FleishmanHillard Fishburn hires associate director
FleishmanHillard Fishburn (FHF) is strengthening its corporate communications practice with the appointment of Depali O’Connell (Dee) as associate director. O’Connell joins [...]
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 [...]
Richard Beck to lead on strategic comms at Nationwide
Richard Beck has been appointed director of strategic planning and external relations at Nationwide. The building society is combining its strategy and stakeholder relations [...]
Jonathan Smith to head up trade team at Cirkle
Jonathan Smith, former associate director at Clarion, is to join Cirkle as director of its 20-strong trade team on 5 December. Smith has 15 years’ experience in trade and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Opinion: Four ways to get your PR workforce up to scratch on digital
The convergence of technology and digital has become a significant force within all forms of stakeholder engagement. The failure to deploy technology and digital comms can [...]
CBI appoints Charles Naylor as corporate communications director
Charles Naylor will take up the corporate communications director role at CBI (Confederation of British Industry) on 28 November. He will report to director-general Carolyn [...]
Building Relations PR hires new director
Kathryn Reucroft has joined Building Relations PR as a director, working alongside former colleague Rachel Colgan. Reucroft and Colgan, who worked together in their first [...]
Henry Engleka joins Burson-Marsteller as US chair of healthcare practice
Henry Engleka has joined comms and PR firm Burson-Marsteller as chair of its US healthcare practice, which is based in Washington DC. Engleka, who joins with more than 20 [...]
Portland hires former junior equalities minister Jo Swinson
Former junior equalities minister and Liberal Democrat MP Jo Swinson is working with Portland Communications to help the agency improve upon its workplace diversity. Swinson’s [...]
PR Case Study: Fiat Professional Tradesman Trials
Fiat Professional and Performance Communications launched a campaign that reflected the affinity between football and the trades by providing one tradesman with the chance to [...]
60 Seconds with Exposure’s Tim Bourne
Eight months after becoming the first chairman of The Marketing Agencies Association from a PR and comms background, Tim Bourne, founder and joint-chief executive [...]
The Movember Foundation briefs Alfred to run influencer outreach project
The Movember Foundation has appointed Alfred to run an influencer project for this year’s fundraising month, which begins tomorrow (1 November) with three ways to help [...]
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Your bitesize update on the latest People News and Moves featured on Gorkana News: Weber Shandwick UK has brought in Indy Selvarajah from ad agency Brothers & Sisters as [...]
New Look hires Headland for corporate and financial PR
New Look, the fashion retailer, has appointed Headland Consultancy to handle its corporate and financial PR, and communicate the brand’s long-term strategy to investors and [...]
Farrer Kane launches fintech challenger brand
Communications agency Farrer Kane has been handed the UK media relations brief for fintech challenger brand nimbl. nimble is an app designed for children and young people aged [...]
Ketchum makes senior healthcare appointments
Ketchum has promoted partner Amy McCarthy to director of healthcare client development, North America. In addition, Tom Jones has rejoined Ketchum in the role of director, [...]