Tim Snowball, head of political strategy at PHA Media and former Lib Dem director of political comms, tells us about how he hid, with Nick Clegg, from a TV helicopter, his pride at reframing the debate around the Assisted Dying Bill and how a puppy can be the ultimate work distraction. What media outlet can’t you start your […]
FleishmanHillard Fishburn has partnered up with the PRCA to launch FUSE, the first PRCA-accredited training programme developed by a UK PR agency. Under the CPD-accredited FUSE programme, FleishmanHillard Fishburn staff members will earn points towards a PRCA Intermediate, Advanced or Expert diploma depending on their level and role. They will be required to attend learning […]
Style Sportif, a recently launched e-commerce website specialising in premium active wear brands, has brought in The Earned Agency to handle its PR. Style Sportif, which claims to “bridge the gap between gym kit and every day wear”, sources and curates premium sports luxe labels for UK consumers. The Earned Agency has been briefed to increase awareness of […]
LEWIS has been chosen to handle the UK PR for French sushi restaurant brand SushiShop. SushiShop has two outlets in London – the most recent opened late last year. It also does deliveries. The chain is headquartered in Paris, and has 113 outlets across nine countries. After undertaking project work for SushiShop in 2015, LEWIS’ consumer division has been appointed […]
Water sustainability charity Thirst has appointed Frank to handle the global PR for its Seven Deserts Challenge, a run undertaken by Thirst CEO and founder Mina Guli. Starting today, she will run the equivalent of 40 marathons, across seven deserts over seven continents in seven weeks, before finishing on World Water Day (March 22). Guli approached Frank to lead the PR strategy off […]
Independent agency Vigo supported CityFibre, a designer and builder of fibre optic infrastructure in the UK, on its acquisition of national infrastructure assets and a placing to raise £80m. CityFibre purchased around 1,100 route kms of metro network assets in 24 towns and cities in the UK, and a national long distance network of around 1,100 km, from telecoms provider KCOM for some […]
Crédit Agricole Private Banking, a wealth manager, has rebranded to Indosuez Wealth Management and retained Havas firm Chandos Communications to provide comms support around its new structure. As part of its brief, Chandos will also continue to support the strategy and global coordination of the bank’s ongoing communications activities. Indosuez announced last week that its operations across Europe, the Middle East, Asia-Pacific […]
Pitch Wins New Scientist has appointed Kaper to help launch New Scientist Live, a festival around science, technology and culture, which takes place in September at London’s ExCeL Centre. Headland has been brought in by The AA to support the relaunch of its financial services arm. Alton Towers Resort has brought in Mischief as its consumer PR agency, following […]
Alton Towers Resort has brought in Mischief as its consumer PR agency, following a competitive pitch. The brief will see Mischief work on two major new attractions for the theme park in 2016 – Galactica and the Rollercoaster Restaurant. Galactica is Alton Towers’ first rollercoaster featuring the addition of Virtual Reality, while the other major part of the […]
Sport, entertainment and comms group Chime Communications has named Diageo’s former chief executive, Paul Walsh, as its new chairman, following the acquisition of Chime by WPP and US-based private equity group Providence Equity last year. Lord Davies, who previously chaired Chime’s board, stepped down as chairman following the acquisition of Chime by WPP and Providence Equity for £374 million in […]