A 20 year-old public relations professional from South Yorkshire has become the youngest ever accredited member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), the UK’s professional body for PR practitioners. Chloe Staniforth (pictured), from Rotherham, started work at Barnsley-based PR agency Cream when she was just 17. Since then, she has been promoted twice […]
The Communications Store has been appointed by The Crown Estate as the retained comms agency for London’s Regent Street. Since 2002, The Crown Estate’s £1 billion investment programme in Regent Street has involved the redevelopment of historic blocks to create retail and office space behind the street’s facades. “The world’s first shopping street” is known […]
Rule 5 has won a competitive pitch to promote the Cycle Show, the UK’s “premier event for the cycling industry”, which takes place at Birmingham’s NEC from 22 to 25 September. The Cycle Show showcases the latest bikes and accessories from leading bike brands, alongside a dedicated area for cycling holidays and a large retail […]
4media Group agencies Stature PR and 4mediarelations have been selected by Tourism Fiji to handle its UK press office and promote the launch of a new exhibition showcasing Fijian art and culture. Stature PR will be Tourism Fiji’s retained agency, with a brief to engage with journalists and bloggers, and encourage visitors to the islands. […]
Travel PR agency Little Black Book Creative has relaunched under the new name Traveltappers, marking a shift in focus to SEO PR, and brought in British Airways’ former consumer PR manager, Tracy Long, as a PR specialist. Traveltappers’ catchline, “Travel PR for the Google age”, is part of a shift in focus to the role […]
Planning ahead is key, particularly when it comes to anticipating corporate and other crises and impact on reputation, as Gorkana’s recent White Paper on Crisis Communications showed. John Orme, Senior partner and EMEA crisis counsellor with Porter Novelli, thinks that war gaming, Game of Thrones and the ever-resourceful Chinese warlord Sun Tzu have useful lessons […]
Portland has hired Dr Brendan Murphy as a director to establish and grow its medical education offering. Murphy will be part of the health management team. He joins Portland after four years at Nucleus Global, where he was director of client services at Articulate Science. Portland has also hired Rachel Maconachy as account manager. She […]
PR and social media agency Wolfstar has forged a partnership with creative visual firm Seventy1 Digital to enhance its video offering for clients. Its activity kicks off with content to mark the 200th anniversary of Portmeirion Group’s Spode Blue Italian design. Portmeirion Group handed a brand awareness brief to Wolfstar in March to raise the […]
Cambridge University Press’ former global head of PR, Adam Tuckwell, has joined specialist PR and content agency MobasEngage as head of PR. Tuckwell will head up the PR and content agency, which is part of creative marcomms firm Mobas Group. As well as leading the MobasEngage team, he will continue to serve as chair […]
When hen and stag party brand Red7 Leisure wanted to enhance its market share, Red Hot Penny came up with a PR and SEO campaign to leverage the popularity of emojis by creating “The World’s First Mankini Emoji”, as well as blow-up doll and beer goggle symbols… Campaign: The World’s First Mankini Emoji Client: Red7 Leisure PR Team: Red Hot Penny Timing: November […]