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 Good Relations has appointed Henry Elliss as senior online strategist to enhance its content marketing team. Insurance comms specialist, Simon Hayes, […]
Primark, Channel 4, FTI Consulting were among the winners at this week’s Corporate Engagement Awards 2016. High street retailer Primark won the Grand Prix with its ‘Primark Sustainable Cotton Programme’, which is carried out in association with CottonConnect and the Self-Employed Women’s Association. In addition, Primark won two gold awards – for Best environmental or sustainability programme and for Best collaborative […]
Manchester-based Mason Williams Communications has been appointed by Fava Mill of Finland to launch new products in the UK. The Fava Bean product range includes a series of six Granolas plus dried beans that can be added to soups, stocks and everyday cooking. Mason Williams will launch the product at the end of June at […]
As the only PR on the 10-strong judging jury for the Glass Lion: The Lion for Change at Cannes this year, Mary Whenman, President Women in PR and Communications Director, Callcredit Information Group, shares her insights from her time in the judging room and experiencing the rest of the advertising festival this week. In April, when the invitation arrived […]
Event organiser Clarion Events have hired Stature PR to promote the 26th Winter Art & Antiques Fair in London’s Olympia. This will be the ninth show that Stature PR will promote for Clarion after successful campaigns on next week’s The Art & Antiques Fair, Olympia (27 June to 3 July 2016), as well as The […]
Buy Art Fair has appointed Manchester-based Rule 5 to deliver the event’s 2016 communications strategy. Rule 5 will look to create “conversation” around the evolving art landscape and engage new and seasoned collectors with a focus on national and broadcast media. A regional campaign will underpin all activity. Thom Hetherington, CEO at Buy Art Fair, said: […]
When Amit Chakravarty, co-founder of men’s lifestyle title Elysium Magazine, came up with the idea to create a digital offering dedicated to men’s fashion and style, DiscerningGent.com was born. Six months since its launch, Gorkana’s Jessica Lester caught up with Chakravarty to find out why he’s looking to target a more “Instagram-esque” audience, what the qualities of a “discerning […]
SEC, which claims to be the largest independent advocacy, public relations and integrated communications agency in the Italian market, says it is in negotiations with a London corporate and public affairs agency as it aims to raise up to six million Euros with an IPO on the Alternative Investment Market. The Italian agency which features Nigel […]
Sports and fitness agency Promote PR has been appointed by three clients including British Triathlon, the Windsor Half Marathon and Running4Women. British Triathlon has appointed the agency to create and manage a communications campaign that builds on awareness and participation around Team GB’s presence at the Rio Olympics this summer. Promote will be responsible for […]
eBay has appointed Porter Novelli to a Pan-EMEA brief for B2B and corporate external communications. The brief includes executive profiling, issues management and a series of campaigns to demonstrate the benefits of the eBay platform to both current, and potential, buyers and sellers. Porter Novelli will report to Deborah Binks-Moore, Senior Director of Communications EMEA, eBay. She said: “In […]