Start Up Loans, a Government-backed scheme which provides loans, mentoring and support for new and early stage businesses, has selected Citypress as its retained PR agency following a competitive pitch. Citypress will provide a newsroom service for Start Up Loans and a series of campaigns designed to encourage a new generation of microbusiness owners. It will also position the organisation as the […]
Mortgage specialist Online Mortgage Advisor has appointed 10 Yetis Digital to handle its PR as it launches a wider marketing push to raise awareness of the brand and its offer. Online Mortgage Advisor deals with UK customers who have “unique or complex financial situations” and struggle to get a mortgage approved. 10 Yetis Digital has […]
Pharmaceutical manufacturer Quantum Pharma has appointed Buchanan as the group’s financial PR and investor relations adviser. Quantum entered the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market in December 2014. It operates three divisions; Specials, Niche Pharmaceuticals and Medication Adherence. Buchanan‘s Henry Harrison-Topham will lead the account, supported by partner Mark Court, account director Sophie Cowles, and account manager Steph […]
Skincare brand Tria Beauty has brought in Fever as its retained UK PR agency to promote its portfolio of medical devices. Tria Beauty, which claims to bring professional beauty technology “out of the doctor’s clinic straight to consumers”, has briefed Fever to educate and engage with both media and consumers to promote the company’s portfolio […]
Jamie Brookes, managing director of MHP Communications, on getting a kick out of his part in the world’s biggest financial services merger, why US customs ‘found’ 20 wigs in his luggage and the joy of no two days in PR ever being the same. What is the first thing you do as soon as you arrive at […]
The Sun’s former head of news, Chris Pharo, has joined 72Point, the PR arm of independent news agency group SWNS, as chief operations officer. Pharo worked for The Sun for 25 years, heading up its news department for more than a decade before rising to the position of associate editor. 72Point is the PR arm […]
Lexis MD Dominic Shales on his first pitch to a journalist, what marks a good campaign out and why it really is “good to talk”. Before I reach the office in the morning, I’ve already… Managed two different breakfast sittings for different aged children, with the Today programme in the background, squashed on the tube while trying to […]
Creative comms group Beattie has had its brief with Redefine|BDL Hotels expanded to include digital activity, after two years handling the hotel management company’s PR. Redefine|BDL Hotels manages 63 hotels across the UK and partners with six international hotel brands, including IHG, Hilton Worldwide, Accor, Best Western, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts and Starwood Hotels & Resorts […]
Scottish Widows, the pensions provider and subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group, has brought in Standard Life’s Claire Burston as head of comms. As part of Lloyd’s group corporate affairs team, Burston will provide strategic counsel to senior stakeholders and executives. She reports into John Penman, director of comms, who said: “At a time of unprecedented change […]
Journalists across the UK and US have revealed the top ten most annoying pieces of jargon they find in emails and press releases from PRs, with “reach out” and “growthhacking” topping the list, according to a small poll conducted by Houston PR. For three years, Houston PR has asked correspondents and editors in the UK and […]