McFrank, the Glasgow-based consumer PR agency and Scottish arm of Frank PR, has been chosen by the SSE Scottish Music Awards to provide strategic comms activity ahead of the annual event in November. The SSE Scottish Music Awards has been the main fundraising event for Scotland’s only music therapy charity, Nordoff Robbins, since 1996. Celebrating the great and the good of […]
Financial services PR consultancy MRM will manage corporate communications for Target Group, a financial services and software company. Target Group manages lending, investment and insurance portfolios for over 50 financial institutions worth in excess of $24bn (£18m). Ian Larkin, co-group CEO at Target Group, said: “The team at MRM has shown itself to have the depth […]
ITV News’ former deputy editor, Richard Zackheim, has been appointed as Porter Novelli (PN) London’s media director. Zackheim will join PN London’s creative, digital and strategy team, which is led by head of strategic planning Jo Patterson. He will also work closely with creative content director Ruby Quince and newly-appointed associate director for digital and […]
A good relationship with the CEO is essential for communications directors who want to make themselves heard within their organisation. Kate McFerran, partner at Westbourne Communications, offers her advice for getting comms represented in the boardroom. Recently I was asked for advice on a professional challenge that is common to many people who work in […]
Shelley Wyatt, managing partner at Clarion, on why trade comms shouldn’t be seen as the “poor relation” of consumer PR, her most memorable pitch to a journalist and working with TEAM GB ahead of the Rio Olympics. Before I reach the office in the morning, I’ve already… Had a coffee, gone for a run and caught up with social […]
A month on from the UK’s vote to leave Europe, Portland Communications has launched a dedicated Brexit unit to advise its global client base. The team brings together senior advisers with experience across British and European politics, with additional appointments to be announced in the coming months. The unit will provide counsel on the implications […]
Global business advisory firm FTI Consulting has appointed David Waller as a senior managing director in the financial services practice within its strategic communications segment. Waller, who brings both in-house and agency experience in the financial services sector, will be based in London. Prior to joining FTI, Waller was director of external affairs for the Association of Financial […]
Public relations network Global One Communication (GOC) has acquired three new member agencies in three separate regions. Jacki Vause, director of Global One Communication’s UK partner, dimoso, said: “Bringing new global talent on board is a really significant step for GOC. When I co-founded this network it was with the ambition of creating a forum where […]
Manchester-based Intelligent Conversation and Knutsford-based 438 Marketing have been appointed to handle the PR for national charity Carers Trust, which supports the UK’s 7 million unpaid carers. Carers Trust works to improve support services and recognition for anyone living with the challenges of caring, unpaid, for a family member or friend who is ill, frail, disabled or has mental health or […]
Comms agency Influential has won and delivered a trio of integrated creative campaign briefs for Liverpool John Lennon Airport, Chargepoint Technology, and The City of Liverpool College, which the firm says highlights its expanding through-the-line offering. Influential delivered two campaigns for Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport, which included an airport advertising campaign, social media collateral and email marketing collateral. […]