The Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) has appointed Adam Harwood as media relations manager. Harwood is set to deliver media coverage across all platforms and develop campaigns designed to increased awareness of AAT and the issues it represents, specifically in the areas of careers advice, social mobility, taxation and general finance. Previously, he was PR manager […]
Full service public affairs agency, Social Communications, has appointed Chris Walker to head up its growing PR division. Walker is set to help agency directors John Quinton-Barber and Caty Cartwright grow Social’s public relations offering. The Manchester-based agency, which was founded in 2013, has three core services: as well as PR it offers planning consultation and the […]
Deodorant and shower gel brand Right Guard has appointed Frank as its retained PR and social agency, following a competitive pitch. The agency will deliver a series of online and social campaigns for the Henkel-owned brand, as well as handle all of Right Guard’s social channels and PR activity. The campaigns will be aimed predominately […]
Rebecca Smith, former medical editor for the Daily Telegraph, has joined the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) as head of media. Smith was medical editor at the Daily Telegraph for seven years before leaving in December 2014 to set up her own consulting business, providing strategic advice to pharma and consumer PR […]
Travelex has appointed Hotwire its lead global PR, creative and content agency, as the foreign exchange specialist looks to enhance consumer engagement around its brand and products ahead of its 40th anniversary this year. It appointed Hotwire to work across the UK, Germany, Netherlands and US, with the UK office acting as the central hub for the […]
Lucy Cleland, editor of luxury interiors and lifestyle magazine Country & Town House, talks to Gorkana‘s Ben Spencer about how her readers appreciate the good things in life, the importance and high quality of the magazine’s supplement series and the difference between “good” and “not so good” PRs. Country & Town House is a luxury interiors and lifestyle magazine covering […]
Global PR firm, Weber Shandwick, has launched the Gender Forward Pioneer (GFP) Index which reveals that 10.9 per cent of senior executives in the world’s 500 largest companies are women. The GFP report aims to measure the percentage of women in senior management positions at Fortune Global 500 companies. None of these top companies has an equal […]
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has appointed BBC political journalist, Louise Stewart, as head of its media and communications. Stewart joins FSB as the organisation creates a new senior staff line-up. In addition, Craig Beaumont has been promoted to head of external affairs, UK and will report to COO Julie Lilley. Mike Cherry, policy […]
The Champagne Tour Co. has appointed travel and lifestyle agency Turtle to launch the brand to UK media. The Champagne Tour Co. wants to attract more British clients to the Champagne region of France, where it offers bespoke planned private visits to artisan grower-producers, as well as access to cellars not open to the general public. Larry Davis, the brand’s […]
London-based creative technology agency Manifesto has appointed corporate PR agency, Rostrum, to help raise the agency’s profile within the health, technology and third sectors. Rostrum will handle Manifesto’s media relations and push the agency as a leading voice on industry issues, including digital disruption and customer engagement. Manifesto has expertise in the charity, technology and health […]