The Sun’s ex-royal editor joins Zest
The Sun’s former royal editor, Duncan Larcombe, has joined Kent-based PR agency Zest as director. Larcombe left the paper earlier this year to write a biography on Prince [...]
Vets Now hires Golin
Golin has been chosen by Vets Now, which provides out-of-hours emergency and critical care services for pets, to lead its consumer PR in the UK. Founded in 2001, Vets Now [...]
Threepipe unveils ‘Powered by Ideas & Algorithms’ positioning
Threepipe has unveiled its new ‘Powered by Ideas & Algorithms’ positioning alongside a revamped logo and web site, which co-founder Jim Hawker says “sums up the challenges [...]
Citigate advises on planned IPO of The Football Pools
Citigate Dewe Rogerson is advising betting business The Football Pools on its planned IPO. The agency’s team will comprise of executive director Simon Rigby, senior director [...]
Frank handles UK launch of Ribs & Burgers
Frank has been appointed to handle the UK PR for Ribs & Burgers, which is part of the Seagrass Boutique Hospitality Group, following its decision to launch its first UK [...]
Weber Shandwick buys Flipside
Weber Shandwick has acquired Flipside, a specialised mobile and digital agency, for an undisclosed sum. Flipside will retain its name and work with Weber Shandwick to deliver [...]
Zing Zing appoints PR director after raising £1.6m on Crowdfund
Chinese takeaway Zing Zing, which raised £1.6 million in the biggest “over-fund ever” on platform Crowdfund earlier this year, has appointed Alfred’s Stacey Jaffe [...]
Manifest hires branding and design director
Manifest has named IlK’s Martin Farrar-Smith as branding and design director, as the agency further bolsters its executive committee for growth and international expansion [...]
Weber Shandwick’s former tech MD launches content business
Peter Ross, former MD and EVP of Weber Shandwick’s EMEA tech practice, is launching a content writing business Ross Content Writing & Consulting to support corporate, [...]
Teneo integrates UK businesses under Teneo Blue Rubicon
Global CEO advisory firm Teneo has integrated its entire UK strategic comms businesses, including Blue Rubicon, under the new name Teneo Blue Rubicon. The move follows Teneo’s [...]
Virgin Media PR joins Rooster
Virgin Media’s former consumer PR lead Joe Thomas has joined Rooster as the PR and digital comms agency’s first creative director. Thomas, who led consumer PR at Virgin Media [...]
The Gorkana Weekly Industry News Brief: 3 – 9 September 2016
Missed out on this week’s PR News? Get your handy round-up of the essential highlights of PR and media stories, features and events content over the last seven days on Gorkana [...]
Two PR briefs for The Lifestyle Agency
The Lifestyle Agency has won PR briefs from Vail Resorts and boutique Croatian hotel The Admiral Zaton. Following a successful campaign last season, Vail Resorts has [...]
Mercieca appoints social media manager
Mercieca has brought in Sameer Ahmed from The Earned Agency to join its growing social media team. Previously, Ahmed was a social media manager at The Earned Agency, which is [...]
Twitter appoints Kristin Binns as senior comms director
Twitter has brought in Kristin Binns, VP for comms at health insurance firm Anthem, as senior comms director. Binns will handle all consumer and corporate PR activity for the [...]
Hotwire graduate returns as senior programme director
Atomic’s Amy Ronge has returned to Hotwire as a senior programme director on its consumer team, eight years after starting her PR career on the agency’s graduate scheme. [...]
See.Saw promotes UK’s “cleanest” protein bars
The Primal Pantry, the brand behind the “UK’s cleanest protein bars”, has handed a 12-month PR contract to consumer and lifestyle agency See.Saw. Founded by Suzie Walker, a [...]
Bottle supports Dallaglio Foundation
Bottle has partnered with the Dallaglio Foundation, an initiative founded by former pro rugby player Lawrence Dallaglio to provide a skills development programme based on the [...]