50cycles hires Sugar PR as part of northern expansion plans
Electric bike retailer 50cycles has appointed Manchester-based Sugar PR to handle its PR and content marketing. So far, 50cycles has sold more than 25,000 electric bikes and [...]
JustGiving calls in Rooster PR for crowdfunding push
JustGiving, the UK’s biggest social fundraising platform, has brought in Rooster PR to handle its UK crowdfunding press activity. Activity will focus on the placement of human [...]
Quill PR appoints Peakon’s Nick Croysdill
Specialist financial services consultancy Quill PR has appointed Nick Croysdill as an account director. At Quill, Croysdill will work across a range of clients within the [...]
Fintech startup Curve names Callum McCaig as its first PR hire
London fintech startup Curve has made its first PR and comms hire with the appointment of Burson-Marsteller’s Callum McCaig, as the business prepares to scale out of [...]
New PR lead for energy provider npower
Energy provider npower has promoted its senior PR manager (consumer), Zoe Melarkey, to head of PR. Melarkey has been at npower since 2005. She started off her career at [...]
Portland hires Daily Mail’s Zoe Brennan as head of writing
Portland has hired Daily Mail and The Daily Telegraph journalist Zoe Brennan as partner and head of writing. Brennan will lead on speech-writing, drafting op-eds, and writing [...]
PHA Media hires Marlin PR’s Jasmin Prichard
PHA Media has hired Marlin PR’s Jasmin Prichard as senior account manager. Prichard’s move is motivated by wanting to move away from tech PR and into a more business focused [...]
PlayStation UK hands PR brief to The Romans
PlayStation UK has appointed The Romans as its retained PR agency, following a three-month competitive pitch process. The brief, which will span both hardware and software, [...]
Finn appointed for PPA Festival 2017
The Professional Publishers Association (PPA) has appointed Finn to provide PR and communications support for the PPA Festival 2017. Finn’s Media Practice, headed up by [...]
Launch adopts ‘real ideas’ positioning and hires Barbara Watson
Launch has adopted a new ‘real ideas’ positioning and dropped the PR from its name as Frank PR’s Barbara Watson joins as director of brand and content. The new position looks [...]
Engine launches on-site agency NuFu with Oliver’s Sam Broster
Engine has launched a new on-site agency called NuFu in response to increasing client demand for “always-on content and design capability”. The new offer will be [...]
Clarion wins UK PR brief from Electrolux Group
Electrolux Group, which includes home appliance brands Electrolux, AEG and Zanussi, has appointed Clarion Communications as its UK consumer and trade PR agency. The main focus [...]
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Eulogy launches events and experiential service
Eulogy is launching an events and experiential offering to cater for the fast-growing “experience economy”. Cally Sheard, associate director, will lead a team of specialists [...]
The Mission acquires medical comms consultancy RJW & Partners
The Mission Marketing Group has acquired RJW & Partners, a company which provides consultancy services to the pharmaceutical and medical devices industry. RJW will operate [...]
Half of charities unclear on Lobbying Act election restrictions
Less than one in five charities and not-for-profit organisations understand the restrictions imposed on campaigning during the General Election, according to research from [...]
LEWIS appoints Daniel Cohen to senior vice president
LEWIS has appointed Grayling’s Daniel Cohen as its senior vice president EMEA brand to expand the agency’s consumer brand and digital businesses. Cohen will begin [...]
FleishmanHillard Fishburn promotes Steph Bailey to MD
FleishmanHillard Fishburn has promoted Steph Bailey to MD and hired another senior director and partner, Michael Hartt. Bailey is now the managing director of the [...]