Headland has been appointed by the mobile network Three UK to advise on corporate and financial communications. The brief spans senior communications advice, press office support, corporate and financial PR and campaigns. Headland was appointed following a market review and competitive pitch process. Partners Dan Smith and Andy Rivett-Carnac will lead the team. Justin Bass, director […]
Berkshire-based consumer PR agency Escapade PR has completed a management buyout from parent company CCgroup, led by MD Lynne Goddard and associate director Rhianon Williams. The agency will continue to operate from its office in Reading, Berkshire, servicing brands across food and drink, health and wellbeing, and consumer technology and lifestyle markets. The existing Escapade […]
The UN Foundation has hired Launch to drive noise around its inaugural Families +SocialGood event this summer. Launch will focus on capitalising on momentum generated by the fifth Moms +SocialGood event held earlier in New York with an influencer and press relations programme. For the first time outside the US, the UN Foundation and Johnson […]
Lincoln-based Shooting Star has been appointed by five clients in the healthcare, recruitment and software development industry. The agency is now working with HMT St Hugh’s Hospital in Grimsby, Lincoln-based pre-employment screening specialist Sanctis, Hampshire-based software developer and distributor Selectec, EVO Recruitment and mint, a new “unique” supermarket in Boston, Lincolnshire. Selectec called on the agency for support as it embarks […]
Good Relations has appointed Lawrence Collis as executive consumer director to head up its consumer practice alongside David Wiles. Collis’ role will encompass team and creative development and senior counsel across the agency’s clients, as well as continuing the growth of integrated clients within the VCCP Partnership. He joins the agency from Shine @ The […]
Giles Kenningham, former head of political press for David Cameron has launched Trafalgar Strategy, a strategic communications consultancy. The consultancy is based in Covent Garden, central London. It provides strategic advice on reputation management, campaigns, public affairs and complex communication challenges. Trafalgar works across the corporate affairs, public affairs, sports, arts and entertainment and charity […]
AXON has made seven new hires across the agency’s medical communications, public relations and finance teams. The AXON medcomms team has hired four new starters, including two PhD-qualified medical writers: Saroshi Amirthalingam, PhD, and Vincent Foster, PhD, who both joined as medical writers. Additionally, Kate Picard made the leap from academic publishing to agency life, […]
TimeZoneOne, a global creative comms agency based in Chicago, has selected Oxfordshire-based agency Cellet Marketing & Public Relations as its strategic partner in the UK and Ireland for the Illinois Office of Tourism. The agencies will focus on elevating the Illinois Tourism brand and Illinois Made campaigns through domestic and international PR activity. Cellet’s work […]
MortgageGym, a mortgage ‘robo-adviser’, has appointed Peregrine Communications to handle messaging, UK media relations and social media. Peregrine Communications was appointed following a competitive pitch. John Ingram, CEO and co-founder at MortgageGym, said: “When preparing for the UK launch, it was critical that we partnered with an agency who understands the B2C and B2B financial services […]
Freud Communications has appointed Ben Jackson, a media specialist and former journalist for The Sun, as an associate director. Jackson will join as an associate director in Freuds’ corporate division, The Brewery, which accounts for around a third of its 230-strong London staff. New Zealand-born Jackson was the first environment editor to be appointed at a UK tabloid, […]