MHP CEO Gavin Devine will join communications group Porta, which owns agency brands Newgate, Publicasity and Redleaf, in a new chief operating officer role. Devine was part of the leadership team that formed MHP (Mandate Hogarth Penrose) in 2010, and originally joined Mandate pre-integration in 2004. He said: “I am very proud of MHP’s achievements, and […]
Exposure founder and joint chief executive Tim Bourne has been named chairman of The Marketing Agencies Association, the first MAA chairman from a PR and comms background. The Marketing Agencies Association is a non-profit trade body, which aims to support marketing comms agencies, with services designed to improve their performance. Members include Exposure, iris, Saatchi & […]
Perform-ers, a new talent platform for creative people to promote their music and art, has brought in Quite Great Publicity to handle its PR. Perform-ers enables its users to set up an online profile to promote their music and art and enter global competitions. Users can upload and combine profiles, videos and audio files, with […]
CNC has appointed Tulchan’s Tom Buchanan as joint managing partner. He will work alongside the comms firm’s Richard Campbell and Roland Klein. Based in CNC’s London office, Buchanan will develop the global company’s offer to UK clients as well as strengthening its international network. Buchanan has some 20 years’ experience advising corporate and financial clients globally. He was […]
Revolution Sports + Entertainment has been chosen to provide a consumer and lifestyle PR campaign for the Silverstone Classic, the world’s biggest classic motor racing festival. Managed by Goose Live Events, the annual event, in its 26th year, includes three days of ‘Rocking and Racing’ with more than 1,000 classic cars taking part in a […]
Forest Enterprise England (FEE), part of the Forestry Commission, has put a brief out to tender for a four-year PR contract worth a total of £800,000. FEE manages state-owned woodlands in England and says its mission is to realise “the potential of each of the public’s forests for sustainable business opportunities, wildlife and nature conservation” as […]
Maria Boyle, founder and director of MB Communications, on gaining a sixth sense for what will and won’t work, why PRs shouldn’t hide behind emails and get on the phone, and why she’s keen to mentor more business women. Before I reach the office in the morning, I’ve already… Listened to the radio and got a news […]
Burson-Marsteller UK has appointed The Times‘ Andrew Clark as a director in its public affairs team. Clark was most recently deputy business editor at The Times, where he managed 25 journalists working across print, web and tablet editions. The department was named ‘Business and Finance Team of the Year” at the 2011 British Press Awards. Prior […]
AVG’s Innovation Labs, the internet security provider’s independent development arm, has hired Augur to raise its global profile. Augur, which calls itself a comms agency for “unsexy tech companies”, will promote the Amsterdam tech developer throughout 2016. The 30-strong Labs team experiments with everyday tech on projects such as its Invisibility Glasses, which can ‘hide’ the wearer from […]
Claire Maugham, director of policy and communications at Smart Energy GB, on effecting national behaviour change around the government’s complete rollout of smart meters by 2020, how to avoid “24/7 workaholism” and how she persuaded the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to play instruments made from old energy meters. What media do you absorb on your way into the […]