EuroFinance has chosen Aspectus to handle media relations for its International Treasury and Cash Management Conference for the second consecutive year. The re-appointment follows Aspectus’ successful 2016 campaign, ‘Whatever you do, don’t mention that German corporates are backing Brexit’ – which secured coverage in Wall Street Journal Europe, City A.M and specialist treasury publications. Aspectus […]
Chris Grabowski, client services director at Stir, talks about a decade in PR, his favourite Stir campaign – and where you’ll find him on a Friday night. Stir recently unveiled a new brand identity. What has changed, and what’s the philosophy this new identity aims to convey? The philosophy has not changed: as an agency, […]
Here’s a round-up of the essential PR news stories, people news and account wins that have been announced over the past week. Account wins WMB Logistics has enlisted 10Yetis for a joint PR and social media campaign to raise awareness of the company and its services, and launch its new cleaning product range. Aranui Cruises […]
Mitie has appointed Tori Cowley to its executive leadership team as group director of corporate affairs and investor relations, reporting to CEO Phil Bentley. Cowley joins Mitie from the London Stock Exchange Group, where she was responsible for all group communications and marketing since 2010. Prior to joining the LSE, she was head of corporate affairs […]
Nick DeLuca, a senior political advisor, and Tim Snowball, the former Lib Dem comms director and chief of staff, have joined FleishmanHillard Fishburn. The pair will strengthen the agency’s public and international affairs offering, and support its recently formed international affairs unit. With more than 30 years experience in politics, campaigning and corporate affairs, DeLuca […]
London’s Harley Street Medical Area, a quarter-mile strip home to 250 clinics and hospitals, has awarded its PR brief to BrandContent following a three-way pitch. The Welsh agency will deliver a bespoke PR and amplification programme for the area, which is known for its medical care expertise and curated by the Howard de Walden Estate. […]
MHP Communications has appointed Nick Barron, Edelman’s corporate reputation managing director, as deputy CEO. He will work closely with CEO Alex Bigg and chairman Julian Hanson-Smith to drive growth, transform the MHP business and oversee the firm’s corporate affairs, public affairs and brand teams. At Edelman, Barron led its 80-strong corporate reputation team for nearly […]
Farrer Kane has recruited senior communications specialist Daniela Conte as an associate director. Conte has nearly 20 years’ experience running PR and comms for international and UK law firms including Baker McKenzie and Simmons & Simmons. She has also worked in the financial and public sectors for HBOS and Bradford & Bingley. Her expertise spans […]
Forster Communications has been awarded ‘Best for the World’ status within the B Corp global community, following an assessment from corporate accountability firm B Lab. The employee-owned agency appears in 2017’s ‘Best for the World Overall’ list of businesses that scored in the top 10% of the world’s 2,100+ certified B Corporations. Forster was acknowledged […]
Buchanan provided comms support to app distribution company appScatter Group during its admission to the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange earlier this month. The Buchanan team was comprised of partner Ben Romney, deputy chairman Giles Sanderson, account director Stephanie Watson and account executive Catriona Flint. “We were delighted to support appScatter on its […]