has appointed Stephen Pattison, Arm Ltd’s vice president of public affairs, to its board. Pattison’s public affairs work [...]
This week’s PR news in brief (30 October – 3 November)
Here’s a round-up of essential PR news stories and features from the past week, including the winners of the PRCA North West PRide awards, Powerscourt and Smoking Gun’s [...]
Hume Brophy acquires Madaket+Co
Global comms firm Hume Brophy has acquired Madaket+Co in order to establish its first office in Hong Kong and to expand its US corporate comms and public affairs offering. [...]
Edelman UK appoints Bell Pottinger veteran as general manager
Edelman UK has appointed Hugh Taggart, the former Bell Pottinger managing director and partner, as its general manager for corporate affairs. As part of Edelman UK’s executive [...]
Senior BBC correspondent joins Stonehaven
John Moylan, one of the BBC’s most senior journalists, has joined Stonehaven as a director to bolster the consultancy’s reputation and media practice. He will work alongside [...]
Barclays appoints new director of external communications
Barclays UK has promoted Louise Pancott to director of external communications. She will oversee all external comms and media relations for the bank’s wealth and investments, [...]
Kate O’Neill joins Jupiter as head of corporate development
Jupiter Asset Management has appointed Kate O’Neill as its head of corporate development, a position which includes oversight of the company’s corporate comms programme. [...]
This week’s PR news in brief (23-27 October)
Here’s a round-up of essential PR news stories that have been announced over the past week – featuring Munch, Fusion Media and William Murray Communications. Account wins [...]
No Brainer to increase brand awareness for Certas
Certas Energy, the UK’s largest fuel and lubricants distributor, has appointed No Brainer to help generate publicity for two of its divisions. The Cheshire-based agency has [...]
Financial News: We want to break stories, set the City’s agenda and provide the news other publications don’t
At an exclusive Cision media briefing yesterday, Chris Newlands, editor of Financial News, outlined the publication’s aim to set the agenda in the City and compete with [...]
Ex-Times journalist among 10 Pagefield new hires
Corporate PR agency Pagefield has recruited 10 new members to its team, as a part of an expansion process which started last summer, writes Mario Cipriano. The hires include [...]
A better way to measure the value of earned media
Earned media is perfectly positioned to solve the biggest challenges senior marketers face. It generates qualified prospects, identifies potential leads and engages customers [...]
Ex-Brands2Life duo launches Fourteen Forty
Former Brands2Life directors James Boyd-Wallis and Guy Corbet have launched a communications consultancy called Fourteen Forty. Named after the year the printing press was [...]
Alex Brown joins Buchanan as partner
Buchanan has appointed Alex Brown as partner to build on its financial services offering. Brown joins from Weber Shandwick, where he was previously a director, and has 20 [...]
Why measurement is the key to rapid earned media growth
For earned media to grow as rapidly as the paid and owned media industries have expanded, communicators need to embrace measurement. Yet, many in PR still don’t see [...]