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 request to work with Portland was approved by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments on 7 October, and was published yesterday (1 November). The letter states that the paid project […]
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 secure a professional football contract. Campaign name: Fiat Professional Tradesman Trials Client: Fiat Professional PR Team: Performance Communications Timing: April–June 2016 Objectives Performance Communications was tasked with finding ways of leveraging Fiat […]
Town Hall Symphony Hall, Birmingham (THSH) has appointed elephant communications as its national adviser on thought leadership and strategic comms. The Birmingham venues deliver more than 600 concerts a year, spanning classical, rock, blues, comedy and the arts, and also has an education and community engagement programme for Birmingham and the surrounding area. elephant will […]
Manchester-based PR and comms agency Down At The Social has been appointed by Japanese restaurant Shoryu Ramen to launch its first UK-based restaurant outside of London. Shoryu Ramen launched in November 2012 and has been recommended in the Michelin Guide 2014, 2015 and 2016. It currently has seven venues in London, including Soho and Liverpool […]
Human Race, the largest mass participation events company in the UK, has appointed Speed Communications and creative agency Earnie to increase awareness of the 2017 Cancer Research UK London Winter Run, which takes place on Sunday 5 February. The 2016 Cancer Research UK London Winter Run saw more than 15,000 runners raising over £600,000 for Cancer […]
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 at Exposure, tells Gorkana why he thinks the comms industry is “a bit confused at the moment”, which brands he’d most like to work with, and offers four key tips for PRs who want […]
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 “stop men dying too young”. The Movember Foundation claims to be the only charity tackling men’s health on a global scale, year round. Its goal is to “stop men […]
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 its new creative director. Based in the agency’s London office, Selvarajah (pictured left with EMEA and UK executive creative director James Nester) has been briefed to […]
British Military Fitness (BMF), a provider of outdoor fitness classes across the UK, has chosen Frank PR’s Manchester office, Manc Frank, as its retained consumer PR agency, following a competitive pitch. Founded in 1999, BMF operates at over 140 venues across the UK, hosting 13,000 weekly participants of all fitness levels who want to get fit […]
Former Edelman Australia PR Eve Laird and journalist Elle Tucker have launched RUDE Communications, which they say is the UK’s first comms agency to exclusively focus on the ‘new economy’. The ‘new’ or ‘sharing economy’ – sometimes called the ‘circular economy’ – is a socio-economic ecosystem built around the sharing of human, physical and intellectual resources. […]