MHP appoints Barnaby Fry as head of crisis
MHP Communications has enhanced its crisis comms offer with the appointment of Barnaby Fry as head of crisis. Fry, currently an MD at MHP, has 20 years’ experience in [...]
PR Case Study: Knocking Ed Sheeran off the #1 Spot
Find out how new consumer PR agency MUNCH took on the challenge to raise the profile of Youtube sensation Daisy Clark, push her into the mainstream music market and, [...]
Quill PR appointed by British Empire Trust PLC
Quill PR has been appointed by the £977 million British Empire Trust PLC as its retained media relations consultancy with immediate effect. As part of its brief, Quill will [...]
PR M&A activity drops in the UK as agencies eye European clients
The number of PR M&A deals have fallen in the first quarter of 2017, according to research by Results International. Volumes are down in the UK but rose in Western Europe. [...]
Beattie hires B&Q’s Fflur Sheppard
Beattie has hired B&Q’s Fflur Sheppard to its corporate, B2B and crisis management team as associate director. The agency has 18 corporate, B2B and crisis specialists [...]
Loyalty specialist Paytronix appoints Milk & Honey PR
Corporate brand agency Milk & Honey PR has been appointed by Paytronix to launch its UK operations as the company expands globally. Milk & Honey PR is responsible for [...]
Rabobank appoints Citypress to pan-European brief
Rabobank, the global leading food and agriculture bank, has appointed Citypress to handle its European wholesale banking brief following a competitive pitch. The consultancy [...]
Finn chosen by Bio-Oil for its biggest digital campaign to date
Finn has been chosen by Godrej UK, distributor of Bio-Oil, to deliver the biggest ever digital marketing campaign for its scars and stretch marks treatment. Bio-Oil is a [...]
Balearic Islands Tourist Board hires Lotus
Travel specialist agency Lotus has been appointed by the Balearic Islands Tourist Board to handle its UK PR and promote the islands of Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera [...]
Wagamama hires Talker Tailor Trouble Maker as it celebrates 25th birthday
Creative comms shop Talker Tailor Trouble Maker has been named as the newly-appointed UK consumer PR agency for pan-Asian restaurant brand Wagamama, which celebrates it 25th [...]
PHA Media promotes The Oval’s historic 100th Test Match
PHA Media has been chosen by Surrey County Cricket Club to promote the 100th Test Match to be played at The Kia Oval this summer. The sporting venue will become only the [...]
M&C Saatchi PR launches new creative hub CREATE
M&C Saatchi PR has this week launched a new strategic and creative hub called CREATE, which it says will act as a central resource for more than 50 of its clients across [...]
Henman Communications wins David Lloyd clubs brief to activate Judy Murray partnership
Sports and lifestyle PR agency Henman Communications has been chosen by David Lloyd Clubs to launch its new tennis coaching partnership with Judy Murray, a former Fed Cup [...]
davies tanner extends PR brief with VisitScotland
davies tanner has extended its brief with client VisitScotland Business Events after an extensive review. The new agreement will see the agency support VisitScotland’s [...]
Beattie: What if social media could predict the snap election outcome?
Beattie’s digital team has launched a tongue-in-cheek investigation on what would happen if social media activity dictated how UK voters will behave in June and who will be in [...]
This week’s top people news on Gorkana News
Your bite-sized update on the people news and moves featured on Gorkana News this week. Rachel Gilley takes over as Bite UK MD Rachel Gilley has taken over as MD at Bite UK [...]
Rachel Gilley takes over as Bite UK MD
Rachel Gilley has taken over as MD at Bite UK following the departure of Kath Easthope, who is currently on extended maternity leave. Easthope departed the Next 15-owned firm [...]
Fourth Day PR wins brief with City of Hamburg
Fourth Day PR has been selected to support Hamburg Marketing with media relations in the UK and the US, as the organisation looks to promote Hamburg as a business and [...]