The Sofitel London St James hotel has appointed Clementine Communications as the UK PR agency for its Balcon restaurant, The St James Bar and The Rose Lounge, following a five-way pitch. The Sofitel, which is based on Waterloo Place at the corner of London’s Pall Mall, has also briefed Clementine to launch The Balcon’s newly […]
The UK’s largest independent agent for ski and cruise holidays, Iglu, has chosen travel PR and marketing consultancy Hills Balfour to handle the PR for its ski and cruise brands in the UK and Ireland. Hills Balfour has been brought on board to grow the Iglu Ski and Iglu Cruise brands and will handle comms […]
adidas has brought in Hope&Glory to handle the PR around its running and women’s performance categories, following a competitive pitch. The agency has been briefed to work with the adidas London newsroom team across three main channels – the brand’s social channels, editorial activity and influencer-driven campaigns. For running, the brief will focus on raising […]
Bottle PR, Dynamo PR, Frank PR, Mischief, PLMR and TVC Group are set to participate in a one day creativity competition, The Creative Shootout, at The China Exchange, Soho in London. The agencies are set to participate in the competition on 21 January, 2016. The participants will receive a brief from the charity associate of […]
Find out how Forster Communications helped raise the profile of road safety charity The Institute of Advanced Motorists by creating a series of tongue-in-cheek Facebook and Twitter “Bike Moments”. Campaign: Bike Moments Client: Institute of Advanced Motorists PR Team: Forster Communications Timing: July – September 2015 Budget: £14,000 Overview The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) […]
Claremont Communications has appointed Victoria Page, former director of CSR and sustainability at Grayling Future Planet, as a director to help grow the agency’s private sector clients. In her role as a director at Claremont, Page will be responsible for leading and growing the agency’s private sector clients. Claremont’s existing private sector clients include Swedish […]
Dorel UK, manufacturer of baby car seat Maxi-Cosi and pushchair Quinny, has appointed Red Consultancy as its UK comms agency, following a five-way pitch. Dorel is a major player in the nursery industry with a range of brands including car seats, pushchairs and learning development toys. Red Consultancy’s remit includes product and brand comms, with […]
Aisle 8 has been chosen to handle the launch and ongoing comms activity for new luxury sex toy brand Perlesque. Aisle 8 has been chosen to handle the launch and ongoing comms activity for new luxury sex toy brand Perlesque. The agency has been briefed to handle the launch of Perlesque in March, raising the […]
Wild Card has been briefed to handle the UK PR for English winemaker Chapel Down, following a competitive pitch. The agency’s drinks division has been briefed to build brand awareness of Chapel Down in consumer, trade and social media. The campaign will include support for its range of sparkling and still wines. Mark Harvey, MD […]
Global network provider Truphone hires Marketo’s Alan Banks to the newly-created chief sales and marketing officer role, with responsibility for the company’s comms function. Reporting into Truphone‘s CEO, Ralph Steffens, Banks will also lead Truphone’s global sales and marketing teams. He is in charge of marketing Truphone’s services and products, as well as contributing to […]