Hays hires Pitch to promote Manchester City FC partnership

Specialist recruitment company Hays has appointed sports and entertainment marketing agency Pitch to raise the profile of its partnership with Manchester City Football Club. The partnership aims to attract skilled professionals to build high performance teams, whether that be in a club environment or in the wider world of work. Pitch has been retained to help […]

Lucara Diamond Corp retains Citigate Dewe Rogerson

Lucara Diamond Corp, which has a £930 million (Ca$1.6 bn) market cap, has retained Citigate Dewe Rogerson as its UK financial and corporate communications adviser. CDR will support Lucara’s capital markets profile and corporate reputation while handling all UK and European communications. Producer of the “world’s largest diamond” the 1,109 carat Lesedi La Rona, Lucara […]

60 Seconds with Manifest CEO Alex Myers

Alex Myers, founder and CEO at Manifest, talks about office moves, international growth and his ambition to have five offices on five continents by 2020. He insists that if you want to run an agency with a winning company culture, it’s essential to hire the right team and work hard on keeping them. What’s your daily routine? […]

Aspectus appoints Iley to head of energy role

Aspectus has promoted PR Week 30 Under 30 member, Laura Iley, to a head of energy role. Aspectus’ energy, oil and gas practice serves more than 20 clients from the agency’s offices in London, Aberdeen and New York. Iley, who was listed as a PR Week 30 Under 30 member this year, joined Aspectus as head […]

BDO LLP appoints Petal & Co as North West PR agency

Accountant and business adviser BDO LLP has appointed Petal & Co as its retained North West PR agency. The specialist corporate and B2B agency has been briefed to highlight the strength of BDO’s expertise and sector insight across the region, and position it as a leading adviser to the mid-market. Jessica Wilkinson, who founded Petal & Co […]

Opinion: Making the most of employee-led storytelling

Sophie Lister, a client director at Hudson Sandler who specialises in corporate storytelling, talks about the value of an employer brand, and shares some tips for engaging staff and sharing that positive message. The term ‘employer brand’ used to be the stuff of blog posts, internal news channels and the occasional CSR story, but is now seen as […]

The BIG Partnership opens fifth Scottish office

The BIG Partnership has opened its fifth Scottish office in Dundee – and seventh in the UK – after securing contract wins worth £250,000 in its Manchester base, which it launched two months ago. Its leaders now have sights on winning £150,000 of new business in the first year in Dundee. The BIG Partnership’s clients in […]

FTI continues to lead in Adviser Rankings’ PR lists

Adviser Rankings‘ Financial PR Rankings for Q3 2016  (4 May – 3 August) show that FTI Consulting has added three FTSE 100 clients, as well as two FTSE 250 clients. The firm tops the FTSE 250 list, and Brunswick tops the FTSE 100 client list with 26. FTI also has the highest number of clients in the majority of sectors – ‘Consumer […]

See.Saw to PR The Smalls Short Film Festival

The Smalls, a content marketplace that connects filmmakers with brands, publishers and agencies, has brought in consumer lifestyle PR agency See.Saw to handle the PR for the 11th annual Short Film Festival, which starts on Friday (2 September). Festival highlights include a keynote speech from Jon Drever, executive producer of 2014 Oscar nominated Virunga and […]

Red Savannah hands European PR brief to The PC Agency

Tour operator Red Savannah has handed a European consumer and corporate PR brief to The PC Agency.  Established in 2011 by George Morgan-Grenville, Red Savannah claims to offer bespoke tours “underpinned by 21st Century technology”. Its services include “tailor-made” journeys through Australasia, the Indian sub-continent and South-East Asia, safaris and gorilla tracking trips in Africa, […]