Virgin Media’s former consumer PR lead Joe Thomas has joined Rooster as the PR and digital comms agency’s first creative director. Thomas, who led consumer PR at Virgin Media after a long spell at Brands2Life, joins Rooster’s senior team following a year of significant growth at the agency, with new clients including Contura, Ecoffee Cup, MOBKOi and Tianjin Airlines. At […]
Rory Green, videographer at broadcast PR agency Shout! Communications, talks about video streaming as a valuable tool for PR campaigns and explores live streaming options for every budget. Live streaming has made a big change to the world of PR video. It’s not a new tool, but the cost has lowered in the last 12 months. […]
Lansons has hired Rollo Crichton-Stuart as board director to strengthen the consultancy’s financial comms remit. Crichton-Stuart joins from an associate partner role at Bell Pottinger, which specialises in corporate, financial and political communications. He was a senior member of the capital markets team supporting clients across the financial and business services, energy and technology sectors. […]
Walbrook PR, which provides financial PR and investor relations to small cap and AIM-listed companies, has been retained by IPPlus to support its relaunch as a high growth FinTech company. AIM-listed customer engagement specialist IPPlus has briefed Walbrook to manage communications with financial media, research analysts and investors surrounding the disposal of its call centre […]
Newgate Communications advised Autins Group, a manufacturer for automotive companies, on its AIM IPO on 22 August 2016. The Newgate team, led by partner Adam Lloyd and supported by associate partner Madeleine Palmstierna and account director Helena Bogle, has been retained to support the business with its financial communications and investor and media relations requirements. […]
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 over the last seven days on Gorkana News. People News Twitter has brought in Kristin Binns, VP for comms at health insurance firm Anthem, as senior comms director. Miriam Sapiro, former […]
Nomura MD Ian Shackleton has been appointed principal of Bell Pottinger’s corporate and financial team. Shackleton has worked for a number of investment banks including James Capel, DLJ, Credit Suisse and Lehman Brothers. John Sunnucks, chairman of Bell Pottinger financial and corporate, said: “Ian is a great addition to our team. The strength of his […]
The Lifestyle Agency has won PR briefs from Vail Resorts and boutique Croatian hotel The Admiral Zaton. Following a successful campaign last season, Vail Resorts has re-appointed The Lifestyle Agency to represent it in the UK for the upcoming winter season. The agency will target lifestyle media, with a focus on international travel and skiing, to raise the profile of […]
Mercieca has brought in Sameer Ahmed from The Earned Agency to join its growing social media team. Previously, Ahmed was a social media manager at The Earned Agency, which is part of Cubo Group. Before that, he was an account manager at Communicator. With more than five years’ experience, Ahmed will work as part of Mercieca’s client […]
Good Broadcast this week welcomed BBC journalist Jack Baine onto its team as a consultant. Working on programmes including BBC World News TV, BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat and BBC Radio 5 Live, his 20 plus years at the public broadcaster has seen him on the receiving end of many a PR pitch. As he moves over to PR, […]