Clarity PR has appointed Alex Birch as director of client services. Birch will oversee client delivery across Clarity’s B2B and consumer accounts to maintain client satisfaction across the UK. Her role will also include working with the agency’s senior management to further develop its portfolio. She was previously head of startups and fast growth at […]
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, personal banking and mortgage divisions. She joins Simon Hailes, the existing director of comms activity for business banking and reputation management. Pancott has held a number of senior media relations […]
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. O’Neill will report to chief financial officer Charlotte Jones and will establish a team to work with Jupiter’s executive committee to coordinate corporate strategic planning and implementation, competitor analysis and business […]
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 been tasked with increasing the online presence and brand awareness for Gulf Aviation and Certas Marine, two of the Warrington-based distributor’s core divisions. The win for the two-year-old agency […]
Following Empica’s move to bigger premises just outside Bristol, managing director Martin Powell talks about why the agency has moved, his 28 years in the industry and working with the regional press. You’ve recently moved from Long Ashton to The Courtyard in Wraxall Hill. What was the thinking behind the move? We had been in our previous […]
Drinks wholesaler and distributor Conviviality PLC has appointed Clarion Communications as its retained UK agency. Clarion has been tasked with creating and implementing distinct campaigns across a number of the wholesaler’s trading companies, including Bibendum, Wine Rack, Bargain Booze and Matthew Clark. It will also handle the company’s media relations in the consumer and trade […]
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 the FT’s financial services desk. Francesco Guerrera, Financial News’ publisher and head of EMEA at Dow Jones Media Group, joined Newlands at the event in its Central London offices where the pair […]
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 years’ experience in advising financial services companies on strategic comms. His previous clients have included HSBC, Lloyd’s of London, Nasdaq, Barclays Wealth and The European Banking Authority. […]
UK Mail has appointed Another Word for UK reputation management, with particular emphasis on building the brand’s presence in the home delivery sector. The parcel delivery company has briefed the agency to produce a series of proactive campaigns to highlight a number of its new services developed in response to changing consumer shopping habits. Another Word […]
Communicators need to harness a combination of data and instinct in order to create successful campaigns, industry experts said at last night’s exclusive discussion event in London. Ruth Yearley, Ketchum’s insight and strategy director, and Paul Hender, head of insight at Cision, argued the merits of data and instinct in front of an engaged audience at the […]