Manchester Airport Group (MAG), which operates UK airports at Manchester, Stansted, East Midlands and Bournemouth, has appointed Graeme Elliott as group public affairs director. Elliot takes responsibility for MAG’s engagement with national politicians, government departments and other stakeholders on a range of aviation policy issues and will be involved with its international expansion. He is […]
Christina Sandkühler, EMEA, head of corporate communications at LaSalle Investment Management, on the value of creativity in PR, why there should be appreciation of the power of comms at board level and why she once had to organise the ‘world’s greatest dice roll’, up a mountain, in Greenland. Which media outlet can’t you start your […]
Jargon PR has been appointed by the wireless charging provider Chargifi to drive brand awareness throughout Europe and North America. The agency’s win will see the team provide support to Chargifi across two projects at trade shows, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held 6-9 January 2016 and Mobile World Congress (MWC) held 22-25 February 2016. […]
Skipton Building Society, the UK’s fourth largest building society by size of membership, has hired H+K Strategies’ London team following a competitive pitch process. H+K will work to increase awareness of the values of the building society, which has some £17bn in assets under management, as well as its financial services offering. The agency won […]
Colliers International has strengthened its UK comms team with the hires of Lauren Joselyn and Ada Taraszewska as PR managers from Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) and DTZ/Cushman & Wakefield, respectively. Joselyn (pictured right) led the EMEA PR team at JLL. She originally joined the real estate firm to advise and deliver on EMEA and global […]
With the final news alert for the year, Gorkana rounds up key learnings from our journalist interviews and media briefings over the last six months to help you get the coverage of your, and your clients’, dreams. Content is EVERYTHING Strong content has to be at the centre of what titles like Metro offers: “Just […]
The phrase ‘Whites Against Trump’ became popular on Twitter in December after African American comedian, W Kamau Bell, asked white Americans to step up and criticise white politicians the same way black people criticise black politicians. Seattle mucisian, Heather Bentley, tweeted her support for the hashtag. #WhitesAgainstTrump quickly hit Twitter’s list of top trends, it was used over […]
To launch the Toy Retailers Association’s DreamToys list, Bastion decided to recreate Christmas day on a mild November morning with a 25-foot Christmas tree surrounded by this year’s most wanted toys. Campaign: DreamToys 2015 Client: Toy Retailers Association PR Team: Bastion Timing: November 2015 Overview Every November, toy retailers come together to announce what they […]
Wez Merchant, founder and MD of Strike Media and Under The Influence Of, on how he knows when a campaign is succeeding, his days being known as Wendy and working on Aqualung’s Strange & Beautiful release. Before I reach the office in the morning, I’ve already… Put my contact lenses in – otherwise I’d never […]
Joanne Hart, investments editor at the Mail on Sunday, on writing about stocks and shares for the paper’s ‘Middle England’ readership, how enthusiasm goes a long way when pitching into her Midas column and wanting to cover businesses with growth potential. Firstly, can you tell us about your role and remit as the investments editor […]