Rentplus hires Instinctif Partners

Instinctif Partners has been appointed as communications advisor to Rentplus following a competitive pitch. Instinctif is set to promote Rentplus’ business which provides “affordable” rent-to-buy homes. The agency will push the offering to local authorities, central government, national and regional housebuilders and tenants. The agency will use a multichannel communications strategy which includes content origination, […]

Shooting Star offers PR clinic to Lincolnshire business

PR and marketing agency Shooting Star is offering a morning of free PR “clinics” to Lincolnshire businesses in July 2016. The Lincoln and Bristol-based agency is set to offer advise to local businesses at the University of Lincoln on Wednesday 6 July from 9:30am to 1pm. Previously, Shooting Star has hosted a morning of PR clinics as part […]

St Giles Trust appoints Hume Brophy

St Giles Trust, a charity helping ex-offenders and disadvantaged people to move their lives forward, has appointed Hume Brophy as it expands into healthcare. The charity is planning to provide services which it says would help relieve pressure on the healthcare system, reducing attendances and speeding up discharge times. Hume Brophy will advise St Giles Trust […]

CDNetworks brings in CCgroup for UK push

CDNetworks has appointed tech PR agency CCgroup to manage its UK PR communications and support its SEO, PPC and sales lead generation. CDNetworks provides the technology, network infrastructure and customer services needed for the secure and reliable delivery of internet content and applications, and also helps brands launch websites in China and Russia. Its customers […]

Linn hands brand awareness brief to Harvard

Harvard has been brought in to handle the consumer PR brief for music systems company Linn, with a brief to increase brand awareness across the UK. The agency, which won the account without a pitch, has been briefed to introduce Linn’s music systems to a wider audience, with a particular focus on its new Series […]

The Gorkana Weekly Industry News Brief: 14 to 20 May 2016

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. Pitch wins Ryvita has handed W a six-figure PR, digital and influencer engagement brief, as the British crispbread brand looks to engage with […]

Engine launches digital media services division

Engine, which includes PR firms MHP and Mischief in the group, has launched a new data-driven digital media services division, Engine Media, and brought in Starcom MediaVest Group’s Lisa Weinstein to head it up. Weinstein, as CEO, will run Engine Media out of the US. The European side of the business will be overseen by Engine […]