Jon Lonsdale, CEO at tech and B2B marketing agency Octopus Group, talks about its transition from PR specialist to integrated agency, and shares his tips for team building. When you started out at Octopus Group, what were your ambitions? What did you want to help create? I co-founded Octopus 15 years ago with some mates and […]
Chris Lewis’ new book, Too Fast To Think, which launches on Monday (October 3), looks into the industry’s busy, ‘disruptive’ work culture and how it hinders creativity. Lewis, who founded the eponymous PR agency, tells Gorkana why he wrote about the “epidemic of information overload” and reveals six key ingredients for better and happier creative thinking. “Whether you work agency or client-side, communications […]
Abchurch is boosting its life sciences, pharmaceutical and biotechnology offer with the recruitment of Dr Jenny Lee, who is joining the business as a consultant. Dr Lee has gained first-hand medical knowledge during a year as an intern doctor in Singapore, which included daily analysis of clinical and laboratory results. She holds an MSc in Strategic […]
Aduro has won a six-figure PR brief from food and drink manufacturer the Hain Daniels Group to deliver projects for Sun-Pat peanut butter, Hartley’s 10-Cal Jelly Pots and dairy free milk alternative Dream. Aduro will kick off with a campaign for peanut butter brand Sun-Pat in October, targeting secondary school children and mums. Key elements […]
Spider PR has won two new UK PR briefs from event and hospitality group Camm & Hooper and La Donaira eco-retreat. Spider PR has been appointed by Camm & Hooper to handle the UK PR for the launch of its fifth site, Six Storeys, which is located in London’s Soho Square and due to open in […]
London-based Clarion Communications has opened a new Scotland branch, which will be based in the offices of WPP sister agency MediaCom in Edinburgh. Clarion’s expansion into Scotland aims to take advantage of the opportunities to work with food, drink and family businesses in the country, as well as Scottish brands looking for both national and local […]
Engine has brought in Dave Roberts from M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment to lead the UK arm of its content and entertainment marketing agency Trailer Park. Launched in Hollywood, Trailer Park has a 500-strong US arm, which creates and produces integrated campaigns that include strategic planning, branding, advertising, trailers, TV spots, episodic content, branded entertainment, digital […]
Corporate communications consultancy MHP has been appointed to advise Franchise Brands plc on its financial communications after advising the international, multi-brand franchisor on its AIM listing last month (August 2016). Franchise Brands raised £3.5 million – before expenses – in its market debut as one of only three companies to raise funds via an AIM IPO in August. Founded […]
Oil & gas survey business, Bell Geospace, has appointed Edinburgh-based B2B agency Pagoda Porter Novelli to handle its PR activity. Pagoda Porter Novelli will report to Michael Douglas, worldwide business development director at Bell Geospace, and will support sales and marketing through social media, online and SEO services, as well as trade and technical media relations. Angela […]
Andy Poole, former deputy managing partner at Weber Shandwick, and Kate Macnamara, Goodyear Dunlop’s communications manager, are joining Citypress as director and associate director, respectively. Macnamara will also co-head the Birmingham office of Manchester-based Citypress. She joins from Goodyear Dunlop where she was the UK & Ireland communications manager. She is a former PR director and head […]