Trio join Buchanan to strengthen strategic comms offer
Buchanan, the WPP-owned financial and business comms consultancy, has hired three new team members to strengthen its strategic communications offer. Hannah Brandstaetter and [...]
minicabit hires Threepipe
minicabit, an online minicab comparison and booking site, has appointed Threepipe to run its global paid search campaigns, with a brief to drive UK bookings. minicabit works [...]
Web-building platform Weebly hands UK brief to W
Weebly, a Silicon Valley-based web-building platform forecast to hit a $1bn valuation in 2016, has appointed W as its UK comms agency, as it looks to enhance its presence in [...]
Hope&Glory wins Center Parcs brief
Family short break provider Center Parcs has brought in Hope&Glory as its retained consumer brand agency, with a brief to promote the brand as a “champion” of family time. [...]
Bottle promotes Nina Sawetz
Bottle has promoted Nina Sawetz to head of editorial for the agency’s consumer division. Sawetz joined Bottle in 2010 from Blue Zebra PR. She began her career with internships [...]
Yellow Jersey wins Videojug brief
Yellow Jersey PR has been retained by Videojug, the digital publisher of consumer and corporate videos. The independent business comms agency will develop and implement B2B [...]
Synergy launches Beko’s new FC Barcelona campaign
Home appliance brand Beko has hired sports and entertainment marketing specialist Synergy to handle the global launch of its sponsorship of FC Barcelona, following a [...]
Instinctif Partners expands US presence
Instinctif Partners, an international business comms consultancy, has expanded its presence in the US with three senior hires in its New York and San Francisco offices. In San [...]
Thomas Pink briefs Pitch on Lions rugby partnership
British shirt maker Thomas Pink has appointed sports marketing agency Pitch to launch its partnership with the British & Irish Lions 2017 Tour, following a competitive [...]
Jago wins all-Ireland PR brief for VisitScotland
Jago Communications has had its Northern Ireland-based consumer PR brief with VisitScotland extended to include the Republic of Ireland, following a competitive pitch. Jago, [...]
Lloyds Banking Group appoints Grayling
Grayling has been appointed by Lloyds Banking Group to support its public affairs engagement across the UK. The agency will focus to support Lloyds in the delivery of its [...]
Honda UK hires Prova PR
Honda UK has chosen automotive agency Prova PR to act as the PR provider for its entire Honda dealer network, following a four-way pitch. Warwick-based Prova has been briefed [...]
Ruder Finn hires Brands2Life’s Robin Grainger
Ruder Finn has brought in Brands2Life’s Robin Grainger to take on the newly-created role of director of connected comms. Grainger, who will be based in Ruder Finn’s [...]
Newgate Communications advises Blue Prism IPO
Financial media relations group Newgate Communications is advising software company Blue Prism following its IPO on AIM last month. The Newgate team, which advised Blue Prism [...]
RBS appoints Blue Rubicon
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has briefed Blue Rubicon to lead on its “reputation turnaround”. RBS’ chief marketing officer, David Wheldon, confirmed the [...]
Next 15 reports headline operating profit rise
Communications business Next 15 has reported a growth in headline operating profits of £16.5m, up 29.9% year-on-year, for the 12 month period ending January 31 2016. It has [...]
London City Airport enhances comms team
London City Airport has strengthened its comms team with the appointment of the Department for Transport’s Andrew Scott as PR Manager, as the airport develops plans for [...]
The Printworks calls in Down at the Social
Down at the Social has been appointed by Manchester-based entertainment complex The Printworks to handle its PR and social activity, following a four-way pitch. [...]