David Leslie and Sam Barnett have joined Pagefield as consultants. Leslie joins from international corporate, financial and political comms consultancy New Century Media, where he spent five years, while Barnett joins from Bell Pottinger’s corporate and brand team, where he spent two years. Oliver Foster, managing partner of Pagefield, said: “In Sam and David, we’re delighted to be hiring […]
Associated British Ports (ABP) has appointed national communications consultancy JBP to provide stakeholder engagement and PR support around the Dolffin Quay development in Cardiff Bay, its flagship property development scheme. Nicola Beech, head of stakeholder engagement at JBP, said: “We’re delighted to be supporting the Dolffin Quay scheme and the continued regeneration of Cardiff Bay, which […]
Newgate Communications has formed an alliance with MWW, which will see it offer public affairs and corporate comms services to a new roster of clients, including StubHub. As part of the deal, MWW’s Simon Gentry has moved over to Newgate as a partner. As well as StubHub, Newgate will provide comms services to The MBI […]
Missed out on this week’s PR News? Get your handy round-up of the essential highlights of PR and media stories, features and events content from the last seven days on Gorkana News. People News Grant Fisher has joined firstlight as associate director, and Kristen Barrett has joined as account director. Redleaf has promoted Vanessa Chance to […]
Joey Jones, the former Sky political journalist and media adviser to Theresa May when Home Secretary, is the new head of public affairs at Weber Shandwick. Jones replaces David Skelton, who joined Google earlier this year, and will lead the development of Weber Shandwick’s public affairs offer as the UK prepares for Brexit and Theresa May’s […]
Start-up businesses often have big ideas but can be hindered by very small budgets. Comms pros from Cherish PR, The Wern and Clarity PR tell Gorkana how they can get their messages out and when they need PR support. Start-ups are big news. Record numbers of new businesses are expected to launch in the UK this year. Yet, as titles […]
Down At The Social has been appointed by Kiddihug, a “new generation of baby carriers”, ahead of its UK launch next month (October). The agency will be responsible for PR and social media for both pre-launch and post-launch activity, with a focus on national and international press, as well as parent bloggers. Kiddihug is launching its products at The Baby Show in October. Ronnie Bergenthal, founder […]
It’s Freshers’ Week at universities up and down the country and many PRs see this as the golden moment to establish a meaningful conversation between brands and new students. PrettyGreen’s creative planner, Jo Hudson, decided to find out if this really is the right time and place for this. After a year-long research study, involving 100 students, she identified 10 […]
Ready10, the Islington-based agency launched earlier this year by David Fraser, former deputy MD of Frank PR and publicist for Lord Sugar, has enhanced its senior team with the appointment of salt’s Aimée Jacobs as an associate director. Previously Jacobs headed up salt’s Kimberly-Clark business, as well as its global Domestos account and a number […]
ProWater, a newly-launched high protein, low calorie water brand, has appointed Rich Leigh & Company to handle its PR and social media activity. With 90 calories and 20 grams of protein, ProWater claims to be the highest quality, lowest calorie product available to consumers “looking for healthy protein on the go”. ProWater is also free of sugar, caffeine, […]