Amanda Cumine has joined First Utility as corporate communications director. The gas and electricity supplier has also hired a new head of public affairs, Tara Singh. Cumine joins from a European corporate comms director role at Lastminute.com, while Singh has been working on Zac Goldsmith’s mayoral campaign and at Number 10 as an energy and […]
French video game producer Ubisoft, which includes Assassin’s Creed and Rayman amongst its portfolio, has chosen Stripe Communications to handle its UK consumer and corporate PR. Stripe Communications has been appointed by Ubisoft UK as its retained consumer and corporate PR agency, working alongside its in-house PR team. Stripe will deliver creative PR comms plans to support all of […]
The Missing Type NHS campaign by Engine has won multiple awards this year, including a Health & Wellness Lion at the 2016 Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity. The campaign for NHS Blood and Transplant during National Blood Week raised awareness around a need for blood donors through missing letters across major media and signage. Campaign: Missing Type Client: NHS Blood & […]
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 Following the PRCA‘s AGM yesterday, the association has announced the election of a new chairman, Newgate Communications’ group MD, Steffan Williams. […]
As The New European publisher Archant reveals that it will continue to publish issues of the pop-up title after its initial cut-off date, Gorkana explores the opportunities PRs may find from such titles. This week, publisher Archant stated that it will continue to publish editions of its pop-up newspaper, The New European after it exceeded […]
ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has appointed comms agency Tin Man to launch the second series of children’s show Thunderbirds Are Go and promote the latest DVD release of American detective drama Aquarius. Produced using a mixture of CGI animation and live-action model sets, Thunderbirds Are Go is a reinvention of the Thunderbirds series, 50 […]
Europe’s leading wood burning stove company, Contura, has chosen Rooster to handle its UK PR. As Contura’s first PR agency since the company’s UK launch in 2008, Rooster has been briefed to develop an integrated PR and social media campaign to drive awareness of the brand, its extensive product range and the benefits of wood […]
Weber Shandwick and outdoor media partner Clear Channel have launched a campaign with ActionAid UK called #BrutalCut to raise awareness of female genital mutilation (FGM). ActionAid’s #BrutalCut campaign aims to alert people to the short and long term dangers of female genital mutilation and raise funds to provide safe centres for girls fleeing FGM in […]
Abchurch has appointed Tim Thompson as joint senior partner. He will work alongside Abchurch founder Julian Bosdet. Thompson has over 25 years’ experience in financial, corporate and investor relations working for consultancies such as Shandwick Consultants, Hill Murray Rogerson, Buchanan and Newgate Capital Markets. Prior to that, he held a role at the Financial Times. Thompson […]
Natalie Lukaitis joined marie claire as digital beauty editor from STYLIST magazine in May. In an exclusive interview, she talks to Gorkana’s Jessica Lester about writing for the “New Type A” girl, being a Google rankings geek, and what PRs can do to grab her attention. You have worked at a number of women’s lifestyle […]